Ontario. Dept. of Trade and Development. Research Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Dept. of Trade and Development. Research Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Research Branch

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1968-1972

      History

      The Research Branch was formed in 1968 when the Department of Trade and Development replaced the Department of Economics and Development. The branch grew out of the Research Section of the former Trade and Industry Branch, and formed part of the new Trade and Industry Division.

      In 1972, the Research Branch and the Department of Trade and Development both ceased to exist. It was replaced by the Research Services Division of the Ministry of Industry and Tourism.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Research Branch prepared economic reports and statistics, industrial summaries, economic studies, regional surveys and market analyses of Ontario industry on behalf of the Department of Trade and Development.

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      General context

      Relationships area

      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. Research Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1968-1972

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Industry and Tourism. Research Services Division (1972-1974)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA898

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Industry and Tourism. Research Services Division is the successor of Ontario. Dept. of Trade and Development. Research Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

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      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA896

      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

          Archives of Ontario. Inventory 9 - Records of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (February 1997)

          Maintenance notes

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

          Archivist(s):
          Robert Anger