He was born in Clinton, Huron County, Ontario in 1874, the son of Robert Coats, who came to Canada from Scotland. In 1896, Coats received a B.A. from the University College in Toronto. He worked as a journalist for The Toronto World and then the Toronto Globe until 1902 when, at the request of Prime MinisterMackenzie King, he became editor of the Labour Gazette; King himself had been the first editor of this publication which included statistical information related to labour.
He also served on statistical committees with the League of Nations. After he retired in 1942, Coats served as statistical advisor to the government of Ontario and the United Nations. He served four years as visiting professor of statistics in the Department of Political Economy at the University of Toronto.
Coats, one of the first residents of Rockcliffe Park, died in Ottawa at the age of 85. He had been married twice, first to Marie Hollbeister, and then, after his first wife's death, to Maida Skelly.
Robert Hamilton Coats fonds, Archives Canada[dead link]
Herbert Marshall, The Canadian Journal of Economics and Political Science / Revue canadienne d'Economique et de Science politique, Vol. 26, No. 3. (Aug., 1960), pp. 482-483.
John A. Stevenson, The American Statistician, Vol. 14, No. 2. (Apr., 1960), pp. 28-29.
Library and Archives Canada, Census of Canada, 1891, item number 1783098
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