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2003 November Report of the Auditor General of Canada

November 2003 Report—Chapter 6

Exhibit 6.1—Key elements of tangible cultural heritage in the federal government

Built heritage

Archival heritage

Published heritage

Movable heritage

891 national historic sites

269 classified federal heritage buildings

1,088 recognized federal heritage buildings

110,660 linear metres of government textual records

44,826 linear metres of private textual records

343,030 works of art

343,809 hours of audiovisual records (including sound, video, and film)

21,327,956 photographic images

3,180,000 megabytes of electronic records

Nearly 12 million printed documents

Nearly 7 million microform documents and other non-print documents (audio visual, sound recordings, electronic records, etc.)

Various collections of objects and artifacts of potential heritage value found in federal departments and agencies.

 

Source: Department of Canadian Heritage and federal heritage organizations