Counting on Culture: Impacts and Indicators

Abstract

Eleanora Belfiore, in an introduction to a recent book on cultural measurement, stated that cultural value and the challenge of its measurement were two major defining issues of cultural policy debates. In Canada, This challenge has been particularly significant for municipal governments, which must rely heavily on other levels of government for statistics and data to help them measure cultural value. This report examines four key types of cultural indicators for the City of Ottawa: support, presence, participation, and impact.