Ontario. Dept. of Highways. Operations Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Dept. of Highways. Operations Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Operations Branch

    Other form(s) of name

    • Ontario. Dept. of Transportation and Communications. Operations Branch

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1954-1972

    History

    The Operations Branch was established in 1954 within the Ontario Department of Highways. The Operations Branch was comprised of three sections (later called divisions): Construction; Maintenance; and Materials and Research (in 1964, Material and Research was divided into two offices, one of which - the Materials Testing Office - remained within the Operations Branch). In 1962 the Municipal Roads Division was added to the branch. In 1971, the Operations Branch became part of the Ontario Department of Transportation and Communications.

    In 1972, the Operations Branch was replaced by the Operations Division, within the Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Communications.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Operations Branch administered the construction and maintenance of King's Highways and secondary roads in Ontario.

    Address

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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. Operations Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1954-1971

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Dept. of Transportation and Communications (1971-1972)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA48

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Dept. of Transportation and Communications controls Ontario. Dept. of Highways. Operations Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1971-1972

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Transportation and Communications. Operations Division (1972-1976)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA1076

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

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

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA1113

    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

        Department of Highways/Ministry of Transportation and Communications Annual Reports, 1954-1972.

        Maintenance notes

        Not found in Canadiana Authorities, 1996-12-24.

        Archivist(s):
        Lisa Singer, Mark Epp