Ontario. Data Services and Development Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Data Services and Development Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Data Services and Development Branch

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1980-1998

      History

      The Data Services and Development Branch was established in 1980 within the Assessment Services Division of the Ministry of Revenue, and was formed with staff from the Management Systems Branch.

      In 1993, the branch became part of the Ministry of Finance, within the Property Assessment Division. In 1998 the Data Services and Development Branch ceased to exist when the municipal assessment function was privatised to the new Ontario Property Assessment Corporation.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Data Services and Development Branch was responsible for assessment information management, including the supply of computer data services to regional assessment offices, municipalities and school boards across Ontario. Several generations of assessment and data processing systems, including OASYS (Ontario Assessment System), were also developed by the branch.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Revenue (1972-1993)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA89

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Revenue controls Ontario. Data Services and Development Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1980-1993

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Finance (1993-)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA90

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Finance controls Ontario. Data Services and Development Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1993-1998

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1592

      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

          Guide to the Holdings of the Archives of Ontario (1985), 0311

          Ont. Gov't. Phone Directories, 1979-1998

          Archivist's Collections Files

          Maintenance notes

          Not in Canadiana Name Authorities

          Archivist(s):
          R. Coram