Ontario. Farm Economics and Statistics Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Farm Economics and Statistics Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Farm Economics and Statistics Branch

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      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1958-1965

      History

      The Farm Economics and Statistics Branch of the Ontario Department of Agriculture was established in 1958 from the merging of the Statistics Section of the Statistics and Publications Branch with the Farm Economics Branch.

      The Branch Director was Dr. H.L. Patterson.

      In 1965, the Branch was amalgamated with the Co-operatives Branch to form the Farm Economics, Co-operatives and Statistics Branch.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Farm Economics and Statistics Branch conducted research into farm management and agricultural marketing in Ontario, and compiled and made available agricultural statistics.

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      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture (1888-1966)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA59

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture controls Ontario. Farm Economics and Statistics Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1958-1965

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture. Statistics and Publications Branch (1918-1958)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA615

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture. Statistics and Publications Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Farm Economics and Statistics Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Farm Economics, Co-operatives and Statistics Branch (1965-1972)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA273

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Farm Economics, Co-operatives and Statistics Branch is the successor of Ontario. Farm Economics and Statistics Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

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      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA616

      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

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        Script(s)

          Sources

          MacTaggart, Hazel. Publications of the Government of Ontario, 1956-1971 (1975)

          Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12- 24

          Directory and Guide to Services of the Ontario Government, 1960 and 1964

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          R. Anger