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October 04, 2022TRADE IN CULTURE AND SPORT 2020 In 2020 Nova Scotia imported $400.8 worth of cultural products per capita and exported $120.8 worth of products per capita. On average, Canada imported $578.6 and exported $511.1 of culture products per capita. Imports in culture products such as art, films, and music were generally greater than exports for most provinces. Exceptions are Ontario and British Columbia.
Nova Scotia exported $18.3 per capita of sport products in 2020 such as professional, education and training and informal sport. There was $9.7 per capita in sport imports, which is less than the national average. Newfoundland had the least amount of sport imports and exports per capita in 2020.
Cultural products accounted for 1.67% of Nova Scotia's international exports and 3.12% of Nova Scotia's international imports. Both were less than the national average. British Columbia and Ontario cultural exports were a larger portion of each province's international exports. Manitoba's cultural imports were the largest share of its international imports.
In 2020 Nova Scotia had the largest share of international sport exports at 0.25% and the second smallest share of imports at 0.08%. Saskatchewan and Manitoba had the greatest share of sport imports in 2020.
Between 2010 and 2020, imports and exports of culture products followed a similar trend. Between 2012 and 2019, imports of culture products gradually increased. Culture exports slowly increased in 2016 until 2019. 2019-2020 period exports and imports slightly declined because of the pandemic.
Sports trade showed a greater volatility. Nova Scotia's imports of sport products declined significantly from 2011-2016, after which they leveled out from 2016-2019. In 2020 there was a sharp decline in sport imports to Nova Scotia because of COVID restrictions. Sport imports had been gradually increasing until 2020 when they declined. Nova Scotia was a small net exporter of sports products in 2020.
Exports in education and training of sports in 2020 exceeded all other sport categories. The largest contributions to imports in culture were from crafts, broadcasting, governance and professional support and books. Nova Scotia's largest exports in culture in 2020 was in film and video.
Source: Statistics Canada. Table 12-10-0117-01 International trade of culture and sport products, by domain and sub-domain, and trading partner (x 1,000,000) Table 12-10-0116-01 International and inter-provincial trade of culture and sport products, by domain and sub-domain, provinces and territories (x 1,000,000)
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