Ontario. Dept. of Economics and Development. Special Projects and Planning Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Dept. of Economics and Development. Special Projects and Planning Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Special Projects and Planning Branch

    Other form(s) of name

    • Ontario. Dept. of Trade and Development. Special Projects and Planning Division

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1964-1972

    History

    The Special Projects and Planning Branch of the Ontario Department of Economics and Development was created in 1964. In 1968, it became part of the Department of Trade and Development, and was renamed the Special Projects and Planning Division.

    It continued to exist until 1972 when the Ministry of Industry and Tourism was formed.

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    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Special Projects and Planning Branch undertook a number of projects for the Ontario Department of Economics and Development and the Department of Trade and Development. These included planning the construction and operation of Ontario's pavilion for Expo '67 in Montreal, for Ontario Place, for Ontario's pavilion for Expo '70 in Osaka, Japan, and developing plans for Harbour City, a waterfront community for Toronto that was never developed. The branch undertook analytical and economic feasibility research on an area or industry basis, and published regional economic surveys.

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    Internal structures/genealogy

    General context

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Dept. of Economics and Development (1961-1968)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA16

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Dept. of Economics and Development controls Ontario. Dept. of Economics and Development. Special Projects and Planning Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1964-1968

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Dept. of Trade and Development (1968-1972)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA20

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Dept. of Trade and Development controls Ontario. Dept. of Economics and Development. Special Projects and Planning Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1968-1972

    Description of relationship

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    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA914

    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

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

        Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24

        Maintenance notes

        Form of name found in Canadiana is the preferred form here. The variant name, although more recent, was not found in Canadiana.

        Archivist(s):
        Robert Anger