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Posted AT 5:42 AM EDT on 29/03/06

Artists flock to Vancouver, but T.O. pays the big bucks

JAMES ADAMS

From Wednesday's Globe and Mail

Artists in Toronto have the highest average incomes in Canada while Vancouver has the highest number of professional artists as a percentage of its total work force, according to a survey to be released today that analyzes the status of painters, TV producers, writers, musicians and actors, among others, in the country's largest cities. Using data from the 2001 census for 92 municipalities with populations of 50,000 (such as Caledon, Ont.; Medicine Hat, Alta.

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