Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture. Statistics and Publications Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture. Statistics and Publications Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Statistics and Publications Branch

    Other form(s) of name

    • Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture. Publications and Statistics Branch

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1918-1958

    History

    The Statistics and Publications Branch of the Ontario Department of Agriculture was established in 1918, replacing the Bureau of Industries. The branch reported to the Minister of Agriculture through the Chief Agricultural Officer.

    In 1958, the Branch was amalgamated with the Farm Economics Branch to form the Farm Economics and Statistics Branch. With this change, the publications functions of the Branch were transferred to the Information Branch.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Statistics and Publications Branch was responsible for the compilation and distribution of statistics on all phases of farm production in Ontario and for the printing and distribution of bulletins, circulars and pamphlets dealing with agricultural subjects.

    Address

    Internal structures/genealogy

    General context

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture (1888-1966)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA59

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture controls Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture. Statistics and Publications Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1918-1958

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Farm Economics and Statistics Branch (1958-1965)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA616

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Farm Economics and Statistics Branch is the successor of Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture. Statistics and Publications Branch

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Bureau of Industries (1882-1918)

    Identifier of related entity

    BA82

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Bureau of Industries is the predecessor of Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture. Statistics and Publications Branch

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture. Information Branch (1958-1972)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA1027

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture. Information Branch is the successor of Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture. Statistics and Publications Branch

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA615

    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

        Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12- 24

        Directory and Guide to Services of the Government of Ontario 1949-1958

        MacTaggart, Hazel. Publications of the Government of Ontario, 1901-1955 (1964)

        Maintenance notes

        Archivist(s):
        R. Anger