Ontario. Cultural Programs Branch

• Cultural Programs Branch

The Cultural Programs Branch was established within the Ontario Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Recreation in 1993, when the Culture Operations and Field Services Branch was dissolved and its functions split between the Regional Services Branch and the Cultural Programs Branch.

In 1995 the Branch became part of the Ministry of Citizenship, Culture and Recreation.

The Cultural Programs Branch was originally composed of five units or sections: the Grant Services Unit; the Heritage Programs Section; the Regulatory and Operations Group; Program Administration; and External Cultural Activities.

In 1995/96, however, the branch was reorganized into just three units or sections: the Heritage Programs Section (renamed the Heritage Properties and Museums Programs Unit in 1997), the Archaeology and Heritage Planning Unit, and the Arts and Cultural Industries Support Unit.

In 2000, the arts-related functions of the Cultural Programs Branch moved to the Arts and Cultural Industries Branch in the Culture, Sport and Recreation Division of the Ministry of Citizenship, Culture and Recreation. The responsibilties relating to heritage and archaeology were transferred to the Heritage and Libraries Branch of the same division.

The Cultural Programs Branch performed regulatory, planning and educational functions related to archaeology and cultural resource management; provided programming and consultative services to arts and cultural industries; advised municipalities, Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committees (LACACs), heritage organizations and the private sector on heritage conservation and planning; and provided administrative support to the Conservation Review Board.

2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

Inventory 47 - Culture (July 1996)

Ontario Government Telephone Directories, 1993-2000

Agency not found in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24

Archivist(s):
E. Coulter, R. Anger