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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

34.4M

305.8M

Size (Sq. Kms)

9,093.5

9,161.9

No. Of Households

13.5M

111.1M

Top 3 Markets

Toronto    
Montréal
Vancouver

New York
Los Angeles
Chicago

Top 3 % of Total Pop’n

30%

20%

Median family
H.H. income (CAD$)

$49,354 (2006)

$58,100 (2004)

AVG. Time spent commuting

65 minutes (2005)

50 minutes (2005)

Official Languages

English/French

English/Spanish

TOP 3 Languages
Spoken At Home

ENGLISH – 62%
French – 19%
Chinese– 2%

ENGLISH – 73%
Spanish – 11%
indo-european – 1%

Outdoor Revenue ’07 (CAD $)

$498 Million $7.4 Billion

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
Source: FP Markets, Nielsen USA, StatsCan, U.S. Census Bureau, COMB, OAAA, CMDC Digest, FP Markets, SRDS, Nielsen USA, StatsCan (2001), U.S. Census Bureau (2006)

  • 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

$12.8 Billion

$ 288.6 Billion

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Television

25%

26%

Radio

 11% 7%

Newspaper

14% 15%

Magazine

5%  5%

OOH

 3%   3%

Direct Mail

13% 22%

Internet

 8%  4%

Other

21% 18%

  Source: CMDC Media Digest, TVB

 

TOP 10 OOH CATEGORIES - 2008


 

 

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

 

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

  Source: OAAA, Nielsen Media Research

 

TOP 10 OOH ADVERTISERS - 2008


 

  • Telus Corporation
  • BCE Corporation
  • Rogers Communications Inc.
  • Gov't of Canada
  • McDonald's Corporation
  • Molson Coors Brewing Co.
  • Tim Horton's Inc.
  • Gov't of Ontario
  • Astral Media Inc.
  • Labatt Breweries of Canada

 

 

  • Verizon 
  • McDonald's Restaurant
  • AT&T
  • Sprint
  • State Farm
  • Apple
  • Geico
  • Coors
  • Anheuser-Busch Var. Beers
  • Warner Bros Pictures 


  Source: OAAA, Nielsen Media Research

 

THE OOH MARKET


 

No. of Outdoor Companies

160+

1228

No. of Panels Available

94,772

925,836

  • Posters

19,189

194,885

  • Bulletins & Spectaculars
715 164,990
  • Street level
10,339 37,205
  • Mall posters
1,744 23,814
  • Airport
500+ 34,612
  • Murals
47 769
  • Transit Shelters
21887 36,704
  • Indoor
50,567 34,00

  Source: COMB (2008), OAAA (2008), CARD

 

CANADA'S MEDIA MARKET - Steady Growth For Out-Of-Home

 

  Source: CMDC Media Digest

 

U.S. Media Market

  US BILLIONS

Source: OAAA

 

Canada's Media Market - % SPEND BY MEDIUM

 

  Source: CMDC Digest

 

U.S. Media Market - % SPEND BY MEDIUM

 

  Source: TVB

 

 
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