Ontario. Dept. of Tourism and Information. Information and Promotion Division

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Dept. of Tourism and Information. Information and Promotion Division

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Information and Promotion Division

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      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1964-1972

      History

      The Information and Promotion Division was established in 1964 following the recommendations of the Department of Tourism and Information's "Organisation and Methods Survey". The Division consisted of the Advertising Branch, the Publicity Branch, and the Tourist Promotion and Information Branch. It ceased to exist in 1972, when the Department was disbanded.

      The Administration and Promotion Division ceased to exist in 1972 when the Department of Tourism and Information was replaced with the Ministry of Industry and Tourism. The division became known as the Communications Division of the new Ministry.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Information and Promotion Division co-ordinated the Advertising, Publicity and Tourist Promotion and Information Branches within the Ontario Department of Tourism and Information.

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      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Tourism and Information (1964-1972)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA2

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Tourism and Information controls Ontario. Dept. of Tourism and Information. Information and Promotion Division

      Dates of relationship

      1964-1972

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Industry and Tourism. Communications Division (1972-1982)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA795

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Industry and Tourism. Communications Division is the successor of Ontario. Dept. of Tourism and Information. Information and Promotion Division

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

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      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA25

      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 Department of Tourism and Information and the Department of Public Records and Archives, 1964-1971

          Canadiana Name Authorities, 1995-03-15

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          R. Anger