From 1954 to 1959, and again from 1961 to 1968, he held various positions with the Dominion Bureau of Statistics (later renamed Statistics Canada), the final one being Director, Research and Econometrics Staff.
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He settled in Canada in 1964 where he pursued an academic career at the University of Montreal and the University of Ottawa and occupied senior positions at Statistics Canada, a Canadian federal government agency (1968 - 1993), including as Director of the Demography Division.
Professor Chris Sarlo, an economist at Nipissing University in North Bay, Ontario, Canada and a senior fellow of the Fraser Institute, uses Statistics Canada's socio-economic databases, particularly the Survey of Household Spending to determine the cost of a list of household necessities.
The Chief Statistician supervises the administration of the Statistics Act and controls the operation and staff of Statistics Canada.
The Jean Talon Building (Building 5) in Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa, Ontario (a Statistics Canada building, so named because Jean Talon conducted the first census in what is now Canada)