---
title: "Statistics Canada"
url: "https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/statistics-canada"
description: "Statistics Canada, Government of Canada. Official website: statcan.gc.ca. Portfolio: Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. Not a government site."
site: "Canada Service Map"
author: "Mahmoud Halat"
publisher: "Space & Story"
updated: "2026-10-14"
licence: "Built entirely from public data: open data and official government pages. Each record keeps the licence of its source, listed at https://canadaservicemap.ca/data."
---
# Statistics Canada

Government of Canada · Agencies

Compiled by Mahmoud Halat, updated 14 October 2026. Not a government website. The official page always has the final word.

## About

Statistics Canada collects, compiles, analyses and publishes statistical information on the economic, social and general activities and conditions of Canada and its people. It takes the census of population and the census of agriculture every five years.

Source: [GC InfoBase, Inventory of Federal Organizations and Interests (Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat)](https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/a35cf382-690c-4221-a971-cf0fd189a46f). Licence: Open Government Licence - Canada.

## Facts

- Jurisdiction: Government of Canada
- Layer: Agencies
- Class: Departmental Agencies
- Portfolio: [Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/innovation-science-and-economic-development-canada)
- Wikidata: [Q1155740](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1155740)

## Official website

- [statcan.gc.ca](https://www.statcan.gc.ca)

## Sources

- Description source: [GC InfoBase, Inventory of Federal Organizations and Interests (Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat)](https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/a35cf382-690c-4221-a971-cf0fd189a46f). Licence: Open Government Licence - Canada.
- Record from: [GC InfoBase, Inventory of Federal Organizations and Interests](https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/a35cf382-690c-4221-a971-cf0fd189a46f). Licence: Open Government Licence - Canada.

## More

- [View it in the explorer](https://canadaservicemap.ca/explore?sel=ifoi:313), with the sources of its record.
- [Data and sources](https://canadaservicemap.ca/data): every record keeps the licence of its source.

## Cite this page

Canada Service Map, "Statistics Canada", updated 14 October 2026, https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/statistics-canada