Budget - Arts and Culture
The Arts and Culture Division is responsible for the provision of arts, culture, the Municipal Cultural Plan, cultural facilities, services, and resources.
Interactive Budget
Explore the City's budget using the interactive OpenBook feature, including expenses by department and division as well as a breakdown of what a typical residential property taxpayer pays per $100,000 of assessment.
The full budget information is available in the Draft 2025 Budget book.
Highlights and statistics
Peterborough Museum and Archives
The Peterborough Museum & Archives (PMA) 2024 exhibits had a strong focus on languages and communication. 2024 also saw the unveiling of the PMAs new branding. The new look decolonized the PMA's visual identifier, which was critical in the context of necessary and fundamental changes within the Canadian museum and archives profession and shows their commitment to advocating for meaningful truth and reconciliation in all activities. In May 2024, the PMA was recognized with the Canadian Museums Association Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Exhibitions category for “To Honour and Respect: Gifts from the Michi Saagiig Women to the Prince of Wales, 1860” (April to November 2023).
Art Gallery of Peterborough
The Art Gallery of Peterborough (AGP) celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2024. The AGP continues to facilitate annual programming such as the Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour, the It's All About Art Fundraising Auction, the Youth Art Mentorship Program, and a variety of activities for children of all ages. With twelve to sixteen exhibitions a year, the AGP presents contemporary visual art in the gallery by artists from the region and across the nation.
Public Art
The City's Public Art program focused on two notable projects in 2024: the procurement and coordination of the Indigenous art piece Analogous Harmony (working title) installed in the Miskin Law Community Complex and the Right of Way - The Chemong Portage Project.
Riverview Park & Zoo
Riverview Park & Zoo is being brought in-house from a wholly owned subsidiary of the City.
Spanning over 55 acres of park area along the shores of the Otonabee River, the Riverview Park & Zoo (RPZ) is proud to be Canada's only free-admission accredited zoo. The Riverview Park & Zoo offers 25 animal exhibits with more than 40 different species and over 150 animals. With a focus on animal welfare, education, and conservation, the RPZ is a unique facility offering attractions to people of all ages. Advancement and growth have been made possible through generous donations and support from community members, local businesses and visitors.
OpenBook Budget tool instructions
Use our interactive OpenBook budget tool to view a breakdown of what a residential taxpayer pays for each municipal services.
The Where Your Tax Dollars Go feature shows how much a residential taxpayer pays per $100,000 of assessment. It starts at the City Department level then you can click on each department to view the cost for services within that department. For example:
- Click on Municipal Operations and it goes to the service/division level, where you can see the typical residential taxpayer pays $85.41 per $100,000 of assessment, or 5.22% of the municipal tax dollar for that service
- Click on Outside Organizations at the top level of the tool and it breaks it down to individual outside organizations that receive City funding, showing that the typical residential taxpayer pays $300.42 per $100,000 of assessment, or 18.36% of the municipal tax dollar for that service
See where your municipal tax dollar goes for municipal services. Explore the OpenBook budget tool.
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