Youth Voices: Arts Go Digital (Toolkit for Artists/Producers)
THIS IS WE
Thanks to everyone who has responded to I Lost My Gig Canada COVID-19 Impact Survey. Here is a preview of the results tallied thus far for submitted responses from March 30 to April 5, 2020. More details and a French version will be available at ILostMyGig.ca shortly. The survey is open throughout 2020. Share your story today!
For 500 Respondents from 12 of 13 provinces and territories (all except Nunavut):
GIGS LOST OR AT-RISK
- 14,509 total gigs lost or at-risk
- 26 average gigs lost or at-risk per worker
INCOME LOST OR AT-RISK
- $11,126,316 total income lost or at-risk
- $22,253 average income lost or at-risk per worker
PROFILE
- 96% of respondents are somewhat to extremely stressed about the impacts of COVID-19 on their arts/culture-related income
- 69% of respondents are self-employed
- 42% earned less than $20,000 in 2019 from their arts/culture-related activities
