Ontario. Archaeological and Historic Sites Board

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Archaeological and Historic Sites Board

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Archaeological and Historic Sites Board

    Other form(s) of name

    • Ontario. Archaeological and Historic Sites Advisory Board

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1953-1975

    History

    The Archaeological and Historic Sites Board was established in 1953 as part of the Ontario Department of Education. With the establishment of the Historical Branch in 1958, the Board began to function solely as an advisory agency. With the repeal of the Archaeological and Historic Sites Protection Act in 1975, the Board ceased to exist.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Archaeological and Historic Sites Board designated and marked archaeologically and/or historically significant sites.

    Address

    Archaeological and Historic Sites Protection Act, Statutes of Ontario 1953, Chap. 4.

    Internal structures/genealogy

    General context

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Dept. of Education (1876-1972)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA3

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Dept. of Education controls Ontario. Archaeological and Historic Sites Board

    Dates of relationship

    1953-1956

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Dept. of Travel and Publicity (1946-1964)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA1

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Dept. of Travel and Publicity controls Ontario. Archaeological and Historic Sites Board

    Dates of relationship

    1956-1963

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Archives of Ontario

    Identifier of related entity

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Archives of Ontario controls Ontario. Archaeological and Historic Sites Board

    Dates of relationship

    1963-1972

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Colleges and Universities (1972-1993)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA4

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Colleges and Universities controls Ontario. Archaeological and Historic Sites Board

    Dates of relationship

    1972-1975

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA21

    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

        Annual Reports of the Department of Travel and Publicity, 1956-1962

        Annual Report of the Department of Travel and Publicity and the Department of Public Records and Archives, 1963

        Annual Reports of the Department of Tourism and Information and the Department of Public Records and Archives, 1964-1971

        Maintenance notes

        Agency not in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1995-03-15

        Archivist(s):
        R. Anger