Identity area
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Ontario Investment Service
Other form(s) of name
Ontario Investment Service Inc.
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The Ontario Investment Service was incorporated as an Ontario business in 1994. By January 1997, however, the Ontario Investment Service was absorbed into the Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Tourism, becoming a branch of the Marketing and Trade Division. In 1998 it became part of the Marketing Services Branch of the Investment Division.
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The Ontario Investment Service provides information and advice to persons and corporations interested in making new investments or retaining current investments in Ontario through a one-stop information service. It offers a comprehensive investment database, linking 75 recognized private and public data sources and an interactive multimedia computer system, accessible from anywhere in the world. (Government of Ontario website). Specialized software - available for a fee - is required to access the most sophisticated features of the database. However, much other information about Ontario as an investment location or tourist destination is freely available on the Ontario-Canada website, which is maintained by this branch.
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Rules and/or conventions used
RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Sources
Corporations Index (Microfiche), 28-06-97
Government of Ontario Telephone Directories
KWIC Indexes
Inventory to RG 9 (Feb. 97)
Maintenance notes
Agency not found in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24.This agency appears in most sources as simply Ontario Investment Service, and therefore the heading has been established as such. However, it is listed in the Corporations Index (28-06-97) as Ontario Investment Service, Inc.
Archivist(s):
M. Carnie, B. Krawczyk, R. Anger