Ontario. Forest Products and Marketing Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Forest Products and Marketing Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Forest Products and Marketing Branch

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1989-1992

      History

      The Forest Products and Marketing Branch was formed within the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources in 1989, replacing the former Timber Sales Branch. It formed part of the Forest Resources Group of the ministry until 1990, when it was moved to the Operations Division.

      In 1992, the Forest Products and Marketing Branch ceased to exist when it was merged with the Forest Management Branch to form the Forest Resources Branch.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Forest Products and Marketing Branch was responsible for the management of Ontario's forest resources and for sustaining development in the provincial forestry sector that was compatible with other forest uses. The branch developed policies for the allocation of Crown timber resources and provided advice and support in the areas of forest resource inventory, timber licensing and wood allocation, wood measurement and forest management planning, and forest industries.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Natural Resources (1972-2014)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA17

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Natural Resources controls Ontario. Forest Products and Marketing Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1989-1992

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Timber Sales Branch (1971-1989)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA265

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Timber Sales Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Forest Products and Marketing Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Forest Resources Branch (1992-) (1992-)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA2191

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Forest Resources Branch (1992-) is the successor of Ontario. Forest Products and Marketing Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA539

      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

          KWIC Index to Services, 1991-1992

          Maintenance notes

          Not found in Canadiana Authorities, 1996-12-24.

          Archivist(s):
          Nancy Martin, Susan McClure