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The chief statistician of Canada (french: statisticien en chef du Canada) is the senior
public servant The civil service is a collective term for a sector of government composed mainly of career civil servants hired on professional merit rather than appointed or elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leaders ...
responsible for
Statistics Canada Statistics Canada (StatCan; french: Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and cultur ...
(StatCan), an agency of the
Government of Canada The government of Canada (french: gouvernement du Canada) is the body responsible for the federal administration of Canada. A constitutional monarchy, the Crown is the corporation sole, assuming distinct roles: the executive, as the ''Crown-in- ...
. The office is equivalent to that of a deputy minister and as a member of the public service, the position is
nonpartisan Nonpartisanism is a lack of affiliation with, and a lack of bias towards, a political party. While an Oxford English Dictionary definition of ''partisan'' includes adherents of a party, cause, person, etc., in most cases, nonpartisan refers sp ...
. The chief statistician advises on matters pertaining to statistical programs of the department and agencies of the government, supervises the administration of the ''
Statistics Act The ''Statistics Act'' (the ''Act'') is an Act of the Parliament of Canada passed in 1918 which created the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, now called Statistics Canada since 1971. The ''Statistics Act'' gives Statistics Canada the authority to "c ...
'', controls the operation and staff of StatCan and reports annually on the activities of StatCan to the
minister of industry The industry minister is a cabinet position in a government. The title may refer to the head of the governmental department that specializes in industry. This position may also be responsible for trade and employment, areas that fall under the mi ...
. The current chief statistician of Canada is
Anil Arora Anil Arora is the currently serving Chief Statistician of Canada, in office since 19 September 2016. He replaced Wayne Smith, who resigned to protest changes in Statistics Canada's informatics infrastructure stemming from the Shared Services Cana ...
, since September 19, 2016.


Dominion Statisticians and Chief Statisticians of Canada (1918 to present)


References and notes


External links


Statistics Canada web site
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada * {{Canada-gov-stub