Ontario. Game and Fisheries Dept.

Identity area

Type of entity

Higher-level Ontario government office (type B)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Game and Fisheries Dept.

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Game and Fisheries Department

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1907-1946

      History

      The Game and Fisheries Department was established in 1907 from the merging of the Board of Game Commissioners with the Fisheries Branch of the Ontario Department of Public Works.

      Although the enabling legislation referred to it as the Game and Fisheries Branch, it was generally referred to as the Game and Fisheries Department. This was formally changed in 1916, when an amended Ontario Game and Fisheries Act was passed and the term "Branch" was replaced with "Department" in the title of the agency.

      The Department was directed by a Superintendent until 1914, when a Deputy Minister was placed as the head of the department. The Department reported to the legislature through a number of Ministers, including: the Minister of Public Works (1907-1919); the Minister of Mines (1920-1931); the Provincial Secretary (1932-1941); the Attorney General (1941-1942); and the Provincial Secretary again, from 1942- 1946.

      An Experimental Fur Farm was established by the Department in 1926 at Kirkfield, Ontario, and in 1929, a Fish Culture Branch was established.

      In 1946 the Department was incorporated into the Department of Lands and Forests as the Division of Fish and Wildlife.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Game and Fisheries Department was responsible for the protection, preservation and propagation of the fish and wildlife of Ontario. Activities of the Department included collecting and disseminating statistics on fish and game in the province; establishing and operating fish hatcheries and rearing stations; re-stocking lakes; issuing hunting, angling, and trapping licenses; enforcing game and fish regulations; and establishing Crown Game Preserves.

      Address

      The Ontario Game and Fisheries Act, Statutes of Ontario 1907, Chap. 49

      The Ontario Game and Fisheries Amendment Act, Statutes of Ontario 1916, Chap. 60

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Special Committee on the Game Situation (1931-1933)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA740

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Special Committee on the Game Situation is controlled by Ontario. Game and Fisheries Dept.

      Dates of relationship

      1931-1933

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Lands and Forests. Division of Fish and Wildlife (1946-1959)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA621

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Lands and Forests. Division of Fish and Wildlife is the successor of Ontario. Game and Fisheries Dept.

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

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      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      BA174

      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, 1901-1955

          Maintenance notes

          Agency not found in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24

          Archivist(s):
          R. Anger