Assistant Chief Statistician, Statistics Canada
Eric Rancourt is currently the Assistant Chief Statistician for the Strategic Data Management, Methods and Analysis Field at Statistics Canada. He is also Statistics Canada's Chief Data Officer responsible for the overall stewardship of the organization's information data holdings.
He has worked at Statistics Canada for 32 years and has occupied several roles such as Director General of the Modern Statistical Methods and Data Science Branch at Statistics Canada (formerly known as the Methodology Branch), Director General of Strategic Data Management, Director of International Cooperation, Director of Corporate Planning, Head of research, Production manager of Survey Methodology Journal, and Researcher. His main areas of work have been on the treatment of nonresponse, on estimation, as well as gathering, safeguarding and use of administrative and alternative data in statistical programs. Recently his work has been on frameworks for optimizing privacy and information, on data ethics, and on modern statistical designs. He holds a BSc in Statistics from University Laval, a BA in Ancient Studies and in Medieval Studies, as well as a BA in philosophy from the University of Ottawa focusing on data ethics. He is Chair of the Board for the Canadian Statistical Sciences Institute (CANSSI). He has been involved in many professional associations including the International Association for Survey Statisticians (IASS) and the International Association for Official Statistics (IAOS) and is an elected member of the International Statistical Institute (ISI). He is also a member of the Statistical Society of Canada (SSC) and the American Statistical Association (ASA). His recent papers are on data ethics, the use of data science in Official Statistics, and on the use of alternative data collection methods.
Participating in: Data strategy renewal for the federal public service
