Ontario. Heritage Properties and Museums Programs Unit

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Heritage Properties and Museums Programs Unit

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Heritage Properties and Museums Programs Unit

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      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1996-1999

      History

      The Heritage Properties and Museums Programs Unit was established in 1996, replacing the Heritage Programs Section and its two units - the Heritage Properties Programs Unit and the Museum and Heritage Organization Programs.

      The Heritage Properties and Museums Programs Unit forms a part of the Cultural Programs Branch, Culture Division of the Ministry of Citizenship, Culture and Recreation.

      In 2000, the Heritage Properties and Museums Programs Unit ceased to exist and the heritage and museum functions began reporting to the Heritage and Libraries Branch and the Arts and Cultural Industries Branch.

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      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Heritage Properties and Museums Programs Unit of the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship, Culture and Recreation advises other Ontario ministries, municipalities, Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committees (LACACs), heritage organizations and the private sector on heritage conservation and planning, and provides technical assistance and advice on architectural conservation, practices and techniques.

      The unit also administers the ministry's Ontario Heritage Bridge Program and the Canadian Register of Heritage Properties (Ontario); maintains a register of properties designated under the Ontario Heritage Act; and administers the Conservation Review Board.

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      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Citizenship, Culture and Recreation (1995-2001)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA11

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Citizenship, Culture and Recreation controls Ontario. Heritage Properties and Museums Programs Unit

      Dates of relationship

      1996-2001

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Heritage Programs Section (1986-1996)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA647

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Heritage Programs Section is the predecessor of Ontario. Heritage Properties and Museums Programs Unit

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

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      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA648

      Institution identifier

      Rules and/or conventions used

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

      Status

      For Review

      Level of detail

      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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          Sources

          Ontario Government Telephone Directories, 1996-1998

          Inventory 47 - Culture (July 1996)

          KWIC Index, 1997

          Maintenance notes

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

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