Canada (Province). Board of Works

Identity area

Type of entity

Higher-level Ontario government office (type B)

Authorized form of name

Canada (Province). Board of Works

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Board of Works

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1841-1846

      History

      On August 18, 1841, the Legislature of the Province of Canada passed an act which repealed those acts concerning the Boards of Work for the provinces of Upper Canada and Lower Canada, and established a Board of Works for the united Province of Canada. The board was composed of five members, appointed by the Governor General. The Board of Works was abolished by the "Act to amend the Law constituting the Board of Works" in 1846, and replaced with the commissioners of public works.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Board of Works of the Province of Canada was responsible for superintending, managing and controlling public works in the province. In general, this involved projects for developing the transportation infrastructure of the province, both by land and water.

      Address

      Act to repeal certain Ordinances therein mentioned and to establish a Board of Works in this Province, Statutes of the Province of Canada 1841, Chap. 38

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Canada (Province). Dept. of Public Works (1846-1867)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA71

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Canada (Province). Dept. of Public Works is the successor of Canada (Province). Board of Works

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      BA29

      Institution identifier

      Rules and/or conventions used

      RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

      Status

      Approved

      Level of detail

      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

      Language(s)

        Script(s)

          Sources

          Bishop, Olga. Publications of the Government of the Province of Canada, 1841-1867 (1962)

          Maintenance notes

          Agency not in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24

          Archivist(s):
          R. Anger