Ontario. Dept. of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Public Works. Immigration Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Dept. of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Public Works. Immigration Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Immigration Branch

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1869-1874

      History

      Due to its close association with farm-labour and the growth of agriculture, responsibility for the promotion of immigration to the Province of Ontario was given to the Commissioner of Agriculture and Arts in 1869. As such, the Immigration Branch formed a part of the Ontario Department of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Public Works.

      In 1874, the Immigration Branch was replaced with the Department of Immigration under the responsibility of a Commissioner of Immigration.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Immigration Branch was responsible for promoting and encouraging immigration to Ontario.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Public Works (1868-1877)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA70

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Public Works controls Ontario. Dept. of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Public Works. Immigration Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1869-1874

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Immigration (1874-1899)

      Identifier of related entity

      BA172

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Immigration is the successor of Ontario. Dept. of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Public Works. Immigration Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Canada (Province). Emigration Office (1852-1867)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1575

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Canada (Province). Emigration Office is the predecessor of Ontario. Dept. of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Public Works. Immigration Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA612

      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

          Annual Reports of the Commissioner of Agriculture, 1869-1873

          Bishop, Olga. Publications of the Government of Ontario, 1867-1900 (1976)

          Maintenance notes

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

          Archivist(s):
          R. Anger