Ontario. Business Affairs Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Business Affairs Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Business Affairs Branch

    Other form(s) of name

    • Ontario. Business Regulation Branch

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1986-1997

    History

    The Business Affairs Branch was created in 1986, and absorbed the Cemeteries Branch, Central Registration, and other programs formerly administered in the Business Practices Division such as the Travel Industry Act, the Real Estate and Business Brokers Act, the Discriminatory Business Practices Act and the Condominium Act. It was known until 1994 as the Business Regulation Branch.

    In 1994, the Business Regulations Branch was re-named the Business Affairs Branch. It remained with the Business Practices Division, although the division became known simply as the Business Division. In 1997 the branch was replaced with the Marketplace Standards and Services Branch.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Business Regulation Branch, later Business Affairs Branch, brought together the branches responsible for registering and regulating businesses, including collection agencies, cemeteries, bailiffs, real estate agents, credit bureaus, motor vehicle dealers and the travel industry.

    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. Business Affairs Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1986-1997

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA1191

    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.

        Maintenance notes

        Not found in Canadiana Authorities.

        Archivist(s):
        Steve Billinton