Download the Report: Measuring the Economic Impact of Heritage Places Conservation

Heritage advocates and practitioners have worked hard to express the benefit of heritage places in compelling and measurable ways, often linked to the economy, to the environment or to quality of life, but the data to support claims of the benefits and impact of heritage is uneven. This report focusses on economic indicators, and responds to questions raised by statisticians in the document Feasibility Study – Heritage Conservation and the Culture Satellite Account which set out to test, as a proof of concept, estimates of the value of heritage conservation-related expenditures in Canada.