Ontario. Dept. of Planning and Development. Immigration Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Dept. of Planning and Development. Immigration Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Immigration Branch

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      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1944-1955

      History

      The Immigration Branch of the Ontario Department of Planning and Development was established in 1944.

      The Branch maintained a Reception Centre in Toronto, which provided assistance to immigrants once they arrived in Ontario.

      By 1955, the significance of the immigration function seems to have declined. With this change, the term "Immigration Branch" was no longer used and the functions of the branch appear to have been taken on by the Trade and Industry Branch.

      The Director of the Immigration Branch was Mrs. E. W. Brownell (1944- 1950), F.W. Stanley (1951-1953), and W.E. Betts (1954-1955).

      An Immigration Branch re-appeared within the Department of Economics and Development, in 1966.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Immigration Branch directed Ontario government immigration projects and provided assistance to immigrants once they arrived.

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      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Planning and Development (1944-1961)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA14

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Planning and Development controls Ontario. Dept. of Planning and Development. Immigration Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1944-1955

      Description of relationship

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      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA37

      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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        Script(s)

          Sources

          Directory and Guides to Services of the Ontario Government, 1948-1955

          Public Accounts of Ontario (1946- 1955)

          MacTaggart, Hazel. 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