Ontario. Dept. of Lands and Forests. Division of Lands

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Dept. of Lands and Forests. Division of Lands

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Division of Lands

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1954-1957

      History

      The Division of Lands was established within the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests on October 1, 1954, when the former Division of Lands and Recreational Areas was divided into the Division of Lands and the Division of Parks.

      It continued to exist until 1957, when it was merged with the Division of Surveys and Engineering to form the Division of Surveys (which became known as the Lands and Surveys Branch in 1960).

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Division of Lands was responsible for the selling, leasing and licensing of Crown Lands in Ontario for farming, recreation and other purposes. It prepared and issues patents, leases, licenses of occupation or other forms of land transfer. It also maintained records of such transactions.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Lands and Forests (1920-1972)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA52

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Lands and Forests controls Ontario. Dept. of Lands and Forests. Division of Lands

      Dates of relationship

      1954-1957

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Lands and Surveys Branch (1957-1971)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA510

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Lands and Surveys Branch is the successor of Ontario. Dept. of Lands and Forests. Division of Lands

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Division of Land and Recreational Areas (1941-1954)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA188

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Division of Land and Recreational Areas is the predecessor of Ontario. Dept. of Lands and Forests. Division of Lands

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA187

      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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          Maintenance notes

          Canadiana Authorities has a heading "Ontario. Division of Lands" (which refers to a latter division of the same name). However, we have two divisions of the same name and therefore the ministry name has been added to the heading.

          Archivist(s):
          Nancy Martin, Susan McClure