Ontario. Bureau of Statistics and Research

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Bureau of Statistics and Research

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Bureau of Statistics and Research

    Other form(s) of name

    • Ontario. Dept. of the Provincial Treasurer. Bureau of Statistics and Research

    • Ontario. Treasury Dept. Bureau of Statistics and Research

    • Ontario Bureau of Statistics

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    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1944-1955

    History

    The Bureau of Statistics and Research was set up in 1944, drawing partly from staff of the former Office of the Budget Committee. The Bureau was headed by a Chief Statistician, and this position was filled by H.J. Chater, a former Secretary of the Office of the Budget Committee. He was also known as the Provincial Statistician.

    After Chater retired in 1955, the Bureau of Statistics and Research ceased to exist, and the statistical function in Treasury Dept. was subsumed by the Office of the Provincial Economist under George Gathercole.

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    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Bureau of Statistics and Research provided economic statistical advice to the Government of Ontario by administering the Ontario Statistics Act, maintaining liaison with the Dominion Bureau of Statistics and supporting the preparation of the Ontario budget; compiling, analysing, and disseminating economic, social, financial and taxation statistics; publishing the Ontario Economic Review and the Economic Survey of Ontario; and conducting regional, sectoral and demographic studies.

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    General context

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Treasury Dept. (1867-1968)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA19

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Treasury Dept. controls Ontario. Bureau of Statistics and Research

    Dates of relationship

    1944-1955

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Office of the Budget Committee (1932-1944)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA1584

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Office of the Budget Committee is the predecessor of Ontario. Bureau of Statistics and Research

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

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    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA1581

    Institution identifier

    Rules and/or conventions used

    RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

    Status

    Approved

    Level of detail

    Dates of creation, revision and deletion

    2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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        Sources

        Public Accounts, 1932- ; Guide to the Holdings of the Archives of Ontario (1985), 0029; Canadiana Name Authorities

        Maintenance notes

        Archivist(s):
        R. Coram