Ontario. Investment Branch (1999-2006)

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Investment Branch (1999-2006)

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Investment Branch

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1999-2006

      History

      In 1999, with the creation of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, the Investment Branch expanded its functions to include multinational enterprises and the activities of the Ontario Investment Service.

      The Investment Branch was comprised of the following sections: Business Immigration, International Investment Services, Key Investment Account Program, and the Ontario Investment Service.

      The Investment Branch continued to exist within the Investment Division and carry out the same functions until 2006 when the division was changed to the Trade and Investment Division and the branch became the Export Development Branch.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Investment Branch was responsible for providing investment services to new and existing investors. Its mandate was to raise the image and awareness of Ontario as a premiere North American investment location; to generate leads involving companies willing to invest in Ontario; to secure new and expanded investment; and to promote the expansion of exisiting investment to multinational enterprises. The Investment Branch also directed the activities of the Ontario Investment Service.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (1999-2002) (1999-2002)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA111

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (1999-2002) controls Ontario. Investment Branch (1999-2006)

      Dates of relationship

      1999-2002

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Enterprise, Opportunity and Innovation (2002-2003)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA131

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Enterprise, Opportunity and Innovation controls Ontario. Investment Branch (1999-2006)

      Dates of relationship

      2002-2003

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (2003-2008)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA135

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (2003-2008) controls Ontario. Investment Branch (1999-2006)

      Dates of relationship

      2003-2006

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Investment Branch (1993-1999) (1993-1999)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA858

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Investment Branch (1993-1999) is the predecessor of Ontario. Investment Branch (1999-2006)

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1948

      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

          Government of Ontario KWIK Indexes to Services.

          Ontario government telephone directories

          Maintenance notes

          Agency history for the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade. Export Development Branch has not yet been created.


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