The Dominion Bureau of Statistics was a

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responsible for conducting

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. It was formed in 1918 by the Statistics Act, but was replaced by

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in 1971. The Dominion Statisticians were: *

Robert H. Coats Robert Hamilton Coats (July 25, 1874 – February 7, 1960) was Canada's first Dominion Statistician. He was born in Clinton, Huron County, Ontario in 1874, the son of Robert Coats, who came to Canada from Scotland. In 1896, Coats received ...

(1918–1942) * Sedley A. Cudmore (1942–1945) * Herbert Marshall (1945–1956) * Walter E. Duffett (1957–1972)

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