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2
See Quart, A. 3
For a more detailed discussion of the importance
of creativity in the contemporary economy, and the role of city-regions
as centres of creative activity, see:
4 Unless otherwise specified, all references
to ‘ 5 City of 6
Telephone correspondence with Toronto International
Film Festival Group, February 2006 and Toronto Fringe Festival Newsletter,
February 2006. 7 This includes attendance at over 230 organizations
that receive annual funding by the Toronto Arts Council, attendance
at the City’s Major Cultural Organizations and the City’s Local
Arts Service Organizations. City of 8
9 Art Gallery of Ontario,
2004-2005.
Annual Report. [Available at www.ago.net/www/annual_report/pdfs/04-05.pdf] 10 For more information on cultural participation,
please see the Strategies for Creative Cities 11 Word on the Street website: www.thewordonthestreet.ca/toronto.php. 12 Caribana website: www.caribana.com. 13 Pride website: www.pridetoronto.com.
2003 media estimates. 14 Florida’s definition of the ‘creative core’
includes the creative occupations referred to in this report (‘Bohemians’
in his schema), plus Computer and Mathematical, Life Science, Physical,
and Social Science, and Education, Training, and Library occupations.
See 15 Statistics 16 For further details on occupational data,
please see the Strategies for Creative Cities 17 The Bohemian Index measurement includes authors,
designers, musicians, composers, actors, directors, painters,
sculptors, artist printmakers, photographers, dancers, artists,
and performers. 18 For more data on 19 Statistics 20 Compiled from Ontario Ministry of Training,
Colleges, and Universities, 2001. Employment Profile: A Summary
of the Employment Experience of 2000-2001 College Graduates
six months after graduation. [Available at www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/document/serials/eprofile00-01/profile.pdf] 21 For more information on Regent Park Focus,
please see: 22
Schools Without
Borders website: 23 Compiled by City of 24 People for Education.
2004. “Arts in Ontario Schools.” Press Release. 25 CBC Radio. 26 Walcott, R. 27 28 For further information on the Point Community
Development Corporation, 29 Creative 30 This figure differs from that of 62,000 employed
in ‘creative occupations’ (see page 13) in that it counts all those
employed in creative industries (see page 8 for list of included
industries), no matter their particular occupation. For example,
those working on financial or administrative tasks are included
in order to accurately reflect total employment in firms whose primary
product or service is creative in nature. 31 Data available for this report was at the
four-digit, 2001 Census, North American Industry Classification
System code level. Therefore, the definition of creative industries
in this report is more conservative than that reported in the City
of Toronto 2003 Culture Plan and other Statistics Canada Reports
on Cultural Industries. 32 Statistics 33 For data comparing 34 Annual Labour Force
Survey data was used to calculate growth over the 1991-2004 period. 35 The relative size and performance of the Toronto
CMA’s creative industries are shown in Figures 2 through 4. Three
measures are simultaneously indicated on these charts: the number
of employees in creative industries within the region (indicated
by the relative size of the ‘bubble’), the average annual job growth
rate for the sector (along the horizontal axis), and the relative
employment concentration – or Location Quotient – of the sector
(along the vertical axis). A Location Quotient (LQ) above 1 indicates
that the region is more specialized in that sector than the rest
of 36 Despite the fact that motion picture and video
industries and the sound recording industry are discrete, due to
data suppression for several years associated with Labour
Force Survey data, the sound recording industry has been combined
with motion picture and video industries when calculating growth
rates from 1991-2004. For similar data suppression issues, the ‘Publishing
Industries’ bubble in Figure 3 combines newspaper, periodical, book
and database publishers with software and new media publishers. 37 Employment in creative occupations is used
for comparisons to US jurisdictions. 38 Occupational data is the most suitable comparable
measure of employment with US jurisdictions because it captures
the self-employed, while other 39 Deloitte & Touche LLP and Affliated Entities,
2005. Economic Contribution of 40 Coish, D. (Statistics 41 For more detail on 42 Toronto Film and Television Office Film Facts
Page: www.toronto.ca/tfto/stats.htm and City of 43 For more information on 44 City of 45 Coish, D. (Statistics 46 Statistics 47 Pacienza, A., December
2005. “Canuck rock bands turned heads around the world in 2005.”
CTV News. [Available at www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/ 48 Statistics 49 According to Canadian Business Patterns data,
50 For a clear-eyed analysis of the challenges
Toronto faces in retaining its homegrown creative talent in the
face of strong competition – particularly from south of the border,
see Grant, P. and Wood C. 2004. Blockbusters and Trade Wars:
Popular Culture in a Globalized World. Douglas & McIntyre. 51 Office of the Mayor
of 52 See Design Industry Advisory Committee. 2004.
Design Matters: DIAC Design Industry Study. [Available at
www.dx.org/diac/research]
53 For more information on these projects, please see: http://musicofficecoop.com, 54 For details on the Creative London Creative
Capital Fund, please see: www.ccfund.co.uk.
55 City of 56 Interview with Ilse
Treurnicht (MaRS CEO). March 2006. For more information, please
see www.marsdd.com. 57 Telephone correspondence with Reid Henry (Artscape). March 2006. 58 Interview with City
of 59 Ministry of Municipal
Affairs and Housing, 2005. Examples of Powers Under Proposed Legislation for
60
Eligh, B. February, 2006. ‘Consultation
Launches for Pilot Design Review Panel.’ Novae Res Urbis. 61 Charlton, M. February, 2006. Spaced Out: TAPA Helps Theatre Community Deal with Loss of Space.
62 Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation
website: www.towaterfront.ca. 63 For detailed information on support bodies
impacting the creative economy in 64 For more information on 65 Chan, 66 67 Please see Creative London website: www.creativelondon.org.uk/server.php?show=nav.009004002.
68 See the following websites for more information
on these projects: 69
Adonis Huggins
of Regent Park Focus is the first to be profiled. 70
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