Ontario. Business Development Division

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Business Development Division

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Business Development Division

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1972-1973

      History

      The Business Development Division was created when the Ontario Ministry of Industry and Tourism came into being in 1972.

      At creation, it consisted of the Industrial Development Branch, the Trade Development Branch, and the Tourism and Service Industries Branch.

      In November, 1973, the Business Development Division ceased to exist and was replaced by three new divisions: the Division of Industry, the Division of Trade and the Division of Tourism.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Business Development Division assisted the growth of tourism and manufacturing industries in Ontario by promoting awareness of visitor attractions, investment, and export sales.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Industry and Tourism (1972-1982)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA13

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Industry and Tourism controls Ontario. Business Development Division

      Dates of relationship

      1972-1973

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Division of Industry (1973-1976)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA840

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Division of Industry is the successor of Ontario. Business Development Division

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Division of Tourism (1973-2007)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA594

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Division of Tourism is the successor of Ontario. Business Development Division

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Division of Trade (1973-1976)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA932

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Division of Trade is the successor of Ontario. Business Development Division

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA771

      Institution identifier

      Rules and/or conventions used

      Status

      Approved

      Level of detail

      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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          Sources

          Archives of Ontario. Inventory 9 - Records of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (February 1997)

          Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24 RUL Rules for Archival Description

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          B. Krawczyk, R. Anger