Statistics Canada
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| State level | Federal level | ||
| legal form | Standalone agency | ||
| Supervisory authority (s) | Government of Canada | ||
| Consist | 1971 | ||
| Headquarters |
Ottawa , Ontario Canada
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| Chief Statistician of Canada, | Wayne Smith | ||
| Employee | 5,187 (as of March 31, 2017) | ||
| Website | www.statcan.gc.ca | ||
Statistics Canada (English name), because of the Canadian bilingualism also equal. Statistique Canada (French name), is a Canadian federal agency that publishes statistics on the Canadian population, natural resources, economy, society and culture. It is called StatCan , which is also the official abbreviation. The Economist magazine and the Public Policy Forum regularly rate the agency as the best organized in the world.
tasks
In addition to statistics for the whole of Canada, the agency also publishes statistics for the individual provinces and territories. The total number is 350. In addition, the authority organizes a national census every five years (in the first and sixth years of a decade) . The census data can then also be viewed on the Internet.
history
The authority emerged in 1971 from the Dominion Bureau of Statistics founded by George Eulas Foster in 1918. The first statistical Boehors in Canada date back to 1841.
guide
The chief of the authority is the Chief Statistician of Canada . Since 2011 it's Wayne Smith .
Publications
The authority publishes numerous publications on the population , the economy , health , the influence of the economy on immigration , the income situation and society, etc. In addition, a statistics newspaper, the Survey Methodology , is published.
Definitions
The agency defines several definitions to determine the Canadian regions for statistical purposes:
- Census agglomeration: Metropolitan regions with a core city that has more than 10,000 but less than 100,000 inhabitants
- Census Metropolitan Area: Metropolitan areas with a core city that has more than 100,000 inhabitants
- Census Division : comprises different administrative units of a province
- Census Subdivision: further subdivision ie:
- City , Hamlet, Indian reserve , Indian settlement , region and town (nationwide) as well as in the individual areas
| Province territory |
Census Subdivision (s) |
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| Alberta |
County Municipality Improvement District Regional Municipality Special Area Subdivision of County Municipality Summer Village |
| British Columbia |
District Municipality Indian Government District Nisga'a Village |
| Manitoba | Local Government District Rural Municipality |
| New Brunswick | Parish |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | Subdivision of unorganized rural territories |
| Northwest Territories | Chartered community settlement |
| Nova Scotia | Regional Municipality |
| Nunavut | Settlement |
| Ontario | City, Town, Township , Municipality |
| Prince Edward Island | Community Township and Royalty |
| Quebec | Canton Cree Village Inuit Land Municipality Parish Municipality Reserve Land United Canton Village nordique Ville |
| Saskatchewan | Northern Hamlet Northern Village Resort Village Rural Municipality |
| Yukon Territory | Settlement |
- Urban area
- Designated place
Web links
- Statistics Canada homepage
- The 2011 census on Statistics Canada
- The 2016 census on Statistics Canada
Individual evidence
- ^ Population of the Federal Public Service by Department. Government of Canada - Department of Treasury, February 20, 2018, accessed April 20, 2018 .
- ^ David A. Worton: The Dominion Bureau of Statistics. A History of Canada's Central Statistical Office and Its Antecedents, 1841-1972. Series Canadian Public Administration Series # 22, ISBN 978-077351660-1
- ^ Chief Statistician of Canada. In: statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved September 5, 2014 .
Coordinates: 45 ° 24'22.2 " N , 75 ° 44'8" W.