Ontario Forest Research Institute

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario Forest Research Institute

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Ontario Forest Research Institute

    Other form(s) of name

    • OFRI

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1989-

    History

    The Ontario Forest Research Institute was created in August, 1989 within the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and assumed the functions of the former Ontario Tree Improvement and Forest Biomass Institute.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Ontario Forest Research Institute provides the Ministry of Natural Resources with scientific and technical knowledge and information to improve the management of Ontario's forest resources.

    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 Research Institute

    Dates of relationship

    1989-

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario Tree Improvement and Forest Biomass Institute (1981-1989)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA726

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Ontario Tree Improvement and Forest Biomass Institute is the predecessor of Ontario Forest Research Institute

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA727

    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

        Annual Reports of the Ministry of Natural Resources, 1973, 1988-1989

        Government of Ontario Telephone Directory, '89, Fall 1991, Spring/Summer 1994, Fall/Winter 1996-1997

        Canadiana Authorities, 1996-12-24

        KWIC index to services 1993-1994, 2006

        Ontario. Ministry of Natural Resources. Ontario Forest Research Institute (OFRI). 29 March 2010. 6 April 2010. http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/Business/OFRI/Index.html

        Maintenance notes

        Archivist(s):
        Nancy Martin, Susan McClure, Carol Hopp