Ontario. Dept. of Lands and Mines. Office of the Minister

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Dept. of Lands and Mines. Office of the Minister

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Office of the Minister

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1905-1906

      History

      The Commissioner of Crown Lands was renamed the Minister of Lands and Mines by legislation, in 1905. With this change, the name of the Department of Crown Lands was also renamed the Department of Lands and Mines.

      By 1906, however, the name of the Department was once again changed, this time to the Department of Lands, Forests and Mines. The title of the Minister of Lands and Mines was also changed to the Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Minister held the senior office within the Ontario Department of Lands and Mines, and was ultimately accountable to the Legislature for the Department's activities. The Office of the Minister provided administrative and political support for the Minister's duties and activities.

      Address

      Act to Amend the Act respecting the Executive Council, Statutes of Ontario 1905, Chap. 5

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Lands and Mines (1905-1906)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA50

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Lands and Mines controls Ontario. Dept. of Lands and Mines. Office of the Minister

      Dates of relationship

      1905-1906

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Office of the Commissioner of Crown Lands (1827-1905)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA44

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Office of the Commissioner of Crown Lands is the predecessor of Ontario. Dept. of Lands and Mines. Office of the Minister

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Lands, Forests and Mines. Office of the Minister (1906-1920)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA278

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Lands, Forests and Mines. Office of the Minister is the successor of Ontario. Dept. of Lands and Mines. Office of the Minister

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA277

      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

          MacTaggart, Hazel I. Publications of the Government of Ontario, 1901-1955 (1964)

          Maintenance notes

          Agency not found in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24

          Archivist(s):
          R. Anger