About the Spectator Sports in Ontario Market Research Report
What’s Included in the Spectator Sports in Ontario Market Research Report
Definition of the Spectator Sports in Ontario?
Spectator sports in Canada comprises sports teams or clubs that participate in live professional or semiprofessional sporting events (e.g. baseball, basketball, football, hockey, soccer and other team sports) before a paying audience. The sports franchises in this industry may or may not operate their own facilities for presenting games or other spectator sports events.
What’s included in the Spectator Sports in Ontario?
The Spectator Sports in Ontario includes providing sporting entertainment, selling tickets to sporting events, selling advertising, selling media and broadcasting rights, selling concessions and selling merchandise. Related terms covered in the Spectator Sports in Ontario industry report includes a money-sharing agreement where franchises are required to pool a specified portion of their media revenue to be distributed evenly among all teams, a ceiling amount for a team's athlete payroll imposed by the professional sports league to preserve a level playing field and the number of people in the population that play at least one sport.
Industry Performance of the Spectator Sports industry in Ontario
Benchmark the Spectator Sports in Ontario industry performance with all ON Census Metropolitan Area and national performance.
Spectator Sports in Ontario
#1 in Highest Revenue 42.1% of province's GDPRevenue (2025)
Annual Growth (2020-25)
Annual Growth (2025-30)
Spectator Sports in Canada
Revenue (2024)
Annual Growth (2019-24)
Annual Growth (2024-29)
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Key Drivers of the Spectator Sports industry in Ontario
See how key industry drivers, such as gross domestic product, private investment in non-residential construction, bachelorsed, per capita disposable income, leisure time and number of households earning $100k or more are impacting Spectator Sports in Ontario
Ontario Economic Indicators
Gross Domestic Product
Private Investment in Non-Residential Construction
BachelorsEd
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Canada Key External Drivers
Per capita disposable income
Leisure time
Number of households earning $100K or more
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Census Metropolitan Area Data of the Spectator Sports industry in Ontario
Access proprietary data on Census Metropolitan Area in the Spectator Sports in Ontario, such as Toronto, Hamilton and St. Catharines - Niagara. Data includes figures on revenue, establishments, employees and wages by Census Metropolitan Areas.
Key Statistics of the Spectator Sports industry in Ontario
Download 18 years of historical data and 5 years of projected performance.
