Geoff Bowlby, Director General at Statistics Canada

The Census of Population is one of the largest operations of government and is a key pillar of Canada’s statistical infrastructure. Join us in our most recent instalment of NationTalk Interview Series as our President Don Barraclough (virtually) sat down with Geoff Bowlby, Director General at Statistics Canada.

Geoff has been an executive at Statistics Canada for almost 15 years and has worked in many parts of the organization, including Labour Statistics and the department’s regional offices. Geoff is responsible for the oversight of the 2021 Census.

Today, we talk about the recently launched census with particular attention paid to census rollout in first nations communities and the information gathered by StatCan.

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