Ontario. Dept. of Highways. Design Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Dept. of Highways. Design Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Design Branch

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1963-1971

      History

      The Design Branch was established in 1963 within the Ontario Department of Highways, when the Planning and Design Branch was split into the Design Branch and the Planning Branch.

      The Design Branch consisted of the Bridge Office, the Road Design Office, the Engineering Surveys Office, the Photogrammetry Office, and the Cartography Section (integrated with Photogrammetry in 1967). The Director of the Design Branch reported to the Assistant Deputy Minister, Engineering. With departmental reorganization in 1971, the Design Branch was replaced with the Design Division.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Design Branch of the Ontario Department of Highways was responsible for the design of highways and bridges, the production of surveys, maps and aerial photographs, and the development of highway standards.

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      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Highways (1931-1971)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA47

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Highways controls Ontario. Dept. of Highways. Design Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1963-1971

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Highways. Planning and Design Branch (1955-1963)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1117

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Highways. Planning and Design Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Dept. of Highways. Design Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Transportation and Communications. Design Division (1971-1976)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1087

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Transportation and Communications. Design Division is the successor of Ontario. Dept. of Highways. Design Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1086

      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

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        Script(s)

          Sources

          Department of Highways Annual Reports, 1963-1971

          Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996- 12-24.

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Lisa Singer, Mark Epp