Identity area
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Authorized form of name
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Bureau of Industries
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Description area
Dates of existence
History
The Bureau of Industries was established in 1882, replacing the Bureau of Agriculture and Arts.
Although the Bureau was under the general direction of the Commissioner of Agriculture (known as the Minister of Agriculture after 1888), the day to day operations were carried out by a small staff under the direction of the Secretary of the Bureau of Industries.
After losing some functions to the Bureau of Labour and the Bureau of Municipal Affairs, it was replaced entirely by the Statistics and Publications Branch of the Ontario Department of Agriculture in 1918.
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Functions, occupations and activities
The original function of the Bureau of Industries was to gather statistical data from across Ontario concerning manufacturing, industrial activities, municipal statistics and agricultural subjects. The collection of statistics on industrial activities, however, was transferred to the Bureau of Labour in 1900, while responsibility for the collection of municipal statistics was transferred to the Bureau of Municipal Affairs, in 1917.
Address
The Bureau of Industries Act, Statutes of Ontario 1882, Chap. 5
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Rules and/or conventions used
RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Script(s)
Sources
Bishop, Olga. Publications of the Government of Ontario, 1867-1900 (1976)
Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12- 24
MacTaggart, Hazel. Publications of the Government of Ontario, 1901-1955 (1964)
Maintenance notes
Archivist(s):
R. Anger