Ontario. Lands and Waters Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Lands and Waters Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Lands and Waters Branch

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1971-1972

      History

      The Lands and Waters Branch was created within the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests in 1971. It assumed responsibility for land acquisition and planning from the former Lands and Surveys Branch. The Lands and Waters Branch was composed of the Control Section and the Land Use Co-ordination Section, and formed part of the Department's Land Management Division.

      The Branch ceased to exist in 1972 when its responsibilities were assumed by the new Ministry of Natural Resources' Lands Administration and Land Use Co-ordination Branches.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Lands and Waters Branch managed the orderly disposition of public lands in Ontario and acquired private land for various government purposes. It co-ordinated the use of Crown land through land use planning and land inventorying.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Lands and Forests (1920-1972)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA52

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Lands and Forests controls Ontario. Lands and Waters Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1971-1972

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Lands Administration Branch (1972-1979)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1265

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Lands Administration Branch is the successor of Ontario. Lands and Waters Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Land Use Co-ordination Branch (1972-1983)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1466

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Land Use Co-ordination Branch is the successor of Ontario. Lands and Waters Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Lands and Surveys Branch (1957-1971)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA510

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Lands and Surveys Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Lands and Waters Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1467

      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

          Annual Report of the Minister of Lands and Forests, 1972.

          Maintenance notes

          Not found in Canadiana Authorities, 1999-12.

          Archivist(s):
          N. Martin, S. McClure