Ontario. Loan and Trust Corporations Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Loan and Trust Corporations Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Loan and Trust Corporations Branch

    Other form(s) of name

    • Loan and Trust Corporations Branch

    • Loan and Trust Branch

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1985-1998

    History

    The Loan and Trust Corporations Branch was created in 1985. It originally reported to the Superintendent of Deposit Institutions, within the Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations. During its first year of existence, the Branch was also known as the Loan and Trust Operations Branch, and the Loan and Trust Branch.

    In 1986, the Loan and Trust Corporations Branch was moved to the Deposit Institutions Division of the Ministry of Financial Institutions. The Branch and Division were moved to the Ministry of Finance in 1993.

    The Loan and Trust Corporations Branch ceased to exist in 1998. Its functions were assumed by two branches within the Financial Services Commission of Ontario: Licensing and Administration, and Policy and Communications.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Loan and Trust Corporations Branch administered the provisions of the Loan and Trust Corporations Act and the Mortgage Brokers Act. It licensed and regulated loan companies, trust companies, and mortgage brokers, and answered inquiries from savers and borrowers on proposed registrations.

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    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations (1972-2001)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA18

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations controls Ontario. Loan and Trust Corporations Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1985-1986

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Financial Institutions (1986-1993)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA91

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Financial Institutions controls Ontario. Loan and Trust Corporations Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1986-1993

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Finance (1993-)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA90

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Finance controls Ontario. Loan and Trust Corporations Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1993-1998

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA1972

    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

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        Sources

        Government of Ontario phone books, 1984-1999

        KWIK Indexes, 1985-1999

        Annual reports of the Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations, 1984-1985

        Maintenance notes

        Archivist(s):
        Paquet