def statistics_canada(word, max_length=<NUM_LIT:4>):
return StatisticsCanada().encode(word, max_length)<EOL>
Return the Statistics Canada code for a word.

    This is a wrapper for :py:meth:`StatisticsCanada.encode`.

    Parameters
    ----------
    word : str
        The word to transform
    max_length : int
        The maximum length (default 4) of the code to return

    Returns
    -------
    str
        The Statistics Canada name code value

    Examples
    --------
    >>> statistics_canada('Christopher')
    'CHRS'
    >>> statistics_canada('Niall')
    'NL'
    >>> statistics_canada('Smith')
    'SMTH'
    >>> statistics_canada('Schmidt')
    'SCHM'