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Business Development and Tourism Division
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The Business Development and Tourism Division was formed in 1996 within the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, incorporating functions from the former Trade and Investment Marketing Division and the Tourism Division.
The Division consisted of the Investment Branch, the Tourism Branch, and the Business Development Branch. The Division also administered the Ministry's twenty regional offices located throughout Ontario.
The division ceased to exist in 1998, when its functions were divided among four new divisions: the Employment and Business Development Division; the Investment Division; the Tourism Division and the Corporate and Field Services Division.
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The Business Development and Tourism Division supported economic growth in Ontario by coordinating the functions in the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Tourism that deal with individual businesses, including the tourist industry. The agencies of the division supported the establishment of small businesses, provided advice to entrepreneurs, supported innovative growth companies and tourism operators and provided investment case management. The division also administered the regional offices of the ministry.
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RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Archives of Ontario. Inventory 9 - Records of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (February 1997)
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Archivist(s):
B. Krawczyk, R. Anger