Ontario. Dept. of Trade and Development. Immigration Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Dept. of Trade and Development. Immigration Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Immigration Branch

    Other form(s) of name

    • Ontario. Selective Immigration Service

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1966-1972

    History

    The Immigration Branch was established within the Ontario Department of Economics and Development in 1966 (the Department was renamed the Department of Trade and Development, in 1968). An earlier Immigration Branch had existed within the Ontario Department of Planning and Development, from 1944-1955.

    The Immigration Branch seems to have encompassed the immigration services provided by Ontario House, in London, England, in addition to the services provided by the Branch staff in Toronto.

    In 1969, the Immigration Branch was re-named the Selective Immigration Service. By 1971, however, it appears to be named the Immigration Branch once again.

    When the Ontario Ministry of Industry and Tourism replaced the Department of Trade and Development in 1972, functions pertaining to immigration were removed from the jurisdiction of the new ministry.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Immigration Branch assisted Ontario industry in securing, from abroad, professional and technical personnel who were not available in Canada.

    Address

    Internal structures/genealogy

    General context

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Dept. of Economics and Development (1961-1968)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA16

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Dept. of Economics and Development controls Ontario. Dept. of Trade and Development. Immigration Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1966-1968

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Dept. of Trade and Development (1968-1972)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA20

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

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

    Dates of relationship

    1968-1972

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA614

    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

        Directory and Guide to Services of the Ontario Government, 1966-1967

        Government of Ontario Telephone Directories

        Maintenance notes

        Archivist(s):
        R. Anger