Ontario. Division of Reforestation

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Division of Reforestation

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Division of Reforestation

    Other form(s) of name

    • Ontario. Division of Reforestation and Conservation

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1941-1957

    History

    The Division of Reforestation was created in 1941 within the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests. It was created when the former Forestry Branch was divided into the Division of Forest Protection, Division of Air Services and Division of Reforestation. The division was known until 1942 as the Division of Reforestation and Conservation

    In 1957, the Division of Reforestation and the Division of Timber Management were merged to form the Division of Timber.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Division of Reforestation was responsible for reforestation programs in Ontario, including the operation of forest nurseries, municipal reforestation, distributing trees to private land owners, developing county forests, roadside tree planting and planting for the purposes of watershed protection.

    Address

    Internal structures/genealogy

    General context

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Dept. of Lands and Forests (1920-1972)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA52

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Dept. of Lands and Forests controls Ontario. Division of Reforestation

    Dates of relationship

    1941-1957

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Forestry Branch (1912-1941)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA546

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Forestry Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Division of Reforestation

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Division of Timber (1957-1959)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA263

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Division of Timber is the successor of Ontario. Division of Reforestation

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA262

    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

        Publications of the Government of Ontario, 1901- 1955

        Annual Reports of the Minister of Lands and Forests, 1942, 1943, 1953

        Canadiana Authorities, 1996-12-24

        Maintenance notes

        Archivist(s):
        Nancy Martin, Susan McClure