Economic Impacts of The Last of US Season One in Alberta
Commissioned by Motion Picture Association – Canada
In 2021/2022, production of Season One of “The Last of Us” resulted in total spending in Alberta of over C$141 million. Spending on wages and salaries for local production crew and other labour made up slightly over half of the expenditure at over C$71 million. The other half of spending was with local suppliers of goods and services at approximately C$70 million.
Oxford Economics calculates that expenditure by the production of Season One of “The Last of Us” stimulated over C$182 million of contribution to Alberta’s GDP from 2021-2022. We find that for every C$1 million that the production’s own activities contributed to the economy, its expenditure supported a further C$1.6 million along its supply chain and through the payment of wages.
We find that the expenditure undertaken by the show’s production stimulated a total of 1,490 full-time equivalent (FTE) jobs across Alberta from 2021-2022. For every 100 people the production directly employed, its expenditure stimulated another 78 jobs across the province.
The experts behind the research
Our Economic Consulting team are world leaders in quantitative economic analysis, working with clients around the globe and across sectors to build models, forecast markets and evaluate interventions using state-of-the art techniques. Lead consultants on this project were:
Alice Gambarin
Lead Economist, Economic Impact
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