Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Business Regulation Branch
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
History
The Business Regulation Branch was created within the Ontario Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations in 1986, and resulted from a restructuring of the Business Practices Division. Prior to 1986, the functions of the branch were assumed by staff of the division who were attached to no particular branch.
The Business Regulation Branch continued to exist within the ministry until 1994, when the Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations was restructured. At that time, it was replaced by the Business Affairs Branch within the newly formed Business Division.
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
The Business Regulation Branch registered and regulated a wide variety of businesses in Ontario, including cemeteries, condominiums, real estate and business brokers, motor vehicle dealers, and the travel industry. It was also responsible for receiving and investigating consumer complaints about businesses.
Address
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Related entity
Identifier of related entity
Category of relationship
Type of relationship
Dates of relationship
Description of relationship
Access points area
Subject access points
Place access points
Epithet
Control area
Authority record identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
Language(s)
Script(s)
Sources
Annual report, Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations, 1986-87.
Ontario Government Telephone Directories, 1994-1995.
Maintenance notes
Not found in Canadiana Authorities.
Archivist(s):
Bob Krawczyk