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Files maintained by Walter Elliott Duffett [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Sub-series

Date:

1955-1971

Reference:

R233-43-1-E, RG31

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

188017

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Statistics Canada fonds

Office of the Dominion Statistician

Files maintained by Walter Elliott Duffett
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Date(s):

1955-1971

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

6.8 m of textual records

Language of material:

English

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Sub-series consists of files from Walter Elliott Duffett's tenure with the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, including his time as Dominion Statistician. Topics include various censuses (including 1956, 1961 and 1966); items from different divisions, like the Agricultural Division, Census Division, Education Division, and Labour Division; and conferences and committees.

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Duffett, W.E. (Walter Elliott), b. 1910

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Duffett, W.E. (Walter Elliott), b. 1910 : From 1942 to 1944, Walter Elliott Duffett served with the Wartime Prices and Trade Board, before moving to the Bank of Canada, where he served as a member of the research staff. Duffett moved again in 1954, when he became director of the Economics and Research Branch at the Department of Labour. On 1 January 1957, Duffett took office as Dominion Statistician at the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. Before his retirement on 30 June 1972, Duffett saw the passage of new enabling legislation for the department, and a change of name to Statistics Canada, and with his post becoming 'Chief Statistician'.

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(Electronic) Finding aid 31-13 is a typed file list. 31-13 PDF (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf002/31-13_188017_vols_1516-1549_open.pdf

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Title is based on the contents of the sub-series.

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Source:

Government

Former archival reference no.:

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RG31
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Textual records

[Consultation96 Restrictions vary]

Volume [RG31]

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1516--1527;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1530--1532;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1535--1541;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1544--1549;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

Volume [RG31]

[Consultation 90 Open]

1528--1529;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1533--1534;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1542--1543;

[Consultation 90 Open]

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