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Canada and U.S. out-of-home (OOH) advertising expenditures and market stats and facts.

 

CANADA VS. USA: THE MARKETPLACE

 

MARKET FACTS

 


General

Population

33.9M

307.0M

Size (Sq. Kms)

9,093.5

9,161.9

No. Of Households

13.5M

112.4M

Top 3 Markets

Toronto    
Montréal
Vancouver

New York
Los Angeles
Chicago

Top 3 % of Total Pop’n

35%

5%

Median family
H.H. income

CAD $66,550(2007)

US $52,175 (2006-2008)

AVG. Time spent commuting

65 minutes (2005)

50 minutes (2005)

Official Languages

English/French

English/Spanish

TOP 3 Languages
Spoken At Home

ENGLISH – 66%
French – 21%
Chinese– 1%

ENGLISH – 80%
Spanish – 12%
indo-european – 4%

Outdoor Revenue

$463 Million (2008) $5.9 Billion (2008)

Coverage

80% 80%

Client split (Nat./Ret.)

73/27 28/72

Planning Tools

R/F model, BBM/RTS, Mapping
R/F model, BBM/RTS, Mapping

Industry Organizations

OMAC, COMB OAAA, TAB

CAMPAIGN PERFORMANCE

COMB Random &
Campaign specific audits
N/A


Sources:
FP Markets-Canadian Demographics, StatsCan, CMDC Digest, Nielsen Canada, Television Bureau of Canada Inc., COMB, Nielsen USA, U.S. Census Bureau, OAAA, SRDS.

  • Only 12% of landmass is suitable for habitation hence the majority
    of Canadians live within a few hundred Km of the border
  • Canada shares a 8,891 km border with the USA
  • Windsor Ontario is on the same latitude as northern California
  • The population of California equals the total population of Canada
  • US is Canada’s largest trading partner with 76% of exports to that country

 

 

TOTAL AD SPENDING - 2008


 

$ CAD

$13.3 Billion

$ 288.6 Billion

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Television

23%

29%

Radio

11% 9%

Newspaper

17% 18%

Magazine

5% 10%

OOH

3%  4%

Direct Mail

11% 11%

Internet

11% 12%

Other

19% 6%

  Source: CMDC Media Digest, Television Bureau of Canada Inc. 

TOP 10 OOH CATEGORIES - 2009


 
  • Telecommunications
  • Financial Services & Insurance Services
  • Retail
  • Restaurants; Catering Serv. Nightclubs
  • Entertainment
  • Travel & Transportation
  • Food
  • Alcohol & Related Beverages
  • Media : TV, Radio, OOH, Station Promo
  • Automotive: Cars, Mini Vans, Trucks,

 

  • Misc. Services & Amusements
  • Pub. Trans. / Hotels & Resorts
  • Retail
  • Communications
  • Media & Advertising 
  • Restaurants
  • Insurance & Real Estate
  • Financial
  • Auto Dealers / Services
  • Government, Politics & Orgs. 

  Source: OAAA, Nielsen Media Research

 

TOP 10 OOH ADVERTISERS - 2009


 

  • Telus Corporation
  • BCE Corporation
  • McDonald's Corporation
  • Molson Coors Brewing Co.
  • Tim Hortons Inc.
  • Rogers Communications Inc.
  • Government of Canada
  • Provincial Government Lotteries
  • Labatt Breweries of Canada
  • Astral Media Inc.

 

  • Verizon 
  • McDonald's Restaurant
  • AT&T
  • Geico
  • Warner Bros Pictures 
  • Coca-Cola 
  • Pepsi
  • State Farm
  • Apple
  • Metro PCS

  Source: OAAA, Nielsen Media Research

 

THE OOH MARKET - 2009


 

No. of Outdoor Companies

160+

1228

No. of Panels Available

94,772

925,836

  • Posters

19,715

198,686

  • Bulletins & Spectaculars
819 162,682
  • Street furniture
21,759 43,995
  • Transit
41,272 619,630
  • Airport
*1,000+ 61,690
  • Murals
38 n/a
  • Indoor
38,735 40,734

  Source: COMB (2009), Transit Reach and Frequency Model (2009), *Astral Out-of-Home, *Pattison Outdoor, OAAA (2009), CARD

 

CANADA MEDIA MARKET - Out-Of-Home Spend

 
Source: CMDC Media Digest

 

U.S. Media Market - Out-Of-Home Spend

  US BILLIONS

Source: OAAA

 

Canada Media Market - % SPEND BY MEDIUM

Source: CMDC Digest

 

U.S. Media Market - % SPEND BY MEDIUM

   Source: TVB

 
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