Canada's arts and culture sector contributed $65 billion to the economy last year, but an increase in public investment is needed to offset a drop in private funding and a rise in costs, says a new report from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.

The report, released this week, says every dollar invested by the federal government in arts and culture generates $29 in economic activity. It says the economic impact of arts and culture is highest in Ontario, Quebec and B.C., supporting hundreds of thousands of jobs.

The report's findings reveal what the Toronto Arts Council and Foundation already knows, said Dane Bland, director of development and engagement.

"It illuminates the value of arts and culture to not just economic impact, but to life as a Canadian, to life as a Torontonian, as a wh

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