Canada’s Screen Industry clocked 2025 with $3.6 billion in film and television spending, yet the year also carried a different kind of pressure on talent and production capacity. When you pair that spending with the latest audience and employment shifts, the picture gets more complicated than a single headline number. Let’s walk through the Canadian Screen Industry statistics and see where the gains and bottlenecks show up side by side.
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Audience Metrics
1National TV audience for Canadian content averaged 8.2% share in 2022
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2Peak viewership for top Canadian drama series hit 2.1 million in 2022
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3Streaming hours of Canadian content grew 25% to 450 million in 2022 on platforms like Netflix Canada
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4French-language TV audience share was 85% in Quebec in 2022
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5Children’s programming reached 92% of kids under 12 weekly in 2022
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6Indigenous content viewership doubled to 15 million hours in 2022
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7Documentary genre averaged 1.2 million viewers per episode in primetime 2022
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8Feature film box office for Canadian titles was $145 million in 2022
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9Online video-on-demand Canadian content penetration was 35% of total views in 2022
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10Sports broadcasting drew 65% national audience share during Olympics coverage in 2022
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11Regional audience retention for local news was 72% in 2022
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1228 million Canadians accessed screen content daily via TV/streaming in 2022
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131.5 million hours of Canadian streaming views on Crave in Q4 2022
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1440% of Canadians watched Canadian drama weekly in 2022
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15Box office attendance for Canadian films: 12.5M tickets in 2022
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1645% audience share for Cancon on public TV 2023
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179.1% Cancon TV share nationally 2023
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18Top drama 2.5M viewers peak 2023
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19Streaming Cancon 550M hours 2023
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20Quebec French TV 88% share 2023
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21Kids content 94% reach under 12 2023
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22Indigenous views 20M hours 2023
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23Docs 1.5M per ep primetime 2023
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24Can film box office $180M 2023
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25VOD Cancon 42% of views 2023
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26Local news 75% retention 2023
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2729M daily screen users 2023
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Audience Metrics Interpretation
Despite a national audience share that often feels like a polite whisper, the Canadian screen industry is actually a roaring, multi-platform success story where streaming hours are surging, indigenous voices are finding unprecedented audiences, and, crucially, our children are being raised on homegrown stories while Quebec remains staunchly, and beautifully, itself.
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Awards and Exports
1Canadian Screen Awards received 450 nominations in 2023 for 2022 content
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212 Canadian productions won International Emmys in 2022
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3Export value of screen content reached $2.8 billion in 2022, 60% to US market
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4Schitt's Creek won 7 Emmys in 2020, boosting Canadian profile globally
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5Anne with an E exported to 180 countries, generating $50M in sales by 2022
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6Letterkenny series sold to 100+ territories by 2022
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7Kim's Convenience garnered 15 CSA awards across seasons up to 2022
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8The Handmaid's Tale (Canadian co-prod) won 8 Emmys by 2022
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9Canadian animation like PAW Patrol exported $300M annually by 2022
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10Documentary "The Tragically Hip" won 5 CSAs and streamed in 50 countries in 2022
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11Burden of Truth series picked up by Netflix globally in 2022
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12Canadian content at Canneseries won 3 awards in 2022
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1375 CSAs for best performance categories since 2013
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14Export of formats like Big Brother Canada to 20 countries
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1520 Leo Awards won by BC productions in 2023
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16500 CSA noms 2024 for 2023
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1715 Int'l Emmys for Can prods 2023
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18Exports $3.2B, 65% US 2023
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Awards and Exports Interpretation
While Canada's screen industry modestly accepts its own trophies at home, it's busy quietly conquering the global stage, racking up international awards and billions in exports by creating stories the whole world wants to watch and buy.
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Economic Impact
1In 2022, the Canadian screen industry generated $11.2 billion in total production volume, including $6.8 billion in foreign production and $4.4 billion in domestic production
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2The screen sector contributed $2.9 billion to Canada's GDP in 2022, representing 0.12% of national GDP
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3Foreign location production in Canada reached $3.1 billion in 2022, up 15% from 2021, primarily in British Columbia and Ontario
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4Tax credits accounted for $1.2 billion in incentives supporting screen production in 2022 across federal and provincial programs
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5The industry's total economic multiplier effect was 2.6 in 2022, meaning every $1 invested generated $2.6 in broader economic activity
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6Ontario hosted 48% of Canada's screen production volume in 2022 at $5.4 billion
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7British Columbia's screen industry generated $3.2 billion in 2022, with 70% from international shoots
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8Quebec's audiovisual production totaled $1.8 billion in 2022, including $900 million in English-language content
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9Alberta's screen production hit $450 million in 2022, driven by high-budget series
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10Saskatchewan contributed $120 million to screen production in 2022 via tax credits
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11Manitoba's sector produced $85 million worth of content in 2022
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12Atlantic Canada's screen industry reached $300 million in 2022, led by Nova Scotia
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13In 2023 CSAs, 142 awards given, with CBC winning 28
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14Canada's GDP contribution from screen up 12% to $3.1B in 2023 est.
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15Foreign spend $4.2B projected for 2023 in Canada
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16$12.8B total production volume in 2023
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1752% of production in Ontario at $6.7B in 2023
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18BC $3.9B with 75% foreign in 2023
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19Quebec $2.1B incl $1B French in 2023
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20Prairies $700M combined in 2023
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21Maritimes $400M led by Halifax in 2023
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22Incentives totaled $1.5B federal/provincial in 2023
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23Multiplier effect 2.8x GDP in 2023
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Economic Impact Interpretation
While we've mastered the art of renting our scenery to foreign blockbusters, the real plot twist is that for every loonie we invest, our homegrown economy gets a two-dollar-eighty sequel in return—proving that even when Hollywood calls the shots, Canada still writes the economic happy ending.
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Employment Data
1The screen industry employed 137,000 full-time equivalent jobs in 2022
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2Direct employment in production roles was 45,000 in 2022, including crew and talent
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3VFX and post-production jobs numbered 28,000 in 2022, concentrated in Vancouver and Montreal
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4Above-the-line jobs (directors, writers, producers) totaled 12,500 in 2022
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5Indigenous screen workers increased to 4,200 in 2022, up 22% from 2020
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6Women held 42% of key creative roles in 2022, per CMF data
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7Underrepresented racialized groups comprised 18% of workforce in 2022
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8Average annual wage in screen production was $72,500 in 2022
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9Freelance workers made up 65% of the sector's labor force in 2022
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10Training programs graduated 2,800 new entrants in 2022 via provincial initiatives
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11Union membership in ACTRA reached 25,000 actors in 2022
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12IATSE represented 18,500 crew members in screen production in 2022
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1315% growth in Indigenous-led productions to 120 projects in 2022
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1432,000 jobs in BC screen industry in 2022
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15Ontario film/TV employed 55,000 in 2022
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16Quebec had 22,000 screen jobs in 2022, 40% bilingual
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17Diversity: 25% women directors on TV in 2022
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18150,000 total jobs incl indirect in 2023
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19142,000 FTE jobs in screen 2023
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20Production crew 48,000 direct in 2023
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21VFX/post 32,000 jobs in 2023
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22ATL roles 14,000 in 2023
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23Indigenous workers 5,000 up 19% in 2023
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24Women 45% key roles 2023
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25Racialized 22% workforce 2023
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26Avg wage $78,000 in 2023
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27Freelancers 68% of labor 2023
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283,200 grads from training in 2023
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Employment Data Interpretation
Canada's screen industry is a bustling, high-wage, and precariously freelance ecosystem where nearly 150,000 jobs tell our stories, with encouraging—though still uneven—progress in making the people behind the camera look more like the people in front of it.
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Production Statistics
1In 2022, 1,250 screen productions were completed in Canada, averaging 3.4 per day
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2English-language television production volume was $2.1 billion in 2022, up 8% YoY
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3French-language production totaled $1.2 billion in 2022, with 65% in Quebec
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4Feature film production financing reached $450 million in 2022, supported by Telefilm and CMF
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5Digital media and interactive content production was $850 million in 2022, including VR/AR projects
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6Animation production volume stood at $650 million in 2022, with 40% exported internationally
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7Documentary production totaled $180 million in 2022, focusing on environmental themes
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8Children's and youth programming production was $320 million in 2022
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9Scripted series accounted for 55% of total TV production hours in 2022 at 1,200 hours
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10Unscripted reality TV production hours reached 950 hours in 2022
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11Streaming platform original Canadian content spend was $1.5 billion in 2022
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12Total screen production in 2021 was $10.5 billion, down 5% due to strikes
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13CMF invested $400 million in 2022 across 1,200 projects
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14Telefilm supported 85 feature films in 2022 with $120M
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15720 scripted hours produced in 2022 by independent producers
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16VFX spend by Hollywood in Canada was $2.1B in 2022
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171,400 productions greenlit in 2023 YTD
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18Animation exports hit $750M in 2023
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191,350 projects completed in 2023
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20TV $3.2B, film $600M, digital $1B in 2023
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211,400 scripted hours in 2023
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22CMF $450M to 1,300 projects 2023
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23Feature films 95 supported, $150M in 2023
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24Animation $800M, 45% export in 2023
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25Docs $220M, kids $400M in 2023
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26Reality TV 1,100 hours in 2023
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27Streaming originals $1.8B Cancon spend 2023
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Production Statistics Interpretation
Canada's screen industry in 2023 is like a politely ambitious neighbour who not only hosted 1,400 parties but also quietly built a Hollywood-scale VFX fortress, exported half its animated charm, and convinced streaming giants to invest billions in its stories, all while keeping the reality TV cameras rolling for a solid 1,100 hours.
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