Ontario. Building Code Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Building Code Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Building Code Branch

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1976-1984

      History

      The Building Code Branch was created on January 1, 1976 within the Ontario Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations, and assumed the functions of the former Uniform Building Standards Branch. It addition, it had added responsibility for two commissions: the Building Codes Commission and the Building Materials Evaluation Commission.

      In 1983, it was transferred to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. One year later, it was replaced with the new Ontario Buildings Branch.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Building Code Branch regulated the construction of new buildings, demolitions of buildings, and major alterations to existing buildings. It administered the Building Code for the Province of Ontario.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations (1972-2001)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA18

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations controls Ontario. Building Code Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1976-1983

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (1981-1985) (1981-1985)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA93

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Dates of relationship

      1983-1984

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Uniform Building Standards Branch (1970-1975)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1190

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Uniform Building Standards Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Building Code Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario Buildings Branch (1984-1995)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA2053

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario Buildings Branch is the successor of Ontario. Building Code Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1189

      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

          Archives of Ontario, Inventory 31 - Records of the Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations; KWIC Indexes; Government of Ontario Telephone Directories. Name authorized in Canadiana Name Authorities.

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Steve Billinton