CMPA data show 18.5% year-over-year production volume decline

By Connie Thiessen Total TV and film production volume was down by 18.5 per cent in Canada compared to last year, according to data released by the Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA). The report, Profile 2024: An Economic Report on the Screen-based Media Production Industry in Canada, indicates that between April 1, 2023 and March 31, 2024, the media production sector in Canada created 179,130 jobs, and generated $9.58 billion in production volume, contributing $11.04 billion to Canada’s GDP in 2023/24. Despite pandemic growth in 2021/22 and 2022/23, total production volume declined by 18.5 per cent in 2023/24, which the...