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The Dominion Bureau of Statistics was a Canadian government organization responsible for conducting censuses. It was formed in 1918 by the Statistics Act, but was replaced by Statistics Canada in 1971. [1]

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References

  1. Worton, David A. (1998). The Dominion Bureau of Statistics: A History of Canada's Central Statistical Office and Its Antecedents, 1841–1972. McGill-Queen's University Press. ISBN   978-077351660-1.