Ontario. Market Housing Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Market Housing Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Market Housing Branch

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      2000-

      History

      The Market Housing Branch was established in 2000, within the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, to assume the market housing responsibilities of the former Housing Policy Branch. With the social housing devolution process and ministry reorganization, the Market Housing Branch was named Non-Profit and Market Housing Programs during 2000-2001. In 2002, the Non-Profit and Market Housing Program was split into the Market Housing Branch and the Social Housing Branch.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Market Housing Branch establishes the policy and regulatory framework to promote a healthy and efficient housing market in Ontario by assisting developers of affordable market housing, supporting consumer protection legislation and preparing research and analysis of the housing market.

      Address

      No specific legislation was passed creating the Market Housing Branch.

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (1995-2016) (1995-2016)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA96

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Dates of relationship

      2000-

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Housing Policy Branch (1991-2000)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1422

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Housing Policy Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Market Housing Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. North Pickering Land Exchange Team (2001-2008)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA2445

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. North Pickering Land Exchange Team is the successor of Ontario. Market Housing Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1882

      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 Telephone Directories, 2000-2003

          KWIC Indexes to Services, 2000-2003

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Ball-Pyatt