Statistics Canada 's the Canadian federal government department commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and culture. The bureau's commonly called StatCan or StatsCan although StatCan 's the official abbrevation. It's regularly been considered the best statistical organization in the world by The Economist,such as in the 1991 and 1993 "Good Statistics" surveys. Public Policy Forum and others have also ranked it first. S… (More on Statcan)