Ontario. Highway Operations and Maintenance Division

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Highway Operations and Maintenance Division

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Highway Operations and Maintenance Division

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1982-1990

      History

      The Highway Operations and Maintenance Division was established within the Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Communications in 1982, replacing the Highway Operations Branch.

      The Division consisted of the Transportation Corridor Management Office (1982-1990), Maintenance Branch (1982-1990), Equipment and Engineering Office (1982-1990), Traffic Engineering Office (1982-1983), Traffic Management and Engineering Office (1983-1990), Maintenance Planning Office (1984-1990), Maintenance Operations Office (1982-1990) and Freeway Traffic Management Section (1989-1990).

      The Highway Operations and Maintenance Division was replaced with the Quality and Standards Division in 1990.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Highway Operations and Maintenance Division oversaw and coordinated the activities of those branches of the Ministry of Transportation responsible for maintaining Ontario's highway system. The Division developed policies and procedures and undertook planning to ensure the efficient construction, operation and maintenance of highways in Ontario.

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      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Transportation and Communications (1972-1987)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA34

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Transportation and Communications controls Ontario. Highway Operations and Maintenance Division

      Dates of relationship

      1982-1987

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Transportation (1987-)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA61

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Transportation controls Ontario. Highway Operations and Maintenance Division

      Dates of relationship

      1987-1990

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Highway Operations Branch (1980-1982)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1094

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Highway Operations Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Highway Operations and Maintenance Division

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Transportation. Quality and Standards Division (1990-1998)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA2124

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Transportation. Quality and Standards Division is the successor of Ontario. Highway Operations and Maintenance Division

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Transportation Operations Branch (1990-1994)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA2129

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Transportation Operations Branch is the successor of Ontario. Highway Operations and Maintenance Division

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA696

      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

          KWIC Index to Services, 1982-1990

          Ministry of Transportation and Communications Annual Reports, 1982-1987

          Ministry of Transportation Annual Reports, 1987-1990

          Canadiana Authorities.

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Lisa Singer