Less than a month after announcing it had turned to RBC Capital Markets to oversee the sale of its shares, Just for Laughs Group on Thursday made public its track record as a money-maker.

The comedy festival, citing an economic impact study it commissioned last July by KPMG, says its combined activities add $84.4 million annually to Quebec’s gross domestic product, nearly half of that from the festival alone.

As an employer, it notes that all of its operations have created 1,411 full-time equivalent jobs, providing the federal and provincial governments with more than $12 million in fiscal revenue.