Canada (Province). Dept. of Public Works

Identity area

Type of entity

Higher-level Ontario government office (type A)

Authorized form of name

Canada (Province). Dept. of Public Works

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Canada (Province). Department of Public Works

    Other form(s) of name

    • Canada (Province). Commissioners of Public Works

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1846-1867

    History

    On June 9, 1846, legislation was passed which abolished the Board of Works of the Province of Canada and in its place, required the appointment of a chief commissioner and assistant commissioner to administer the construction and management of public works in the province. Although the Act did not specifically designate the office of the commissioners as a department, that is how the commissioners refer to it in their first annual report. In 1859, an "Act to amend and consolidate the several Acts respecting the Public Works" was passed, which saw the establishment of a single commissioner of public works, as well as the formal titling of the office as the Department of Public Works. The Department existed until 1867 when the British North America Act was passed. After this time, responsibility for public works in the new Province of Ontario was taken over by the Department of Public Works for Ontario, administered by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Public Works.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Department of Public Works for the Province of Canada was responsible for managing and controlling the construction, maintenance and repair of all canals, harbours, roads or parts of roads, bridges, slides, and other public works and buildings.

    Address

    Act to amend the Law constituting the Board of Works, Statutes of the Province of Canada 1846, Chap. 37

    Act to amend and consolidate the several Acts respecting the Public Works, Statutes of the Province of Canada 1859, Chap. 3

    Internal structures/genealogy

    General context

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Dept. of Public Works (1869-1972)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA40

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

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

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Canada (Province). Board of Works (1841-1846)

    Identifier of related entity

    BA29

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

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

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    AA71

    Institution identifier

    Rules and/or conventions used

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

    Status

    For Review

    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)

        Bishop, Olga. Publications of the Government of Ontario, 1867-1900 (1976)

        Maintenance notes

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

        Archivist(s):
        R. Anger