Ontario. Dept. of Public Highways

Identity area

Type of entity

Higher-level Ontario government office (type B)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Dept. of Public Highways

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Department of Public Highways

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1915-1931

      History

      The Department of Public Highways was established in 1915 on the recommendations of the Public Roads and Highways Commission (also known as the Good Roads Commission). The department continued the functions of the Highways Branch (also known as the Office of the Commissioner of Highways).

      Although established as a separate department, the Department of Public Highways shared ministers with the Department of Public Works and seems to have been in a quasi-subordinate relationship with this department.

      In 1917, the Provincial Highway Act was passed, giving the department authority to maintain and construct leading roads throughout the province as Provincial highways (designated King's highways in 1930).

      In 1931, the Department of Public Highways was given its own Minister, and renamed the Ontario Department of Highways.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Department of Public Highways was responsible for the construction and maintenance of the public roads and highways of Ontario.

      Address

      Ontario Highways Act, Statutes of Ontario 1915, Chap. 17

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Motor Vehicles Branch (1916-1958)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1109

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Motor Vehicles Branch is controlled by Ontario. Dept. of Public Highways

      Dates of relationship

      1916-1931

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Municipal Roads Branch (1922-1992)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1110

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Municipal Roads Branch is controlled by Ontario. Dept. of Public Highways

      Dates of relationship

      1922-1931

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Office of the Chief Engineer (1915-1961)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1075

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Office of the Chief Engineer is controlled by Ontario. Dept. of Public Highways

      Dates of relationship

      1915-1931

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Public Highways. Office of the Deputy Minister (1915-1931)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1081

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Public Highways. Office of the Deputy Minister is controlled by Ontario. Dept. of Public Highways

      Dates of relationship

      1915-1931

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Public Highways. Office of the Minister (1915-1931)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1105

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Public Highways. Office of the Minister is controlled by Ontario. Dept. of Public Highways

      Dates of relationship

      1915-1931

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Transportation and Communications. Property Office (1928-2016)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1126

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Transportation and Communications. Property Office is controlled by Ontario. Dept. of Public Highways

      Dates of relationship

      1928-1931

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Highways. Surveys Branch (1930-1954)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA2121

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Highways. Surveys Branch is controlled by Ontario. Dept. of Public Highways

      Dates of relationship

      1930-1931

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Highways (1931-1971)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA47

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Highways is the successor of Ontario. Dept. of Public Highways

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Office of the Commissioner of Highways (1896-1915)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA291

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Office of the Commissioner of Highways is the predecessor of Ontario. Dept. of Public Highways

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      BA86

      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)

          Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24

          Annual Reports of the Department of Public Highways

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          R. Anger