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Title

Series consists of

5 lower level description(s)

Arrangement structure

Series part of

Statistics Canada fonds [multiple media] (R233-0-5-E)

Accession

1. OFFICE OF THE CHIEF STATISTICIAN, REGISTRY FILES [textual records]
2. Office of Chief Statistician [textual record] (117-000133-4)

Bilingual equivalent

Bureau de statisticien fédéral en chef du Canada [document textuel]

Date(s)

1903-1979

Place of creation

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent

Language of material

English

Scope and content

Series consists of numbered and unnumbered files from former Dominion Statisticians, including Robert Hamilton (RH) Coats (1916-1941); Sedley Anthony (SA) Cudmore (1942-1945); Herbert Marshall (1945-1956) and Walter Elliot (WE) Duffett (1957-1972). The records of S.A. Cudmore also reflect his tenure as Assistant Chief Statistician. Also included are central registry files stamped `From the Office of the Chief Statistician', from the tenure of RH Coats to Peter G Kirkham.

Conditions of access

Terms of use

Copyright belongs to the Crown.

Additional name(s)

Canada. Office of the Chief Statistician of Canada. Office of the Chief Statistician of Canada.

Biography / Administrative history

Under the terms of the 1918 Statistics Act, the Dominion Statistician was required, under the direction of the Minister to whom s/he reported, to `supervise and control' the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. S/he was to be the Minister's representative in statistical negotiations with the provinces, and as per Order-in-Council 2503 (12 October 1918) and 1092 (20 May 1920), had a great deal of authority with regards to statistical matters in other departments. The 1948 Statistics Act, added the requirement to advise on all matters pertaining to statistical policy, to confer with government departments to that end and arrange with other government departments the collection, classification and publication of statistics. On 25 January 1965, Order-in-Council 1965-29 declared the Bureau, for legal and administrative purposes, to be a department of the federal government, with the Dominion Statistician as its deputy head. In 1971, a new Statistics Act was passed, which changed the name of the organization to `Statistics Canada' and, subsequently, of the departmental head to `Chief Statistician of Canada'. RG 31 General Inventory; Statistics Canada Annual Reports; David A Worton, The Dominion Bureau of Statistics: A history of Canada's Central Statistics Office and its antecedents, 1841-1972"; INFOSOURCE

Additional information

Source

Government

Related control no.

1. 1981-82/175 GAD
2. 1989-90/133 GAD
3. 117-000133-4
4. RG31-A

MIKAN no.

134468