This in-depth survey is the final phase of the Canada Dance Mapping Study, a multi-year study undertaken by the Canada Council for the Arts to map dance in Canada, including both the professional sector and a full range of dance activities in the community-based, non-professional field. The goal of the survey was to gain a better understanding of activities or programs offered by dance organizations that achieve social impacts, including promoting the physical, emotional, and psychological well-being of individuals and their broader communities.

The results revealed that about two-thirds of respondents have offered activities or programs in the last three years with a health and well-being impact, and that most of these organizations have had some sort of collaboration with other arts or community organisations/centres in the past three years, emphasizing the strong collaborative nature of social programming in the dance field in Canada.

EKOS Research Associates, Inc. (2016). Survey of the Social Impacts of Dance Organisations in Canada. Canada: Canada Council for the Arts.