2022 Budget - Arts, Culture and Heritage

Museum key performance indicators

Museum 2020 Key Performance Indicators reflect its Five-Year Plan Accommodation Objectives (2018-2023), as approved by the Museum & Archives Advisory Committee (Report MAAC18-008). For comparative purposes, the Performance Data for 2019 is included in parentheses.

Visitor experience

• 76 (1,090) children enriched their education through 5 (46) curriculum-linked programs 
• 1,127 (6,418) patrons engaged in 51 (69) events; 16 (17) events were free, family drop-ins
• 2,832 (14,049) visitors experienced the exhibition galleries during 1,669 (2,594) open hours
• 2,040 (6,407) patrons chose the Museum facilities for 77 (178) gatherings

Preservation of collections

• 20,864 (36,426) collection database records were created, updated or enriched
• 1,329 (299) artifacts cleaned and housed for storage
• 100 (80) artifacts and 25 (305) linear feet of archival material were accepted into the permanent collections

Access to collections 

• 203 (682) external researchers received one-on-one on-site assistance
• 312 (353) artifacts were interpreted through 22 (60) displays

Fleming College partnership

• 68 (85) heritage professionals-in-training were mentored while working with 1,031 (293) artifacts

Community relations

• 50 (2,525) patrons enjoyed 1 (22) theatre performances
• 1,596 (6,306) patrons viewed 10 (30) international film screenings
• 88 (137) volunteers gave 2,332.5 (6,364.5) hours of unpaid service

The Art Gallery of Peterborough is dedicated to contemporary Canadian visual art with a focus on artists practicing within our region. Exhibitions are enhanced with talks, tours, publications, and education programs.

Through pandemic closures, the AGP continued to receive core operating funds from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council (OAC). Revenue generating opportunities, which include memberships, donations, sponsorships, fundraising, Gallery Shop sales, education programs, and touring exhibitions, were limited this year. The AGP received provincial funding through the OAC’s Arts Recovery Fund to offset this.

The Peterborough Public Library is an agent for positive community transformation through interaction, discovery, and learning.

The Library's 2022 budget sees a return to pre-pandemic budget amounts with minimal adjustments for operating costs. 

2020 and 2021 saw a notable increase in Library memberships as well as electronic collection use. 

A Library Service Review project was started in early 2020 with the goal of engaging the community in a conversation about our core services in an effort to understand our community and member needs, and to be able to effectively serve them better.

Outcomes of the service review were analyzed and evaluated in 2021 for a 2022 implementation. 

Using Library Reserve funds and Development Charges, a service enhancement in the form of a self-serve Book Kiosk at the Peterborough Sport and Wellness Centre was installed in 2020. This alternative service model pilot project was put on hold due to the pandemic, with service introduction now planned for 2022.

• 11 Heritage Property Tax Relief Program renewals (2021 forecast)
• 86 Heritage Property Tax Relief Program property inspections (2021 forecast)
• The Heritage Property Tax Relief Program: This program has been demonstrated to generate revenues through increased assessment in excess of the tax incentive provided, but new acceptance of properties into the program has been suspended pending a funding increase.