Ontario. Elevating Devices Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Elevating Devices Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Elevating Devices Branch

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1971-1994

      History

      The Elevating Devices Branch was created August 1, 1971, and replaced the former Elevator Inspection Branch. It formed part of the Safety and Technical Services Division of the Ministry of Labour.

      In April 1972, the branch moved to the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations, where it formed part of the Technical Standards Division.

      It ceased to exist in 1994 when the branches within the Technical Standards Division were restructured along functional lines. It had no immediate successor.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Elevating Devices Branch was responsible for the inspection of elevators, construction hoists, ski-tows, go-karts, amusement rides and related devices in Ontario in order to protect consumer safety.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Labour (1919-1972)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA38

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Labour controls Ontario. Elevating Devices Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1971-1972

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations (1972-2001)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA18

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations controls Ontario. Elevating Devices Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1972-1994

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Elevator Inspection Branch (1954-1971)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1218

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Elevator Inspection Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Elevating Devices Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1219

      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

          Canadiana Authorities.

          Annual Reports of the Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations, 1976-1993.

          Ontario Government Telephone Directories, 1980-1995.

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Steve Billinton