Welcome to the Department of Statistics

Our mandate is to serve as a centre of excellence for statistical and actuarial research and education, across the campus, nationally and internationally. Our key strengths are the quality of our research in statistical science, the abilities of our undergraduate and graduate students, our programs in actuarial science and finance, our close ties to biostatisticians in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, and the broad reach of statistical sciences across other disciplines.

We offer courses in actuarial science, probability theory, applied statistics, statistical computation and theoretical statistics. These courses are geared towards a variety of students seeking training in statistical and actuarial reasoning. In addition we actively promote professional designations for our students offered by the Society of Actuaries and the Statistical Society of Canada.

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News & Updates

Gun Ho Jang – finalist for the prestigious Savage Award in Theory and Methods

Recent graduate Gun Ho Jang's Ph.D. dissertation has been selected by the ISBA Prize Committee, as a finalist for the prestigious Savage ...

The Department is pleased to welcome Sebastian Jaimungal into the role of Associate Chair of Graduate Studies

Prof. Jaimungal received his Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics on topics in Algebraic Topology and Quantum Field Theory. During his Post-Doctoral ...

Congratulations to Jeff Rosenthal for his successful CRIF proposal

"Why Numbers Matter". This new second-year Statistics course is designed to teach non-science students about the importance of Quantitative Reasoning ...

Congratulations to Alison Gibbs for her successful CRIF proposal

"Statistical Consultation, Collaboration and Communication". This fourth year capstone course aligns with new directions in both statistics education and the ...

Congratulations to Don Fraser

Congratulations to Don Fraser for his recent appointment by the Governor General as an Officer of the Order of Canada.This ...