The management context

Quality at Statistics Canada
Management framework
The quality assurance framework
Conclusion

This section outlines the management context within which these Quality Guidelines are applied. The Agency's management structure, policies and guidelines, consultative mechanisms, project development and management approach, and environment have been developed to facilitate and assure effective management of quality. The basic mechanisms for managing quality, as part of Statistics Canada’s Quality Assurance Framework (Statistics Canada, 2002c), are summarized here in terms of the six elements of quality described in the section on Defining quality.