Ontario. Dept. of Highways. Research Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Dept. of Highways. Research Branch

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    • Research Branch

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      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1964-1970

      History

      The Research Branch was established within the Ontario Department of Highways in 1964. The branch was created when the Materials and Research Division of the Operations Branch was divided to form both the Research Branch and the Materials and Testing Division (which continued to act as a laboratory and testing facility within the Operations Branch).

      On 1 April 1970 the Research Branch was replaced with the Research and Transportation Systems Branch, which was given a broader transportation research mandate.

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      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Research Branch conducted research into engineering problems facing the Ontario Department of Highways and the municipalities of Ontario. The branch also co-ordinated highway research activities in other branches of the department, and at Ontario universities under the Joint Highway Research Program.

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      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. Research Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1964-1970

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Research and Transportation Systems Branch (1970-1971)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1133

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Research and Transportation Systems Branch is the successor of Ontario. Dept. of Highways. Research Branch

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      Description of relationship

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      Authority record identifier

      CA1130

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      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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          Sources

          Department of Highways Annual Reports, 1964-1971

          Canadiana name authorities, 1996- 12-24.

          Maintenance notes

          Canadiana mentions that this was combined with the Research Section of the Department of Transport on June 1, 1971 to form the new Research Division, but this seems inaccurate.

          Archivist(s):
          Lisa Singer, Mark Epp