Merge github.com:grpc/grpc into optionalize_census
diff --git a/BUILD b/BUILD
index 32ff4b4..e175920 100644
--- a/BUILD
+++ b/BUILD
@@ -159,6 +159,13 @@
 cc_library(
   name = "grpc",
   srcs = [
+    "src/core/ext/census/aggregation.h",
+    "src/core/ext/census/census_interface.h",
+    "src/core/ext/census/census_rpc_stats.h",
+    "src/core/ext/census/grpc_filter.h",
+    "src/core/ext/census/grpc_plugin.h",
+    "src/core/ext/census/mlog.h",
+    "src/core/ext/census/rpc_metric_id.h",
     "src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/load_balancer_api.h",
     "src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.h",
     "src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/alpn.h",
@@ -182,11 +189,6 @@
     "src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/stream_map.h",
     "src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/timeout_encoding.h",
     "src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/varint.h",
-    "src/core/lib/census/aggregation.h",
-    "src/core/lib/census/grpc_filter.h",
-    "src/core/lib/census/grpc_plugin.h",
-    "src/core/lib/census/mlog.h",
-    "src/core/lib/census/rpc_metric_id.h",
     "src/core/lib/channel/channel_args.h",
     "src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack.h",
     "src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack_builder.h",
@@ -268,8 +270,6 @@
     "src/core/lib/security/secure_endpoint.h",
     "src/core/lib/security/security_connector.h",
     "src/core/lib/security/security_context.h",
-    "src/core/lib/statistics/census_interface.h",
-    "src/core/lib/statistics/census_rpc_stats.h",
     "src/core/lib/surface/api_trace.h",
     "src/core/lib/surface/call.h",
     "src/core/lib/surface/call_test_only.h",
@@ -294,6 +294,15 @@
     "src/core/lib/tsi/ssl_types.h",
     "src/core/lib/tsi/transport_security.h",
     "src/core/lib/tsi/transport_security_interface.h",
+    "src/core/ext/census/context.c",
+    "src/core/ext/census/grpc_context.c",
+    "src/core/ext/census/grpc_filter.c",
+    "src/core/ext/census/grpc_plugin.c",
+    "src/core/ext/census/initialize.c",
+    "src/core/ext/census/mlog.c",
+    "src/core/ext/census/operation.c",
+    "src/core/ext/census/placeholders.c",
+    "src/core/ext/census/tracing.c",
     "src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/load_balancer_api.c",
     "src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.c",
     "src/core/ext/lb_policy/pick_first/pick_first.c",
@@ -323,15 +332,6 @@
     "src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/timeout_encoding.c",
     "src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/varint.c",
     "src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/writing.c",
-    "src/core/lib/census/context.c",
-    "src/core/lib/census/grpc_context.c",
-    "src/core/lib/census/grpc_filter.c",
-    "src/core/lib/census/grpc_plugin.c",
-    "src/core/lib/census/initialize.c",
-    "src/core/lib/census/mlog.c",
-    "src/core/lib/census/operation.c",
-    "src/core/lib/census/placeholders.c",
-    "src/core/lib/census/tracing.c",
     "src/core/lib/channel/channel_args.c",
     "src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack.c",
     "src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack_builder.c",
@@ -529,6 +529,13 @@
 cc_library(
   name = "grpc_unsecure",
   srcs = [
+    "src/core/ext/census/aggregation.h",
+    "src/core/ext/census/census_interface.h",
+    "src/core/ext/census/census_rpc_stats.h",
+    "src/core/ext/census/grpc_filter.h",
+    "src/core/ext/census/grpc_plugin.h",
+    "src/core/ext/census/mlog.h",
+    "src/core/ext/census/rpc_metric_id.h",
     "src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/load_balancer_api.h",
     "src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.h",
     "src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/alpn.h",
@@ -552,11 +559,6 @@
     "src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/stream_map.h",
     "src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/timeout_encoding.h",
     "src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/varint.h",
-    "src/core/lib/census/aggregation.h",
-    "src/core/lib/census/grpc_filter.h",
-    "src/core/lib/census/grpc_plugin.h",
-    "src/core/lib/census/mlog.h",
-    "src/core/lib/census/rpc_metric_id.h",
     "src/core/lib/channel/channel_args.h",
     "src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack.h",
     "src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack_builder.h",
@@ -629,8 +631,6 @@
     "src/core/lib/json/json_common.h",
     "src/core/lib/json/json_reader.h",
     "src/core/lib/json/json_writer.h",
-    "src/core/lib/statistics/census_interface.h",
-    "src/core/lib/statistics/census_rpc_stats.h",
     "src/core/lib/surface/api_trace.h",
     "src/core/lib/surface/call.h",
     "src/core/lib/surface/call_test_only.h",
@@ -650,6 +650,15 @@
     "src/core/lib/transport/static_metadata.h",
     "src/core/lib/transport/transport.h",
     "src/core/lib/transport/transport_impl.h",
+    "src/core/ext/census/context.c",
+    "src/core/ext/census/grpc_context.c",
+    "src/core/ext/census/grpc_filter.c",
+    "src/core/ext/census/grpc_plugin.c",
+    "src/core/ext/census/initialize.c",
+    "src/core/ext/census/mlog.c",
+    "src/core/ext/census/operation.c",
+    "src/core/ext/census/placeholders.c",
+    "src/core/ext/census/tracing.c",
     "src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/load_balancer_api.c",
     "src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.c",
     "src/core/ext/lb_policy/pick_first/pick_first.c",
@@ -677,15 +686,6 @@
     "src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/timeout_encoding.c",
     "src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/varint.c",
     "src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/writing.c",
-    "src/core/lib/census/context.c",
-    "src/core/lib/census/grpc_context.c",
-    "src/core/lib/census/grpc_filter.c",
-    "src/core/lib/census/grpc_plugin.c",
-    "src/core/lib/census/initialize.c",
-    "src/core/lib/census/mlog.c",
-    "src/core/lib/census/operation.c",
-    "src/core/lib/census/placeholders.c",
-    "src/core/lib/census/tracing.c",
     "src/core/lib/channel/channel_args.c",
     "src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack.c",
     "src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack_builder.c",
@@ -1359,6 +1359,15 @@
 objc_library(
   name = "grpc_objc",
   srcs = [
+    "src/core/ext/census/context.c",
+    "src/core/ext/census/grpc_context.c",
+    "src/core/ext/census/grpc_filter.c",
+    "src/core/ext/census/grpc_plugin.c",
+    "src/core/ext/census/initialize.c",
+    "src/core/ext/census/mlog.c",
+    "src/core/ext/census/operation.c",
+    "src/core/ext/census/placeholders.c",
+    "src/core/ext/census/tracing.c",
     "src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/load_balancer_api.c",
     "src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.c",
     "src/core/ext/lb_policy/pick_first/pick_first.c",
@@ -1388,15 +1397,6 @@
     "src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/timeout_encoding.c",
     "src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/varint.c",
     "src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/writing.c",
-    "src/core/lib/census/context.c",
-    "src/core/lib/census/grpc_context.c",
-    "src/core/lib/census/grpc_filter.c",
-    "src/core/lib/census/grpc_plugin.c",
-    "src/core/lib/census/initialize.c",
-    "src/core/lib/census/mlog.c",
-    "src/core/lib/census/operation.c",
-    "src/core/lib/census/placeholders.c",
-    "src/core/lib/census/tracing.c",
     "src/core/lib/channel/channel_args.c",
     "src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack.c",
     "src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack_builder.c",
@@ -1536,6 +1536,13 @@
     "include/grpc/impl/codegen/propagation_bits.h",
     "include/grpc/impl/codegen/status.h",
     "include/grpc/status.h",
+    "src/core/ext/census/aggregation.h",
+    "src/core/ext/census/census_interface.h",
+    "src/core/ext/census/census_rpc_stats.h",
+    "src/core/ext/census/grpc_filter.h",
+    "src/core/ext/census/grpc_plugin.h",
+    "src/core/ext/census/mlog.h",
+    "src/core/ext/census/rpc_metric_id.h",
     "src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/load_balancer_api.h",
     "src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.h",
     "src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/alpn.h",
@@ -1559,11 +1566,6 @@
     "src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/stream_map.h",
     "src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/timeout_encoding.h",
     "src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/varint.h",
-    "src/core/lib/census/aggregation.h",
-    "src/core/lib/census/grpc_filter.h",
-    "src/core/lib/census/grpc_plugin.h",
-    "src/core/lib/census/mlog.h",
-    "src/core/lib/census/rpc_metric_id.h",
     "src/core/lib/channel/channel_args.h",
     "src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack.h",
     "src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack_builder.h",
@@ -1645,8 +1647,6 @@
     "src/core/lib/security/secure_endpoint.h",
     "src/core/lib/security/security_connector.h",
     "src/core/lib/security/security_context.h",
-    "src/core/lib/statistics/census_interface.h",
-    "src/core/lib/statistics/census_rpc_stats.h",
     "src/core/lib/surface/api_trace.h",
     "src/core/lib/surface/call.h",
     "src/core/lib/surface/call_test_only.h",
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e9ae6f3..586c06f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2440,6 +2440,15 @@
 
 
 LIBGRPC_SRC = \
+    src/core/ext/census/context.c \
+    src/core/ext/census/grpc_context.c \
+    src/core/ext/census/grpc_filter.c \
+    src/core/ext/census/grpc_plugin.c \
+    src/core/ext/census/initialize.c \
+    src/core/ext/census/mlog.c \
+    src/core/ext/census/operation.c \
+    src/core/ext/census/placeholders.c \
+    src/core/ext/census/tracing.c \
     src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/load_balancer_api.c \
     src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.c \
     src/core/ext/lb_policy/pick_first/pick_first.c \
@@ -2469,15 +2478,6 @@
     src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/timeout_encoding.c \
     src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/varint.c \
     src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/writing.c \
-    src/core/lib/census/context.c \
-    src/core/lib/census/grpc_context.c \
-    src/core/lib/census/grpc_filter.c \
-    src/core/lib/census/grpc_plugin.c \
-    src/core/lib/census/initialize.c \
-    src/core/lib/census/mlog.c \
-    src/core/lib/census/operation.c \
-    src/core/lib/census/placeholders.c \
-    src/core/lib/census/tracing.c \
     src/core/lib/channel/channel_args.c \
     src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack.c \
     src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack_builder.c \
@@ -2802,6 +2802,15 @@
 
 
 LIBGRPC_UNSECURE_SRC = \
+    src/core/ext/census/context.c \
+    src/core/ext/census/grpc_context.c \
+    src/core/ext/census/grpc_filter.c \
+    src/core/ext/census/grpc_plugin.c \
+    src/core/ext/census/initialize.c \
+    src/core/ext/census/mlog.c \
+    src/core/ext/census/operation.c \
+    src/core/ext/census/placeholders.c \
+    src/core/ext/census/tracing.c \
     src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/load_balancer_api.c \
     src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.c \
     src/core/ext/lb_policy/pick_first/pick_first.c \
@@ -2829,15 +2838,6 @@
     src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/timeout_encoding.c \
     src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/varint.c \
     src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/writing.c \
-    src/core/lib/census/context.c \
-    src/core/lib/census/grpc_context.c \
-    src/core/lib/census/grpc_filter.c \
-    src/core/lib/census/grpc_plugin.c \
-    src/core/lib/census/initialize.c \
-    src/core/lib/census/mlog.c \
-    src/core/lib/census/operation.c \
-    src/core/lib/census/placeholders.c \
-    src/core/lib/census/tracing.c \
     src/core/lib/channel/channel_args.c \
     src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack.c \
     src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack_builder.c \
diff --git a/binding.gyp b/binding.gyp
index 5dabef3..972a492 100644
--- a/binding.gyp
+++ b/binding.gyp
@@ -558,6 +558,15 @@
         'gpr',
       ],
       'sources': [
+        'src/core/ext/census/context.c',
+        'src/core/ext/census/grpc_context.c',
+        'src/core/ext/census/grpc_filter.c',
+        'src/core/ext/census/grpc_plugin.c',
+        'src/core/ext/census/initialize.c',
+        'src/core/ext/census/mlog.c',
+        'src/core/ext/census/operation.c',
+        'src/core/ext/census/placeholders.c',
+        'src/core/ext/census/tracing.c',
         'src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/load_balancer_api.c',
         'src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.c',
         'src/core/ext/lb_policy/pick_first/pick_first.c',
@@ -587,15 +596,6 @@
         'src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/timeout_encoding.c',
         'src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/varint.c',
         'src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/writing.c',
-        'src/core/lib/census/context.c',
-        'src/core/lib/census/grpc_context.c',
-        'src/core/lib/census/grpc_filter.c',
-        'src/core/lib/census/grpc_plugin.c',
-        'src/core/lib/census/initialize.c',
-        'src/core/lib/census/mlog.c',
-        'src/core/lib/census/operation.c',
-        'src/core/lib/census/placeholders.c',
-        'src/core/lib/census/tracing.c',
         'src/core/lib/channel/channel_args.c',
         'src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack.c',
         'src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack_builder.c',
diff --git a/build.yaml b/build.yaml
index c5f2ff5..e348797 100644
--- a/build.yaml
+++ b/build.yaml
@@ -13,16 +13,24 @@
   public_headers:
   - include/grpc/census.h
   headers:
-  - src/core/lib/census/aggregation.h
-  - src/core/lib/census/mlog.h
-  - src/core/lib/census/rpc_metric_id.h
+  - src/core/ext/census/aggregation.h
+  - src/core/ext/census/census_interface.h
+  - src/core/ext/census/census_rpc_stats.h
+  - src/core/ext/census/grpc_filter.h
+  - src/core/ext/census/grpc_plugin.h
+  - src/core/ext/census/mlog.h
+  - src/core/ext/census/rpc_metric_id.h
   src:
-  - src/core/lib/census/context.c
-  - src/core/lib/census/initialize.c
-  - src/core/lib/census/mlog.c
-  - src/core/lib/census/operation.c
-  - src/core/lib/census/placeholders.c
-  - src/core/lib/census/tracing.c
+  - src/core/ext/census/context.c
+  - src/core/ext/census/grpc_context.c
+  - src/core/ext/census/grpc_filter.c
+  - src/core/ext/census/grpc_plugin.c
+  - src/core/ext/census/initialize.c
+  - src/core/ext/census/mlog.c
+  - src/core/ext/census/operation.c
+  - src/core/ext/census/placeholders.c
+  - src/core/ext/census/tracing.c
+  plugin: census_grpc_plugin
 - name: gpr
   public_headers:
   - include/grpc/support/alloc.h
@@ -247,8 +255,6 @@
   - include/grpc/grpc.h
   - include/grpc/status.h
   headers:
-  - src/core/lib/census/grpc_filter.h
-  - src/core/lib/census/grpc_plugin.h
   - src/core/lib/channel/channel_args.h
   - src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack.h
   - src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack_builder.h
@@ -321,8 +327,6 @@
   - src/core/lib/json/json_common.h
   - src/core/lib/json/json_reader.h
   - src/core/lib/json/json_writer.h
-  - src/core/lib/statistics/census_interface.h
-  - src/core/lib/statistics/census_rpc_stats.h
   - src/core/lib/surface/api_trace.h
   - src/core/lib/surface/call.h
   - src/core/lib/surface/call_test_only.h
@@ -343,9 +347,6 @@
   - src/core/lib/transport/transport.h
   - src/core/lib/transport/transport_impl.h
   src:
-  - src/core/lib/census/grpc_context.c
-  - src/core/lib/census/grpc_filter.c
-  - src/core/lib/census/grpc_plugin.c
   - src/core/lib/channel/channel_args.c
   - src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack.c
   - src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack_builder.c
diff --git a/config.m4 b/config.m4
index 1b414a1..540506a 100644
--- a/config.m4
+++ b/config.m4
@@ -80,6 +80,15 @@
     src/core/lib/support/tmpfile_posix.c \
     src/core/lib/support/tmpfile_win32.c \
     src/core/lib/support/wrap_memcpy.c \
+    src/core/ext/census/context.c \
+    src/core/ext/census/grpc_context.c \
+    src/core/ext/census/grpc_filter.c \
+    src/core/ext/census/grpc_plugin.c \
+    src/core/ext/census/initialize.c \
+    src/core/ext/census/mlog.c \
+    src/core/ext/census/operation.c \
+    src/core/ext/census/placeholders.c \
+    src/core/ext/census/tracing.c \
     src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/load_balancer_api.c \
     src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.c \
     src/core/ext/lb_policy/pick_first/pick_first.c \
@@ -109,15 +118,6 @@
     src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/timeout_encoding.c \
     src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/varint.c \
     src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/writing.c \
-    src/core/lib/census/context.c \
-    src/core/lib/census/grpc_context.c \
-    src/core/lib/census/grpc_filter.c \
-    src/core/lib/census/grpc_plugin.c \
-    src/core/lib/census/initialize.c \
-    src/core/lib/census/mlog.c \
-    src/core/lib/census/operation.c \
-    src/core/lib/census/placeholders.c \
-    src/core/lib/census/tracing.c \
     src/core/lib/channel/channel_args.c \
     src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack.c \
     src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack_builder.c \
@@ -547,6 +547,7 @@
   PHP_ADD_BUILD_DIR($ext_builddir/src/php/ext/grpc)
 
   PHP_ADD_BUILD_DIR($ext_builddir/src/boringssl)
+  PHP_ADD_BUILD_DIR($ext_builddir/src/core/ext/census)
   PHP_ADD_BUILD_DIR($ext_builddir/src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb)
   PHP_ADD_BUILD_DIR($ext_builddir/src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/proto/grpc/lb/v0)
   PHP_ADD_BUILD_DIR($ext_builddir/src/core/ext/lb_policy/pick_first)
@@ -556,7 +557,6 @@
   PHP_ADD_BUILD_DIR($ext_builddir/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/server/insecure)
   PHP_ADD_BUILD_DIR($ext_builddir/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/server/secure)
   PHP_ADD_BUILD_DIR($ext_builddir/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport)
-  PHP_ADD_BUILD_DIR($ext_builddir/src/core/lib/census)
   PHP_ADD_BUILD_DIR($ext_builddir/src/core/lib/channel)
   PHP_ADD_BUILD_DIR($ext_builddir/src/core/lib/client_config)
   PHP_ADD_BUILD_DIR($ext_builddir/src/core/lib/client_config/resolvers)
diff --git a/gRPC.podspec b/gRPC.podspec
index d94905c..73b0358 100644
--- a/gRPC.podspec
+++ b/gRPC.podspec
@@ -161,6 +161,13 @@
                       'src/core/lib/support/tmpfile_posix.c',
                       'src/core/lib/support/tmpfile_win32.c',
                       'src/core/lib/support/wrap_memcpy.c',
+                      'src/core/ext/census/aggregation.h',
+                      'src/core/ext/census/census_interface.h',
+                      'src/core/ext/census/census_rpc_stats.h',
+                      'src/core/ext/census/grpc_filter.h',
+                      'src/core/ext/census/grpc_plugin.h',
+                      'src/core/ext/census/mlog.h',
+                      'src/core/ext/census/rpc_metric_id.h',
                       'src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/load_balancer_api.h',
                       'src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.h',
                       'src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/alpn.h',
@@ -184,11 +191,6 @@
                       'src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/stream_map.h',
                       'src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/timeout_encoding.h',
                       'src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/varint.h',
-                      'src/core/lib/census/aggregation.h',
-                      'src/core/lib/census/grpc_filter.h',
-                      'src/core/lib/census/grpc_plugin.h',
-                      'src/core/lib/census/mlog.h',
-                      'src/core/lib/census/rpc_metric_id.h',
                       'src/core/lib/channel/channel_args.h',
                       'src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack.h',
                       'src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack_builder.h',
@@ -270,8 +272,6 @@
                       'src/core/lib/security/secure_endpoint.h',
                       'src/core/lib/security/security_connector.h',
                       'src/core/lib/security/security_context.h',
-                      'src/core/lib/statistics/census_interface.h',
-                      'src/core/lib/statistics/census_rpc_stats.h',
                       'src/core/lib/surface/api_trace.h',
                       'src/core/lib/surface/call.h',
                       'src/core/lib/surface/call_test_only.h',
@@ -313,6 +313,15 @@
                       'include/grpc/impl/codegen/propagation_bits.h',
                       'include/grpc/impl/codegen/status.h',
                       'include/grpc/status.h',
+                      'src/core/ext/census/context.c',
+                      'src/core/ext/census/grpc_context.c',
+                      'src/core/ext/census/grpc_filter.c',
+                      'src/core/ext/census/grpc_plugin.c',
+                      'src/core/ext/census/initialize.c',
+                      'src/core/ext/census/mlog.c',
+                      'src/core/ext/census/operation.c',
+                      'src/core/ext/census/placeholders.c',
+                      'src/core/ext/census/tracing.c',
                       'src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/load_balancer_api.c',
                       'src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.c',
                       'src/core/ext/lb_policy/pick_first/pick_first.c',
@@ -342,15 +351,6 @@
                       'src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/timeout_encoding.c',
                       'src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/varint.c',
                       'src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/writing.c',
-                      'src/core/lib/census/context.c',
-                      'src/core/lib/census/grpc_context.c',
-                      'src/core/lib/census/grpc_filter.c',
-                      'src/core/lib/census/grpc_plugin.c',
-                      'src/core/lib/census/initialize.c',
-                      'src/core/lib/census/mlog.c',
-                      'src/core/lib/census/operation.c',
-                      'src/core/lib/census/placeholders.c',
-                      'src/core/lib/census/tracing.c',
                       'src/core/lib/channel/channel_args.c',
                       'src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack.c',
                       'src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack_builder.c',
@@ -491,6 +491,13 @@
                               'src/core/lib/support/thd_internal.h',
                               'src/core/lib/support/time_precise.h',
                               'src/core/lib/support/tmpfile.h',
+                              'src/core/ext/census/aggregation.h',
+                              'src/core/ext/census/census_interface.h',
+                              'src/core/ext/census/census_rpc_stats.h',
+                              'src/core/ext/census/grpc_filter.h',
+                              'src/core/ext/census/grpc_plugin.h',
+                              'src/core/ext/census/mlog.h',
+                              'src/core/ext/census/rpc_metric_id.h',
                               'src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/load_balancer_api.h',
                               'src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.h',
                               'src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/alpn.h',
@@ -514,11 +521,6 @@
                               'src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/stream_map.h',
                               'src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/timeout_encoding.h',
                               'src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/varint.h',
-                              'src/core/lib/census/aggregation.h',
-                              'src/core/lib/census/grpc_filter.h',
-                              'src/core/lib/census/grpc_plugin.h',
-                              'src/core/lib/census/mlog.h',
-                              'src/core/lib/census/rpc_metric_id.h',
                               'src/core/lib/channel/channel_args.h',
                               'src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack.h',
                               'src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack_builder.h',
@@ -600,8 +602,6 @@
                               'src/core/lib/security/secure_endpoint.h',
                               'src/core/lib/security/security_connector.h',
                               'src/core/lib/security/security_context.h',
-                              'src/core/lib/statistics/census_interface.h',
-                              'src/core/lib/statistics/census_rpc_stats.h',
                               'src/core/lib/surface/api_trace.h',
                               'src/core/lib/surface/call.h',
                               'src/core/lib/surface/call_test_only.h',
diff --git a/grpc.gemspec b/grpc.gemspec
index e96bedb..88e98ba 100755
--- a/grpc.gemspec
+++ b/grpc.gemspec
@@ -157,6 +157,13 @@
   s.files += %w( include/grpc/impl/codegen/propagation_bits.h )
   s.files += %w( include/grpc/impl/codegen/status.h )
   s.files += %w( include/grpc/status.h )
+  s.files += %w( src/core/ext/census/aggregation.h )
+  s.files += %w( src/core/ext/census/census_interface.h )
+  s.files += %w( src/core/ext/census/census_rpc_stats.h )
+  s.files += %w( src/core/ext/census/grpc_filter.h )
+  s.files += %w( src/core/ext/census/grpc_plugin.h )
+  s.files += %w( src/core/ext/census/mlog.h )
+  s.files += %w( src/core/ext/census/rpc_metric_id.h )
   s.files += %w( src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/load_balancer_api.h )
   s.files += %w( src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.h )
   s.files += %w( src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/alpn.h )
@@ -180,11 +187,6 @@
   s.files += %w( src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/stream_map.h )
   s.files += %w( src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/timeout_encoding.h )
   s.files += %w( src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/varint.h )
-  s.files += %w( src/core/lib/census/aggregation.h )
-  s.files += %w( src/core/lib/census/grpc_filter.h )
-  s.files += %w( src/core/lib/census/grpc_plugin.h )
-  s.files += %w( src/core/lib/census/mlog.h )
-  s.files += %w( src/core/lib/census/rpc_metric_id.h )
   s.files += %w( src/core/lib/channel/channel_args.h )
   s.files += %w( src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack.h )
   s.files += %w( src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack_builder.h )
@@ -266,8 +268,6 @@
   s.files += %w( src/core/lib/security/secure_endpoint.h )
   s.files += %w( src/core/lib/security/security_connector.h )
   s.files += %w( src/core/lib/security/security_context.h )
-  s.files += %w( src/core/lib/statistics/census_interface.h )
-  s.files += %w( src/core/lib/statistics/census_rpc_stats.h )
   s.files += %w( src/core/lib/surface/api_trace.h )
   s.files += %w( src/core/lib/surface/call.h )
   s.files += %w( src/core/lib/surface/call_test_only.h )
@@ -296,6 +296,15 @@
   s.files += %w( third_party/nanopb/pb_common.h )
   s.files += %w( third_party/nanopb/pb_decode.h )
   s.files += %w( third_party/nanopb/pb_encode.h )
+  s.files += %w( src/core/ext/census/context.c )
+  s.files += %w( src/core/ext/census/grpc_context.c )
+  s.files += %w( src/core/ext/census/grpc_filter.c )
+  s.files += %w( src/core/ext/census/grpc_plugin.c )
+  s.files += %w( src/core/ext/census/initialize.c )
+  s.files += %w( src/core/ext/census/mlog.c )
+  s.files += %w( src/core/ext/census/operation.c )
+  s.files += %w( src/core/ext/census/placeholders.c )
+  s.files += %w( src/core/ext/census/tracing.c )
   s.files += %w( src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/load_balancer_api.c )
   s.files += %w( src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.c )
   s.files += %w( src/core/ext/lb_policy/pick_first/pick_first.c )
@@ -325,15 +334,6 @@
   s.files += %w( src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/timeout_encoding.c )
   s.files += %w( src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/varint.c )
   s.files += %w( src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/writing.c )
-  s.files += %w( src/core/lib/census/context.c )
-  s.files += %w( src/core/lib/census/grpc_context.c )
-  s.files += %w( src/core/lib/census/grpc_filter.c )
-  s.files += %w( src/core/lib/census/grpc_plugin.c )
-  s.files += %w( src/core/lib/census/initialize.c )
-  s.files += %w( src/core/lib/census/mlog.c )
-  s.files += %w( src/core/lib/census/operation.c )
-  s.files += %w( src/core/lib/census/placeholders.c )
-  s.files += %w( src/core/lib/census/tracing.c )
   s.files += %w( src/core/lib/channel/channel_args.c )
   s.files += %w( src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack.c )
   s.files += %w( src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack_builder.c )
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cbcfc19..b91267b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -100,6 +100,13 @@
     "include/grpc/impl/codegen/propagation_bits.h",
     "include/grpc/impl/codegen/status.h",
     "include/grpc/status.h",
+    "src/core/ext/census/aggregation.h",
+    "src/core/ext/census/census_interface.h",
+    "src/core/ext/census/census_rpc_stats.h",
+    "src/core/ext/census/grpc_filter.h",
+    "src/core/ext/census/grpc_plugin.h",
+    "src/core/ext/census/mlog.h",
+    "src/core/ext/census/rpc_metric_id.h",
     "src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/load_balancer_api.h",
     "src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.h",
     "src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/alpn.h",
@@ -123,11 +130,6 @@
     "src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/stream_map.h",
     "src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/timeout_encoding.h",
     "src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/varint.h",
-    "src/core/lib/census/aggregation.h",
-    "src/core/lib/census/grpc_filter.h",
-    "src/core/lib/census/grpc_plugin.h",
-    "src/core/lib/census/mlog.h",
-    "src/core/lib/census/rpc_metric_id.h",
     "src/core/lib/channel/channel_args.h",
     "src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack.h",
     "src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack_builder.h",
@@ -209,8 +211,6 @@
     "src/core/lib/security/secure_endpoint.h",
     "src/core/lib/security/security_connector.h",
     "src/core/lib/security/security_context.h",
-    "src/core/lib/statistics/census_interface.h",
-    "src/core/lib/statistics/census_rpc_stats.h",
     "src/core/lib/surface/api_trace.h",
     "src/core/lib/surface/call.h",
     "src/core/lib/surface/call_test_only.h",
@@ -239,6 +239,15 @@
     "third_party/nanopb/pb_common.h",
     "third_party/nanopb/pb_decode.h",
     "third_party/nanopb/pb_encode.h",
+    "src/core/ext/census/context.c",
+    "src/core/ext/census/grpc_context.c",
+    "src/core/ext/census/grpc_filter.c",
+    "src/core/ext/census/grpc_plugin.c",
+    "src/core/ext/census/initialize.c",
+    "src/core/ext/census/mlog.c",
+    "src/core/ext/census/operation.c",
+    "src/core/ext/census/placeholders.c",
+    "src/core/ext/census/tracing.c",
     "src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/load_balancer_api.c",
     "src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.c",
     "src/core/ext/lb_policy/pick_first/pick_first.c",
@@ -268,15 +277,6 @@
     "src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/timeout_encoding.c",
     "src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/varint.c",
     "src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/writing.c",
-    "src/core/lib/census/context.c",
-    "src/core/lib/census/grpc_context.c",
-    "src/core/lib/census/grpc_filter.c",
-    "src/core/lib/census/grpc_plugin.c",
-    "src/core/lib/census/initialize.c",
-    "src/core/lib/census/mlog.c",
-    "src/core/lib/census/operation.c",
-    "src/core/lib/census/placeholders.c",
-    "src/core/lib/census/tracing.c",
     "src/core/lib/channel/channel_args.c",
     "src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack.c",
     "src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack_builder.c",
diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
index 1caf850..9b7d12c 100644
--- a/package.xml
+++ b/package.xml
@@ -161,6 +161,13 @@
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="include/grpc/impl/codegen/propagation_bits.h" role="src" />
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="include/grpc/impl/codegen/status.h" role="src" />
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="include/grpc/status.h" role="src" />
+    <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/ext/census/aggregation.h" role="src" />
+    <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/ext/census/census_interface.h" role="src" />
+    <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/ext/census/census_rpc_stats.h" role="src" />
+    <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/ext/census/grpc_filter.h" role="src" />
+    <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/ext/census/grpc_plugin.h" role="src" />
+    <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/ext/census/mlog.h" role="src" />
+    <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/ext/census/rpc_metric_id.h" role="src" />
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/load_balancer_api.h" role="src" />
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.h" role="src" />
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/alpn.h" role="src" />
@@ -184,11 +191,6 @@
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/stream_map.h" role="src" />
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/timeout_encoding.h" role="src" />
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/varint.h" role="src" />
-    <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/lib/census/aggregation.h" role="src" />
-    <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/lib/census/grpc_filter.h" role="src" />
-    <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/lib/census/grpc_plugin.h" role="src" />
-    <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/lib/census/mlog.h" role="src" />
-    <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/lib/census/rpc_metric_id.h" role="src" />
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/lib/channel/channel_args.h" role="src" />
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack.h" role="src" />
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack_builder.h" role="src" />
@@ -270,8 +272,6 @@
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/lib/security/secure_endpoint.h" role="src" />
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/lib/security/security_connector.h" role="src" />
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/lib/security/security_context.h" role="src" />
-    <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/lib/statistics/census_interface.h" role="src" />
-    <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/lib/statistics/census_rpc_stats.h" role="src" />
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/lib/surface/api_trace.h" role="src" />
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/lib/surface/call.h" role="src" />
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/lib/surface/call_test_only.h" role="src" />
@@ -300,6 +300,15 @@
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="third_party/nanopb/pb_common.h" role="src" />
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="third_party/nanopb/pb_decode.h" role="src" />
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="third_party/nanopb/pb_encode.h" role="src" />
+    <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/ext/census/context.c" role="src" />
+    <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/ext/census/grpc_context.c" role="src" />
+    <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/ext/census/grpc_filter.c" role="src" />
+    <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/ext/census/grpc_plugin.c" role="src" />
+    <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/ext/census/initialize.c" role="src" />
+    <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/ext/census/mlog.c" role="src" />
+    <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/ext/census/operation.c" role="src" />
+    <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/ext/census/placeholders.c" role="src" />
+    <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/ext/census/tracing.c" role="src" />
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/load_balancer_api.c" role="src" />
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.c" role="src" />
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/ext/lb_policy/pick_first/pick_first.c" role="src" />
@@ -329,15 +338,6 @@
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/timeout_encoding.c" role="src" />
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/varint.c" role="src" />
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/writing.c" role="src" />
-    <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/lib/census/context.c" role="src" />
-    <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/lib/census/grpc_context.c" role="src" />
-    <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/lib/census/grpc_filter.c" role="src" />
-    <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/lib/census/grpc_plugin.c" role="src" />
-    <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/lib/census/initialize.c" role="src" />
-    <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/lib/census/mlog.c" role="src" />
-    <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/lib/census/operation.c" role="src" />
-    <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/lib/census/placeholders.c" role="src" />
-    <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/lib/census/tracing.c" role="src" />
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/lib/channel/channel_args.c" role="src" />
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack.c" role="src" />
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack_builder.c" role="src" />
diff --git a/src/core/lib/census/README.md b/src/core/ext/census/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from src/core/lib/census/README.md
rename to src/core/ext/census/README.md
diff --git a/src/core/lib/census/aggregation.h b/src/core/ext/census/aggregation.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/core/lib/census/aggregation.h
rename to src/core/ext/census/aggregation.h
diff --git a/src/core/lib/statistics/census_init.c b/src/core/ext/census/census_init.c
similarity index 91%
rename from src/core/lib/statistics/census_init.c
rename to src/core/ext/census/census_init.c
index 7a8b8b6..690b09e 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/statistics/census_init.c
+++ b/src/core/ext/census/census_init.c
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@
  *
  */
 
-#include "src/core/lib/statistics/census_interface.h"
+#include "src/core/ext/census/census_interface.h"
 
 #include <grpc/support/log.h>
-#include "src/core/lib/statistics/census_rpc_stats.h"
-#include "src/core/lib/statistics/census_tracing.h"
+#include "src/core/ext/census/census_rpc_stats.h"
+#include "src/core/ext/census/census_tracing.h"
 
 void census_init(void) {
   census_tracing_init();
diff --git a/src/core/lib/statistics/census_interface.h b/src/core/ext/census/census_interface.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/core/lib/statistics/census_interface.h
rename to src/core/ext/census/census_interface.h
diff --git a/src/core/lib/statistics/census_log.c b/src/core/ext/census/census_log.c
similarity index 99%
rename from src/core/lib/statistics/census_log.c
rename to src/core/ext/census/census_log.c
index 782b34e..9a7331a 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/statistics/census_log.c
+++ b/src/core/ext/census/census_log.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
    include the name of the structure, which will be passed as the first
    argument. E.g. cl_block_initialize() will initialize a cl_block.
 */
-#include "src/core/lib/statistics/census_log.h"
+#include "src/core/ext/census/census_log.h"
 #include <grpc/support/alloc.h>
 #include <grpc/support/atm.h>
 #include <grpc/support/cpu.h>
diff --git a/src/core/lib/statistics/census_log.h b/src/core/ext/census/census_log.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/core/lib/statistics/census_log.h
rename to src/core/ext/census/census_log.h
diff --git a/src/core/lib/statistics/census_rpc_stats.c b/src/core/ext/census/census_rpc_stats.c
similarity index 96%
rename from src/core/lib/statistics/census_rpc_stats.c
rename to src/core/ext/census/census_rpc_stats.c
index 33522e0..09ee12d 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/statistics/census_rpc_stats.c
+++ b/src/core/ext/census/census_rpc_stats.c
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@
 #include <grpc/support/alloc.h>
 #include <grpc/support/log.h>
 #include <grpc/support/sync.h>
-#include "src/core/lib/statistics/census_interface.h"
-#include "src/core/lib/statistics/census_rpc_stats.h"
-#include "src/core/lib/statistics/census_tracing.h"
-#include "src/core/lib/statistics/hash_table.h"
-#include "src/core/lib/statistics/window_stats.h"
+#include "src/core/ext/census/census_interface.h"
+#include "src/core/ext/census/census_rpc_stats.h"
+#include "src/core/ext/census/census_tracing.h"
+#include "src/core/ext/census/hash_table.h"
+#include "src/core/ext/census/window_stats.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/support/murmur_hash.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/support/string.h"
 
diff --git a/src/core/lib/statistics/census_rpc_stats.h b/src/core/ext/census/census_rpc_stats.h
similarity index 98%
rename from src/core/lib/statistics/census_rpc_stats.h
rename to src/core/ext/census/census_rpc_stats.h
index 3853642..d02ff4f 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/statistics/census_rpc_stats.h
+++ b/src/core/ext/census/census_rpc_stats.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #define GRPC_CORE_LIB_STATISTICS_CENSUS_RPC_STATS_H
 
 #include <grpc/support/port_platform.h>
-#include "src/core/lib/statistics/census_interface.h"
+#include "src/core/ext/census/census_interface.h"
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
diff --git a/src/core/lib/statistics/census_tracing.c b/src/core/ext/census/census_tracing.c
similarity index 97%
rename from src/core/lib/statistics/census_tracing.c
rename to src/core/ext/census/census_tracing.c
index ff71e79..f893dc9 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/statistics/census_tracing.c
+++ b/src/core/ext/census/census_tracing.c
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
  *
  */
 
-#include "src/core/lib/statistics/census_tracing.h"
-#include "src/core/lib/statistics/census_interface.h"
+#include "src/core/ext/census/census_tracing.h"
+#include "src/core/ext/census/census_interface.h"
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 #include <grpc/support/log.h>
 #include <grpc/support/port_platform.h>
 #include <grpc/support/sync.h>
-#include "src/core/lib/statistics/hash_table.h"
+#include "src/core/ext/census/hash_table.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/support/string.h"
 
 void census_trace_obj_destroy(census_trace_obj *obj) {
diff --git a/src/core/lib/statistics/census_tracing.h b/src/core/ext/census/census_tracing.h
similarity index 98%
rename from src/core/lib/statistics/census_tracing.h
rename to src/core/ext/census/census_tracing.h
index 7b2db1e..21f7020 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/statistics/census_tracing.h
+++ b/src/core/ext/census/census_tracing.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #define GRPC_CORE_LIB_STATISTICS_CENSUS_TRACING_H
 
 #include <grpc/support/time.h>
-#include "src/core/lib/statistics/census_rpc_stats.h"
+#include "src/core/ext/census/census_rpc_stats.h"
 
 /* WARNING: The data structures and APIs provided by this file are for GRPC
    library's internal use ONLY. They might be changed in backward-incompatible
diff --git a/src/core/lib/census/context.c b/src/core/ext/census/context.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/core/lib/census/context.c
rename to src/core/ext/census/context.c
diff --git a/src/core/lib/census/grpc_context.c b/src/core/ext/census/grpc_context.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/core/lib/census/grpc_context.c
rename to src/core/ext/census/grpc_context.c
diff --git a/src/core/lib/census/grpc_filter.c b/src/core/ext/census/grpc_filter.c
similarity index 97%
rename from src/core/lib/census/grpc_filter.c
rename to src/core/ext/census/grpc_filter.c
index 9bca2d4..c93ce96 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/census/grpc_filter.c
+++ b/src/core/ext/census/grpc_filter.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
  *
  */
 
-#include "src/core/lib/census/grpc_filter.h"
+#include "src/core/ext/census/grpc_filter.h"
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@
 #include <grpc/support/time.h>
 
 #include "src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack.h"
-#include "src/core/lib/statistics/census_interface.h"
-#include "src/core/lib/statistics/census_rpc_stats.h"
+#include "src/core/ext/census/census_interface.h"
+#include "src/core/ext/census/census_rpc_stats.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/transport/static_metadata.h"
 
 typedef struct call_data {
diff --git a/src/core/lib/census/grpc_filter.h b/src/core/ext/census/grpc_filter.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/core/lib/census/grpc_filter.h
rename to src/core/ext/census/grpc_filter.h
diff --git a/src/core/lib/census/grpc_plugin.c b/src/core/ext/census/grpc_plugin.c
similarity index 94%
rename from src/core/lib/census/grpc_plugin.c
rename to src/core/ext/census/grpc_plugin.c
index 7f6df11..0f15ecb 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/census/grpc_plugin.c
+++ b/src/core/ext/census/grpc_plugin.c
@@ -31,13 +31,11 @@
  *
  */
 
-#include "src/core/lib/census/grpc_plugin.h"
-
 #include <limits.h>
 
 #include <grpc/census.h>
 
-#include "src/core/lib/census/grpc_filter.h"
+#include "src/core/ext/census/grpc_filter.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack_builder.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/surface/channel_init.h"
 
@@ -67,4 +65,4 @@
                                    maybe_add_census_filter, NULL);
 }
 
-void census_grpc_plugin_destroy(void) { census_shutdown(); }
+void census_grpc_plugin_shutdown(void) { census_shutdown(); }
diff --git a/src/core/lib/statistics/hash_table.c b/src/core/ext/census/hash_table.c
similarity index 99%
rename from src/core/lib/statistics/hash_table.c
rename to src/core/ext/census/hash_table.c
index 79481c3..ee6fdfc 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/statistics/hash_table.c
+++ b/src/core/ext/census/hash_table.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
  *
  */
 
-#include "src/core/lib/statistics/hash_table.h"
+#include "src/core/ext/census/hash_table.h"
 
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/src/core/lib/statistics/hash_table.h b/src/core/ext/census/hash_table.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/core/lib/statistics/hash_table.h
rename to src/core/ext/census/hash_table.h
diff --git a/src/core/lib/census/initialize.c b/src/core/ext/census/initialize.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/core/lib/census/initialize.c
rename to src/core/ext/census/initialize.c
diff --git a/src/core/lib/census/mlog.c b/src/core/ext/census/mlog.c
similarity index 99%
rename from src/core/lib/census/mlog.c
rename to src/core/ext/census/mlog.c
index ce060a2..698b709 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/census/mlog.c
+++ b/src/core/ext/census/mlog.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 // include the name of the structure, which will be passed as the first
 // argument. E.g. cl_block_initialize() will initialize a cl_block.
 
-#include "src/core/lib/census/mlog.h"
+#include "src/core/ext/census/mlog.h"
 #include <grpc/support/alloc.h>
 #include <grpc/support/atm.h>
 #include <grpc/support/cpu.h>
diff --git a/src/core/lib/census/mlog.h b/src/core/ext/census/mlog.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/core/lib/census/mlog.h
rename to src/core/ext/census/mlog.h
diff --git a/src/core/lib/census/operation.c b/src/core/ext/census/operation.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/core/lib/census/operation.c
rename to src/core/ext/census/operation.c
diff --git a/src/core/lib/census/placeholders.c b/src/core/ext/census/placeholders.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/core/lib/census/placeholders.c
rename to src/core/ext/census/placeholders.c
diff --git a/src/core/lib/census/rpc_metric_id.h b/src/core/ext/census/rpc_metric_id.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/core/lib/census/rpc_metric_id.h
rename to src/core/ext/census/rpc_metric_id.h
diff --git a/src/core/lib/census/tracing.c b/src/core/ext/census/tracing.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/core/lib/census/tracing.c
rename to src/core/ext/census/tracing.c
diff --git a/src/core/lib/statistics/window_stats.c b/src/core/ext/census/window_stats.c
similarity index 99%
rename from src/core/lib/statistics/window_stats.c
rename to src/core/ext/census/window_stats.c
index 9185e98..5f7bd99 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/statistics/window_stats.c
+++ b/src/core/ext/census/window_stats.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
  *
  */
 
-#include "src/core/lib/statistics/window_stats.h"
+#include "src/core/ext/census/window_stats.h"
 #include <grpc/support/alloc.h>
 #include <grpc/support/log.h>
 #include <grpc/support/time.h>
diff --git a/src/core/lib/statistics/window_stats.h b/src/core/ext/census/window_stats.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/core/lib/statistics/window_stats.h
rename to src/core/ext/census/window_stats.h
diff --git a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/client/insecure/channel_create.c b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/client/insecure/channel_create.c
index a5f7c6c..35450c9 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/client/insecure/channel_create.c
+++ b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/client/insecure/channel_create.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 #include <grpc/support/slice_buffer.h>
 
 #include "src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.h"
-#include "src/core/lib/census/grpc_filter.h"
+#include "src/core/ext/census/grpc_filter.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/channel/channel_args.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/channel/client_channel.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/channel/compress_filter.h"
diff --git a/src/core/lib/census/grpc_plugin.h b/src/core/lib/census/grpc_plugin.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d642a6..0000000
--- a/src/core/lib/census/grpc_plugin.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *
- * Copyright 2015, Google Inc.
- * All rights reserved.
- *
- * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
- * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
- * met:
- *
- *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
- * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
- *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
- * copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
- * in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
- * distribution.
- *     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
- * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
- * this software without specific prior written permission.
- *
- * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
- * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
- * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
- * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
- * OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
- * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
- * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
- * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
- * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
- * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
- * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
- *
- */
-
-#ifndef GRPC_CORE_LIB_CENSUS_GRPC_PLUGIN_H
-#define GRPC_CORE_LIB_CENSUS_GRPC_PLUGIN_H
-
-void census_grpc_plugin_init(void);
-void census_grpc_plugin_destroy(void);
-
-#endif /* GRPC_CORE_LIB_CENSUS_GRPC_PLUGIN_H */
diff --git a/src/core/lib/surface/init.c b/src/core/lib/surface/init.c
index 566b030..5ef9681 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/surface/init.c
+++ b/src/core/lib/surface/init.c
@@ -39,9 +39,7 @@
 #include <grpc/grpc.h>
 #include <grpc/support/alloc.h>
 #include <grpc/support/time.h>
-/* TODO(ctiller): find another way? - better not to include census here */
 #include "src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.h"
-#include "src/core/lib/census/grpc_plugin.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/channel/client_channel.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/channel/compress_filter.h"
@@ -85,8 +83,6 @@
 static void do_basic_init(void) {
   gpr_mu_init(&g_init_mu);
   grpc_register_built_in_plugins();
-  /* TODO(ctiller): ideally remove this strict linkage */
-  grpc_register_plugin(census_grpc_plugin_init, census_grpc_plugin_destroy);
   g_initializations = 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/core/plugin_registry/grpc_plugin_registry.c b/src/core/plugin_registry/grpc_plugin_registry.c
index 3e3c214..422d3c9 100644
--- a/src/core/plugin_registry/grpc_plugin_registry.c
+++ b/src/core/plugin_registry/grpc_plugin_registry.c
@@ -37,10 +37,14 @@
 extern void grpc_lb_policy_pick_first_shutdown(void);
 extern void grpc_lb_policy_round_robin_init(void);
 extern void grpc_lb_policy_round_robin_shutdown(void);
+extern void census_grpc_plugin_init(void);
+extern void census_grpc_plugin_shutdown(void);
 
 void grpc_register_built_in_plugins(void) {
   grpc_register_plugin(grpc_lb_policy_pick_first_init,
                        grpc_lb_policy_pick_first_shutdown);
   grpc_register_plugin(grpc_lb_policy_round_robin_init,
                        grpc_lb_policy_round_robin_shutdown);
+  grpc_register_plugin(census_grpc_plugin_init,
+                       census_grpc_plugin_shutdown);
 }
diff --git a/src/core/plugin_registry/grpc_unsecure_plugin_registry.c b/src/core/plugin_registry/grpc_unsecure_plugin_registry.c
index 3e3c214..422d3c9 100644
--- a/src/core/plugin_registry/grpc_unsecure_plugin_registry.c
+++ b/src/core/plugin_registry/grpc_unsecure_plugin_registry.c
@@ -37,10 +37,14 @@
 extern void grpc_lb_policy_pick_first_shutdown(void);
 extern void grpc_lb_policy_round_robin_init(void);
 extern void grpc_lb_policy_round_robin_shutdown(void);
+extern void census_grpc_plugin_init(void);
+extern void census_grpc_plugin_shutdown(void);
 
 void grpc_register_built_in_plugins(void) {
   grpc_register_plugin(grpc_lb_policy_pick_first_init,
                        grpc_lb_policy_pick_first_shutdown);
   grpc_register_plugin(grpc_lb_policy_round_robin_init,
                        grpc_lb_policy_round_robin_shutdown);
+  grpc_register_plugin(census_grpc_plugin_init,
+                       census_grpc_plugin_shutdown);
 }
diff --git a/src/python/grpcio/grpc_core_dependencies.py b/src/python/grpcio/grpc_core_dependencies.py
index d88921c..084f5e1 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio/grpc_core_dependencies.py
+++ b/src/python/grpcio/grpc_core_dependencies.py
@@ -74,6 +74,15 @@
   'src/core/lib/support/tmpfile_posix.c',
   'src/core/lib/support/tmpfile_win32.c',
   'src/core/lib/support/wrap_memcpy.c',
+  'src/core/ext/census/context.c',
+  'src/core/ext/census/grpc_context.c',
+  'src/core/ext/census/grpc_filter.c',
+  'src/core/ext/census/grpc_plugin.c',
+  'src/core/ext/census/initialize.c',
+  'src/core/ext/census/mlog.c',
+  'src/core/ext/census/operation.c',
+  'src/core/ext/census/placeholders.c',
+  'src/core/ext/census/tracing.c',
   'src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/load_balancer_api.c',
   'src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.c',
   'src/core/ext/lb_policy/pick_first/pick_first.c',
@@ -103,15 +112,6 @@
   'src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/timeout_encoding.c',
   'src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/varint.c',
   'src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/writing.c',
-  'src/core/lib/census/context.c',
-  'src/core/lib/census/grpc_context.c',
-  'src/core/lib/census/grpc_filter.c',
-  'src/core/lib/census/grpc_plugin.c',
-  'src/core/lib/census/initialize.c',
-  'src/core/lib/census/mlog.c',
-  'src/core/lib/census/operation.c',
-  'src/core/lib/census/placeholders.c',
-  'src/core/lib/census/tracing.c',
   'src/core/lib/channel/channel_args.c',
   'src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack.c',
   'src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack_builder.c',
diff --git a/test/core/census/mlog_test.c b/test/core/census/mlog_test.c
index 5951461..36e8a49 100644
--- a/test/core/census/mlog_test.c
+++ b/test/core/census/mlog_test.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
  *
  */
 
-#include "src/core/lib/census/mlog.h"
+#include "src/core/ext/census/mlog.h"
 #include <grpc/support/cpu.h>
 #include <grpc/support/log.h>
 #include <grpc/support/port_platform.h>
diff --git a/test/core/statistics/census_log_tests.c b/test/core/statistics/census_log_tests.c
index 92570d9..8646a2f 100644
--- a/test/core/statistics/census_log_tests.c
+++ b/test/core/statistics/census_log_tests.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
  *
  */
 
-#include "src/core/lib/statistics/census_log.h"
+#include "src/core/ext/census/census_log.h"
 #include <grpc/support/cpu.h>
 #include <grpc/support/log.h>
 #include <grpc/support/port_platform.h>
diff --git a/test/core/statistics/census_stub_test.c b/test/core/statistics/census_stub_test.c
index dbc7cf7..f9dddb6 100644
--- a/test/core/statistics/census_stub_test.c
+++ b/test/core/statistics/census_stub_test.c
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@
 
 #include <grpc/support/alloc.h>
 #include <grpc/support/log.h>
-#include "src/core/lib/statistics/census_interface.h"
-#include "src/core/lib/statistics/census_rpc_stats.h"
+#include "src/core/ext/census/census_interface.h"
+#include "src/core/ext/census/census_rpc_stats.h"
 #include "test/core/util/test_config.h"
 
 /* Tests census noop stubs in a simulated rpc flow */
diff --git a/test/core/statistics/hash_table_test.c b/test/core/statistics/hash_table_test.c
index 6fc2d60..f63c1a3 100644
--- a/test/core/statistics/hash_table_test.c
+++ b/test/core/statistics/hash_table_test.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
-#include "src/core/lib/statistics/hash_table.h"
+#include "src/core/ext/census/hash_table.h"
 
 #include <grpc/support/alloc.h>
 #include <grpc/support/log.h>
diff --git a/test/core/statistics/rpc_stats_test.c b/test/core/statistics/rpc_stats_test.c
index 715bd13..14def4b 100644
--- a/test/core/statistics/rpc_stats_test.c
+++ b/test/core/statistics/rpc_stats_test.c
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@
 #include <grpc/support/string.h>
 #include <grpc/support/thd.h>
 #include <grpc/support/time.h>
-#include "src/core/lib/statistics/census_interface.h"
-#include "src/core/lib/statistics/census_rpc_stats.h"
-#include "src/core/lib/statistics/census_tracing.h"
+#include "src/core/ext/census/census_interface.h"
+#include "src/core/ext/census/census_rpc_stats.h"
+#include "src/core/ext/census/census_tracing.h"
 #include "test/core/util/test_config.h"
 
 /* Ensure all possible state transitions are called without causing problem */
diff --git a/test/core/statistics/trace_test.c b/test/core/statistics/trace_test.c
index 8dab8b6..790507f 100644
--- a/test/core/statistics/trace_test.c
+++ b/test/core/statistics/trace_test.c
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@
 #include <grpc/support/thd.h>
 #include <grpc/support/time.h>
 #include <grpc/support/useful.h>
-#include "src/core/lib/statistics/census_interface.h"
-#include "src/core/lib/statistics/census_tracing.h"
-#include "src/core/lib/statistics/census_tracing.h"
+#include "src/core/ext/census/census_interface.h"
+#include "src/core/ext/census/census_tracing.h"
+#include "src/core/ext/census/census_tracing.h"
 #include "test/core/util/test_config.h"
 
 /* Ensure all possible state transitions are called without causing problem */
diff --git a/test/core/statistics/window_stats_test.c b/test/core/statistics/window_stats_test.c
index 5192ca5..5d71ba6 100644
--- a/test/core/statistics/window_stats_test.c
+++ b/test/core/statistics/window_stats_test.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
  *
  */
 
-#include "src/core/lib/statistics/window_stats.h"
+#include "src/core/ext/census/window_stats.h"
 #include <grpc/support/log.h>
 #include <grpc/support/time.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.core.internal b/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.core.internal
index b94447c..dc2fd06 100644
--- a/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.core.internal
+++ b/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.core.internal
@@ -773,6 +773,13 @@
 include/grpc/impl/codegen/propagation_bits.h \
 include/grpc/impl/codegen/status.h \
 include/grpc/status.h \
+src/core/ext/census/aggregation.h \
+src/core/ext/census/census_interface.h \
+src/core/ext/census/census_rpc_stats.h \
+src/core/ext/census/grpc_filter.h \
+src/core/ext/census/grpc_plugin.h \
+src/core/ext/census/mlog.h \
+src/core/ext/census/rpc_metric_id.h \
 src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/load_balancer_api.h \
 src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.h \
 src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/alpn.h \
@@ -796,11 +803,6 @@
 src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/stream_map.h \
 src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/timeout_encoding.h \
 src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/varint.h \
-src/core/lib/census/aggregation.h \
-src/core/lib/census/grpc_filter.h \
-src/core/lib/census/grpc_plugin.h \
-src/core/lib/census/mlog.h \
-src/core/lib/census/rpc_metric_id.h \
 src/core/lib/channel/channel_args.h \
 src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack.h \
 src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack_builder.h \
@@ -882,8 +884,6 @@
 src/core/lib/security/secure_endpoint.h \
 src/core/lib/security/security_connector.h \
 src/core/lib/security/security_context.h \
-src/core/lib/statistics/census_interface.h \
-src/core/lib/statistics/census_rpc_stats.h \
 src/core/lib/surface/api_trace.h \
 src/core/lib/surface/call.h \
 src/core/lib/surface/call_test_only.h \
@@ -912,6 +912,15 @@
 third_party/nanopb/pb_common.h \
 third_party/nanopb/pb_decode.h \
 third_party/nanopb/pb_encode.h \
+src/core/ext/census/context.c \
+src/core/ext/census/grpc_context.c \
+src/core/ext/census/grpc_filter.c \
+src/core/ext/census/grpc_plugin.c \
+src/core/ext/census/initialize.c \
+src/core/ext/census/mlog.c \
+src/core/ext/census/operation.c \
+src/core/ext/census/placeholders.c \
+src/core/ext/census/tracing.c \
 src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/load_balancer_api.c \
 src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.c \
 src/core/ext/lb_policy/pick_first/pick_first.c \
@@ -941,15 +950,6 @@
 src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/timeout_encoding.c \
 src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/varint.c \
 src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/writing.c \
-src/core/lib/census/context.c \
-src/core/lib/census/grpc_context.c \
-src/core/lib/census/grpc_filter.c \
-src/core/lib/census/grpc_plugin.c \
-src/core/lib/census/initialize.c \
-src/core/lib/census/mlog.c \
-src/core/lib/census/operation.c \
-src/core/lib/census/placeholders.c \
-src/core/lib/census/tracing.c \
 src/core/lib/channel/channel_args.c \
 src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack.c \
 src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack_builder.c \
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/sources_and_headers.json b/tools/run_tests/sources_and_headers.json
index 4bad249..e17470d 100644
--- a/tools/run_tests/sources_and_headers.json
+++ b/tools/run_tests/sources_and_headers.json
@@ -4036,6 +4036,13 @@
       "include/grpc/impl/codegen/propagation_bits.h", 
       "include/grpc/impl/codegen/status.h", 
       "include/grpc/status.h", 
+      "src/core/ext/census/aggregation.h", 
+      "src/core/ext/census/census_interface.h", 
+      "src/core/ext/census/census_rpc_stats.h", 
+      "src/core/ext/census/grpc_filter.h", 
+      "src/core/ext/census/grpc_plugin.h", 
+      "src/core/ext/census/mlog.h", 
+      "src/core/ext/census/rpc_metric_id.h", 
       "src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/load_balancer_api.h", 
       "src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.h", 
       "src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/alpn.h", 
@@ -4059,11 +4066,6 @@
       "src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/stream_map.h", 
       "src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/timeout_encoding.h", 
       "src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/varint.h", 
-      "src/core/lib/census/aggregation.h", 
-      "src/core/lib/census/grpc_filter.h", 
-      "src/core/lib/census/grpc_plugin.h", 
-      "src/core/lib/census/mlog.h", 
-      "src/core/lib/census/rpc_metric_id.h", 
       "src/core/lib/channel/channel_args.h", 
       "src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack.h", 
       "src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack_builder.h", 
@@ -4145,8 +4147,6 @@
       "src/core/lib/security/secure_endpoint.h", 
       "src/core/lib/security/security_connector.h", 
       "src/core/lib/security/security_context.h", 
-      "src/core/lib/statistics/census_interface.h", 
-      "src/core/lib/statistics/census_rpc_stats.h", 
       "src/core/lib/surface/api_trace.h", 
       "src/core/lib/surface/call.h", 
       "src/core/lib/surface/call_test_only.h", 
@@ -4192,6 +4192,22 @@
       "include/grpc/impl/codegen/propagation_bits.h", 
       "include/grpc/impl/codegen/status.h", 
       "include/grpc/status.h", 
+      "src/core/ext/census/aggregation.h", 
+      "src/core/ext/census/census_interface.h", 
+      "src/core/ext/census/census_rpc_stats.h", 
+      "src/core/ext/census/context.c", 
+      "src/core/ext/census/grpc_context.c", 
+      "src/core/ext/census/grpc_filter.c", 
+      "src/core/ext/census/grpc_filter.h", 
+      "src/core/ext/census/grpc_plugin.c", 
+      "src/core/ext/census/grpc_plugin.h", 
+      "src/core/ext/census/initialize.c", 
+      "src/core/ext/census/mlog.c", 
+      "src/core/ext/census/mlog.h", 
+      "src/core/ext/census/operation.c", 
+      "src/core/ext/census/placeholders.c", 
+      "src/core/ext/census/rpc_metric_id.h", 
+      "src/core/ext/census/tracing.c", 
       "src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/load_balancer_api.c", 
       "src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/load_balancer_api.h", 
       "src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.c", 
@@ -4244,20 +4260,6 @@
       "src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/varint.c", 
       "src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/varint.h", 
       "src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/writing.c", 
-      "src/core/lib/census/aggregation.h", 
-      "src/core/lib/census/context.c", 
-      "src/core/lib/census/grpc_context.c", 
-      "src/core/lib/census/grpc_filter.c", 
-      "src/core/lib/census/grpc_filter.h", 
-      "src/core/lib/census/grpc_plugin.c", 
-      "src/core/lib/census/grpc_plugin.h", 
-      "src/core/lib/census/initialize.c", 
-      "src/core/lib/census/mlog.c", 
-      "src/core/lib/census/mlog.h", 
-      "src/core/lib/census/operation.c", 
-      "src/core/lib/census/placeholders.c", 
-      "src/core/lib/census/rpc_metric_id.h", 
-      "src/core/lib/census/tracing.c", 
       "src/core/lib/channel/channel_args.c", 
       "src/core/lib/channel/channel_args.h", 
       "src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack.c", 
@@ -4431,8 +4433,6 @@
       "src/core/lib/security/security_context.c", 
       "src/core/lib/security/security_context.h", 
       "src/core/lib/security/server_auth_filter.c", 
-      "src/core/lib/statistics/census_interface.h", 
-      "src/core/lib/statistics/census_rpc_stats.h", 
       "src/core/lib/surface/alarm.c", 
       "src/core/lib/surface/api_trace.c", 
       "src/core/lib/surface/api_trace.h", 
@@ -4661,6 +4661,13 @@
       "include/grpc/impl/codegen/propagation_bits.h", 
       "include/grpc/impl/codegen/status.h", 
       "include/grpc/status.h", 
+      "src/core/ext/census/aggregation.h", 
+      "src/core/ext/census/census_interface.h", 
+      "src/core/ext/census/census_rpc_stats.h", 
+      "src/core/ext/census/grpc_filter.h", 
+      "src/core/ext/census/grpc_plugin.h", 
+      "src/core/ext/census/mlog.h", 
+      "src/core/ext/census/rpc_metric_id.h", 
       "src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/load_balancer_api.h", 
       "src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.h", 
       "src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/alpn.h", 
@@ -4684,11 +4691,6 @@
       "src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/stream_map.h", 
       "src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/timeout_encoding.h", 
       "src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/varint.h", 
-      "src/core/lib/census/aggregation.h", 
-      "src/core/lib/census/grpc_filter.h", 
-      "src/core/lib/census/grpc_plugin.h", 
-      "src/core/lib/census/mlog.h", 
-      "src/core/lib/census/rpc_metric_id.h", 
       "src/core/lib/channel/channel_args.h", 
       "src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack.h", 
       "src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack_builder.h", 
@@ -4761,8 +4763,6 @@
       "src/core/lib/json/json_common.h", 
       "src/core/lib/json/json_reader.h", 
       "src/core/lib/json/json_writer.h", 
-      "src/core/lib/statistics/census_interface.h", 
-      "src/core/lib/statistics/census_rpc_stats.h", 
       "src/core/lib/surface/api_trace.h", 
       "src/core/lib/surface/call.h", 
       "src/core/lib/surface/call_test_only.h", 
@@ -4802,6 +4802,22 @@
       "include/grpc/impl/codegen/propagation_bits.h", 
       "include/grpc/impl/codegen/status.h", 
       "include/grpc/status.h", 
+      "src/core/ext/census/aggregation.h", 
+      "src/core/ext/census/census_interface.h", 
+      "src/core/ext/census/census_rpc_stats.h", 
+      "src/core/ext/census/context.c", 
+      "src/core/ext/census/grpc_context.c", 
+      "src/core/ext/census/grpc_filter.c", 
+      "src/core/ext/census/grpc_filter.h", 
+      "src/core/ext/census/grpc_plugin.c", 
+      "src/core/ext/census/grpc_plugin.h", 
+      "src/core/ext/census/initialize.c", 
+      "src/core/ext/census/mlog.c", 
+      "src/core/ext/census/mlog.h", 
+      "src/core/ext/census/operation.c", 
+      "src/core/ext/census/placeholders.c", 
+      "src/core/ext/census/rpc_metric_id.h", 
+      "src/core/ext/census/tracing.c", 
       "src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/load_balancer_api.c", 
       "src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/load_balancer_api.h", 
       "src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.c", 
@@ -4852,20 +4868,6 @@
       "src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/varint.c", 
       "src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/varint.h", 
       "src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/writing.c", 
-      "src/core/lib/census/aggregation.h", 
-      "src/core/lib/census/context.c", 
-      "src/core/lib/census/grpc_context.c", 
-      "src/core/lib/census/grpc_filter.c", 
-      "src/core/lib/census/grpc_filter.h", 
-      "src/core/lib/census/grpc_plugin.c", 
-      "src/core/lib/census/grpc_plugin.h", 
-      "src/core/lib/census/initialize.c", 
-      "src/core/lib/census/mlog.c", 
-      "src/core/lib/census/mlog.h", 
-      "src/core/lib/census/operation.c", 
-      "src/core/lib/census/placeholders.c", 
-      "src/core/lib/census/rpc_metric_id.h", 
-      "src/core/lib/census/tracing.c", 
       "src/core/lib/channel/channel_args.c", 
       "src/core/lib/channel/channel_args.h", 
       "src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack.c", 
@@ -5015,8 +5017,6 @@
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       "src/core/lib/json/json_writer.h", 
-      "src/core/lib/statistics/census_interface.h", 
-      "src/core/lib/statistics/census_rpc_stats.h", 
       "src/core/lib/surface/alarm.c", 
       "src/core/lib/surface/api_trace.c", 
       "src/core/lib/surface/api_trace.h", 
diff --git a/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc/grpc.vcxproj b/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc/grpc.vcxproj
index 93d5a9b..c8c72b6 100644
--- a/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc/grpc.vcxproj
+++ b/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc/grpc.vcxproj
@@ -282,6 +282,13 @@
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\include\grpc\status.h" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\ext\census\aggregation.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\ext\census\census_interface.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\ext\census\census_rpc_stats.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\ext\census\grpc_filter.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\ext\census\grpc_plugin.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\ext\census\mlog.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\ext\census\rpc_metric_id.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\ext\lb_policy\grpclb\load_balancer_api.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\ext\lb_policy\grpclb\proto\grpc\lb\v0\load_balancer.pb.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\ext\transport\chttp2\transport\alpn.h" />
@@ -305,11 +312,6 @@
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     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\ext\transport\chttp2\transport\timeout_encoding.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\ext\transport\chttp2\transport\varint.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\lib\census\aggregation.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\lib\census\grpc_filter.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\lib\census\grpc_plugin.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\lib\census\mlog.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\lib\census\rpc_metric_id.h" />
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@@ -391,8 +393,6 @@
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-    <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\lib\statistics\census_interface.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\lib\statistics\census_rpc_stats.h" />
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@@ -423,6 +423,24 @@
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\third_party\nanopb\pb_encode.h" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\ext\census\context.c">
+    </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\ext\census\grpc_context.c">
+    </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\ext\census\grpc_filter.c">
+    </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\ext\census\grpc_plugin.c">
+    </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\ext\census\initialize.c">
+    </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\ext\census\mlog.c">
+    </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\ext\census\operation.c">
+    </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\ext\census\placeholders.c">
+    </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\ext\census\tracing.c">
+    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\ext\lb_policy\grpclb\load_balancer_api.c">
     </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\ext\lb_policy\grpclb\proto\grpc\lb\v0\load_balancer.pb.c">
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-    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\lib\census\grpc_context.c">
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-    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\lib\census\grpc_filter.c">
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-    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\lib\census\grpc_plugin.c">
-    </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\lib\census\initialize.c">
-    </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\lib\census\mlog.c">
-    </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\lib\census\operation.c">
-    </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\lib\census\placeholders.c">
-    </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\lib\census\tracing.c">
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diff --git a/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc/grpc.vcxproj.filters b/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc/grpc.vcxproj.filters
index 3e5032d..6c3dd65 100644
--- a/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc/grpc.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc/grpc.vcxproj.filters
@@ -1,6 +1,33 @@
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+    </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\ext\census\grpc_context.c">
+      <Filter>src\core\ext\census</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\ext\census\grpc_filter.c">
+      <Filter>src\core\ext\census</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\ext\census\grpc_plugin.c">
+      <Filter>src\core\ext\census</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\ext\census\initialize.c">
+      <Filter>src\core\ext\census</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\ext\census\mlog.c">
+      <Filter>src\core\ext\census</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\ext\census\operation.c">
+      <Filter>src\core\ext\census</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\ext\census\placeholders.c">
+      <Filter>src\core\ext\census</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\ext\census\tracing.c">
+      <Filter>src\core\ext\census</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\ext\lb_policy\grpclb\load_balancer_api.c">
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