Ontario. Industry Division

• Industry Division

The Industry Division was created in April 1979 within the Ontario Ministry of Industry and Tourism. It was created from a merger of the Division of Industry and Trade and the Small Business Operations Division.

At creation, it consisted of the Industry Operations Branch (which administered both the domestic and international offices of the ministry), the Trade Development Branch, the Small Business Development Branch, the Industrial Development Branch and the Evaluation and Assessment Branch.

When the Ministry of Industry and Trade replaced the Ministry of Industry and Tourism in 1982, the division continued to exist. It then consisted of the Industrial Investment Opportunities Branch, the Innovation and Product Development Branch, the Industrial Policy and Analysis Branch, the Energy Group and the Small Business and Field Services Branch. The names of these branches were altered frequently.

In 1985 the Industry Division became part of the new Ministry of Industry, Trade and Technology.

The Industry Division ceased to exist when parts of the Trade Division and the Industry Division were combined together in a single, new division in November 1986, known as Industry and Trade Expansion.

The Industry Division was designed to stimulate growth in the private sector, create and maintain employment, and strengthen the competitive position of industry in Ontario by increasing investment, the use of new technologies, new facilities and improved marketing concepts. It combined responsibilities for the areas of industrial development, trade and small business in a single division.

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

2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

Archives of Ontario. Inventory 9 - Records of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (February 1997)

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

Archivist(s):
Robert Anger