Ontario International Trade Corporation

Identity area

Type of entity

Higher-level Ontario government office (type B)

Authorized form of name

Ontario International Trade Corporation

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Ontario International Trade Corporation

    Other form(s) of name

    • OITC

    • Ontario Exports Inc.

    • Export Development Branch

    • International Trade Branch

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1994-2006

    History

    The OITC was formed in 1994, when the Ontario International Corporation was renamed and its mandate was adjusted away from the negotiation of public sector resources and towards education / consulting and private sector capital projects. In 1996, with the restructuring of the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Tourism, it merged with the former Trade Development Branch, and was brought under the umbrella of the Marketing and Trade Division (later the Trade Development Division). In 1996, it was operating in two divisions: Trade Development, which offered export education and consulting services, and Capital Projects, which played a key role in forming consortia of Ontario companies to compete for international projects. OITC was governed by a board of private sector directors.

    In 1999, the name of the corporation was changed to Ontario Exports Inc.

    By 2006, the corporation name was no longer used, and the functions were fully merged into the Export Development Branch and then the International Trade Branch of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade's Trade and Investment Division.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Ontario International Trade Corporation (OITC) worked to increase the export of Ontario goods and services. OITC provided an extensive range of export-related services from basic export education and consulting to the development of consortia for large international projects.

    Address

    Ontario Regulation #271/90 The Ontario International Trade Corporation operates under the aegis of the Ontario Regulation which established the Ontario International Corporation.

    Internal structures/genealogy

    General context

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario International Corporation (1980-1994)

    Identifier of related entity

    BA141

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Ontario International Corporation is the predecessor of Ontario International Trade Corporation

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Export Development Branch (2006-2008)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA2466

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Export Development Branch is the successor of Ontario International Trade Corporation

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    BA138

    Institution identifier

    Rules and/or conventions used

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

    Status

    Preliminary

    Level of detail

    Dates of creation, revision and deletion

    2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

    Language(s)

      Script(s)

        Sources

        Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12- 24

        Government of Ontario Telephone Directories

        KWIC Indexes

        Inventory to RG 9 (Feb. 97)

        Website of the International Trade Branch (www.ontarioexportsinc.com); phone call to the Branch, October 17, 2007.

        Maintenance notes

        Archivist(s):
        M. Carnie, B. Krawczyk, R. Anger