Among culture-goers who donate to the arts and culture, a majority (59%) goes to local arts and cultural organizations that do work in their community. (Business / Arts/NAC/Nanos)

The Arts Response Tracking Study (ARTS) is a regular monitor of the environment in the arts and culture sector. The study focuses on culture-goers who have attended an indoor cultural gathering, an outdoor cultural gathering or a gallery or museum in the past three years.

This wave of research gauged the opinions among Canadians on donations made and intentions to donate to arts and cultural organizations.

Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land and cell-lines) hybrid telephone and online random survey of 1,045 Canadians, 18 years of age or older, between October 27th to October 30th, 2025, as part of an omnibus survey. The margin of error for a random survey of 1,045 Canadians is ±3.0 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.

The statistical tabulations including the unweighted and weighted number of interviews can be accessed here.

The study was sponsored by Business / Arts and the National Arts Centre, the Founding ARTS Partners for this project.

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