Anil Arora | |
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| Chief Statistician of Canada | |
| Assumed office September 19, 2016 | |
| Minister | |
| Preceded by | Wayne Smith |
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| Alma mater | University of Alberta[1] |
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| Website | canada.ca/anil-arora |
Anil Arora is a Canadian civil servant who has been the chief statistician of Canada since September 19, 2016.
Arora began his career with Statistics Canada, reaching the post of Assistant Chief Statistician before moving to management positions in Natural Resources Canada and then Health Canada.[3] He replaced Wayne Smith, who resigned to protest changes in Statistics Canada's informatics infrastructure stemming from the Shared Services Canada initiative.[4]