Ontario. Heritage Administration Section

• Heritage Administration Section

• Ontario. Heritage Administration Unit

The Heritage Administration Section was established within the Heritage Branch of the Ontario Ministry of Culture and Communications, in 1986.

The Heritage Administration Section (which was named the Heritage Administration Unit from 1986-1987 and should not be confused with an earlier Heritage Administration Unit which existed from 1985-1986), was established following a reorganization of the Heritage Branch, and primarily assumed the functions and responsibilities of the former Heritage Trust unit.

The Heritage Administration Section comprised two units - the Property Restoration and Management Unit and the Grant Services Unit.

In 1987, the Section was reorganized and enlarged to comprise the Elgin/Winter Garden Unit, the Property Restoration Unit, the Property Management Unit, the Niagara Escarpment Unit, and the Grants Services Unit. Also in 1987, the Heritage Administration Section, as part of the Heritage Branch, became part of the new Ontario Ministry of Culture and Communications.

In 1989, the Grants Services Unit was transferred to the Financial Services and Policy Development Section, Heritage Branch.

In 1991, the Heritage Administration Section ceased to exist. Its staff and functions were primarily transferred to the Ontario Heritage Foundation.

The Heritage Administration Section provided administrative services to support the program activities of the Heritage Branch and the Ontario Heritage Foundation (OHF). Specifically, it provided support by reviewing, planning and acquiring properties offered for Foundation ownership; restoring and managing the heritage structures/properties owned by the Foundation, including the Elgin/Winter Garden Theatre complex; handling collections management and custodial arrangements for the display of cultural properties; and negotiating and monitoring heritage easement agreements and the OHF Niagara Escarpment Program. The Section also assisted in the management and administration of the OHF Trust Fund, and through the Grants Services unit coordinated the Heritage Branch's grants programs.

RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

Ontario Government Telephone Directories, 1986-1992

Inventory 47 - Culture (July 1996)

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

Archivist(s):
G. Brown, R. Anger