Metric Commission

The Commission was formed following the release of "The White Paper on Metric Conversion", a January 1971 federal government document which noted most nations had adopted the metric system and anticipated that the United States would do likewise.

[3] A number of Progressive Conservative Members of Parliament had vocally opposed the metric system during the previous Liberal government of Pierre Trudeau.

[4] The agency was abolished on March 31, 1985,[5] early in the mandate of a new Progressive Conservative government that came to office in the 1984 federal election.

By October of that year, the metric office became the Measurement Information Division of Industry Canada, and staff numbers were significantly decreased.

The Metric Commission Order remains in force under the Industry Canada Act and reports to the Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs.