NOC 2021 · minor groupMost sectors

Creative and performing artists

63,400 people in Canada, 34.8% of them in Information and cultural industries. Spread across the economy but leaning somewhere. Common enough that an industry which does NOT employ it is the notable case.

EmployedA
63,400
Canada, 2021 Census
Sectors employing itA
6
of 20, at 1% or more
Largest sectorA
34.8%
Information and cultural industries
Median pay
$36,000
across 3 job titles
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Where this work is done

The measured share of everyone in this occupation, by sector. It leans to one sector without belonging to it.

Information and cultural industries 34.8%
Educational services 28%
Arts, entertainment and recreation 21%
Professional, scientific and technical services 6.3%
Other services (except public administration) 3.1%
Retail trade 1.4%
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The jobs inside it

Statistics Canada counts these together as one minor group. These are the job titles underneath.

Producers, directors, choreographers and related occupations 51120Conductors, composers and arrangers 51121Musicians and singers 51122

Sources for this page

The sector split is a count; the industry tag is a reading of it. Statistics Canada publishes this cross-tabulation against the twenty NAICS sectors and no finer, so everything above the industry table is measured and the table itself is judgment — offered because "which industry employs a veterinarian" has a useful answer that the published data stops just short of.