Ontario Buildings Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario Buildings Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Ontario Buildings Branch

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1984-1995

      History

      The Ontario Buildings Branch replaced the Building Code Branch in 1984. In 1995 with the amalgamation of the Ministry of Housing and the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, the Ontario Buildings Branch became the Housing Development and Buildings Branch in the Housing Planning and Policy Division of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Ontario Buildings Branch was reponsible for policy development and education programs related to building regulations and inspections as well as the administration of building regulations.

      The Branch also provided advice and supporting services to municipal inspectors and users of the Building and Plumbing Code.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      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

      1984-1985

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Housing (1985-1995) (1985-1995)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA94

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Housing (1985-1995) controls Ontario Buildings Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1985-1995

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Building and Development Branch (1995-)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA2052

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Building Code Branch (1976-1984)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1189

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

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

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA2053

      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

          KWIC Index to Services, 1984-1995

          Government of Ontario Telephone Directories, 1984-1995

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Diamond