Ontario. Dept. of Highways. Program Office

• Program Office

• Ontario. Dept. of Highways. Program Section

• Ontario. Ministry of Transportation and Communications. Program Office

The Program Section (later Office) was formed in 1963 through the amalgamation of the Inventory and the Statistical and Subsidy Studies Groups from the Statistics and Economics Section (which was disbanded). In addition, the Special Liaison Section and the Joint Municipal Projects Group of the Planning Services Section were brought within the Program Section. The Program Section reported to Planning and Design Branch.

In 1963 the Program Section was comprised of the following offices: Inventory Group, Advance Program Group, Current Program Group, Scheduling Group, Special Program Studies Group, and Statistical and Subsidiary Studies Group. In 1964 the Planning and Design Branch divided into two separate branches. The Program Section reported to the Planning branch from 1964-1968. On February 1, 1968 the Program Office became detached from the Planning Branch and began to report directly to the Assistant Deputy Minister, Engineering. This reporting relationship was maintained until 1972 when the Program Office began to report to the Design Division.

The office consisted of four sections: Advance Program Section, Urban Program Section, Scheduling Section and Special Studies Section.

In 1974 the Program Office and the Systems Priority Development Office amalgamated to form the Priority Development Branch which reported directly to the Deputy Minister’s Office.

The Program Office was responsible for managing all of the construction and work projects throughout Ontario on behalf of the Department of Highways and the Ministry of Transportation and Communications. It was also responsible for planning and developing special agreement projects in conjunction with urban municipalities. The Program Office was involved in the scheduling and staging of construction projects in concert with the ministry’s engineering offices. The office also collected data on such topics as car ownership and usage in order to make recommendations about travel routes.

RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

Department of Highways Annual Reports, 1963-1971; Ministry of Transportation and Communications Annual Reports, 1971-1974; Ontario Government Telephone Directories, 1965- 1974. Public Accounts of the Province of Ontario, 1953-1957.

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

Archivist(s):
Lisa Singer, Mark Epp