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COVID-19

Economic Impact 2020


Atlantic Canada Craft Sector: April 28, 2020 Fact Sheet

EXPECTED LOSSES 2020


$17.85 MILLION
$56.56 MILLION Craft Producers/
Makers
72% of Craft Producer/Makers
Expected 32%
68%
indicated their most significant
losses were from wholesale order
Losses cancellations with retail shops.
$38.71 MILLION
Craft Retailers $33,738
Average estimated loss per producer/
Results of survey conducted March/April 2020 to estimate economic impacts of COVID-19 maker on wholesale orders
on craft producers/makers and craft retailers in Atlantic Canada.

Expected Losses per Region


$57,941 – Atlantic Average $211,571 – Atlantic Average
Craft Producer/Maker Business Loss for 2020 Craft Retailer Business Loss for 2020

$37,292 $167,802
NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR

$82,016 $107,142
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

$59,145 $126,931
NEW BRUNSWICK NEW BRUNSWICK

$60,613 $389,088
NOVA SCOTIA NOVA SCOTIA

Note: Provincial totals are based on survey averages submitted from that province. The Atlantic averages are based on averaging all data.

IMMEDIATE LOSSES Isolation Period: March–May 2020


$4.79 MILLION
$11.13 MILLION Craft Producers/Makers
$15,552
per business
Immediate 43% 57%
Losses $34,635
$6.34 MILLION per business
Craft Retailers
In the initial months of social isolation measures, March to May 2020, industry losses are based on all revenue sources for the business; wholesale
order cancellations, lost revenues from craft market and retail shops closures. A detailed overview is available at craftalliance.ca/covid-19/.

Anna Templeton Centre


For Craft, Art & Design

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