Arts and Cultural Industries
The creative industries have a unique and significant impact across Canada. The Trade Commissioner Service groups Arts and Culture enterprises into six key subsectors:

- audiovisual
- music
- written and published works
- performing arts
- visual and applied arts
- heritage and museums
With many established programs that exist across the country, including the launch of the Department of Canadian Heritage’s Creative Export Strategy and, Canada offers a variety of services and support to maintain a thriving, innovative creative industries ecosystem and takes Canadian content to the world.
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Events
Title | Dates | City | Country |
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International Rights Market at Festival Angoulême | January 25-29, 2023 | Angoulême | France |
WBENC 2023 | March 20-23, 2023 | Nashville | United States of America |
Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2023 | March 20-24, 2023 | San Francisco | United States of America |
Reservation Economic Summit 2023 | April 3-6, 2023 | Las Vegas | United States of America |
CanadExport
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The TCS helps Canadian businesses level up their game at MEGAMIGS! | December 5, 2022 | North America | Arts and cultural industries; Information and communications technologies |
CETA@5: Delivering trade benefits during unprecedented times | November 3, 2022 | Europe; North America | Aerospace; Agriculture and processed foods; Arts and cultural industries; Automotive; Chemicals; Clean technologies; Consumer products; Defence and security; Education; Fish and seafood; Forestry and wood products; Industrial machinery; Information and communications technologies; Infrastructure; Life sciences; Mining; Ocean technologies; Oil and gas; Science and technology; Transportation; Wine, beer and spirits |
Diversity of voices brings success for woman entrepreneur | October 31, 2022 | North America; United States of America and Mexico | Arts and cultural industries; Consumer products; Information and communications technologies |
Thinking big helped businesswoman build a hand-made paper empire | October 31, 2022 | Asia Pacific; Europe; North America; United States of America and Mexico | Arts and cultural industries; Clean technologies; Consumer products |
Trade agreement helps creative-play company break into European markets | October 28, 2022 | Europe; North America; United States of America and Mexico | Arts and cultural industries; Consumer products |