Geoff Bowlby

Geoff Bowlby has been with Statistics Canada since 1995, with a background as an economist and senior executive.

Prior to taking on the role of Assistant Chief Statistician in 2024, Geoff was Canada's Census Manager and steered the agency's most extensive and complex statistical program through the impact of a global pandemic. He also served as the Director General of Collection and Regional Services Branch, the director responsible for the monthly Labour Force Survey, as well as the director of Special Surveys.

Geoff recently completed the work of running two UN task forces focused on the revision of the international manuals being developed for the next worldwide round of population and housing censuses. Geoff is currently the representative for Statistics Canada on the Executive Board of the High Level Group for the Modernization of Official Statistics at the UN. He also sits on the Board for the Australian Census of Population and is a member of the International Census Forum.

Outside of work, Geoff is active with his family. For years, he coached his son's hockey team, and with his wife of 30 years, attended figure skating to cheer on their two daughters. While his children are now adults, Geoff continues to volunteer in his hometown community of Kemptville, Ontario, where he is a director on the local Hospital Foundation Board, which recently completed a fundraising campaign for the community's first CT scanner.

Geoff has a bachelor's degree in economics from Glendon College at York University and a master's degree in economics from the University of Waterloo. In addition, he graduated from the University of Ottawa's Certificate Program in Public Sector Leadership in 2020.