Ontario. Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Economics Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Economics Branch

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    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Economics Branch

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      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1972-1985

      History

      In 1972, the Economics Branch was established within the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, replacing the Economics, Co-operatives and Statistics Branch of the former Department of Agriculture and Food.

      Initially, the Economics Branch reported to the Executive Director of Agricultural Education and Research. In 1977, the branch reported directly to Deputy Minister.

      The Economics Branch was dissolved in 1985 and its duties transferred to the Economics and Policy Coordination Branch.

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      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Economics Branch assembled and interpreted agricultural economic information on behalf of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food and its clients. This included conducting long-term analysis on agricultural and food policy, gathering and publishing statistics on Ontario's agribusiness and commodity sector, and conducting financial studies on farm and processor practices, marketing methods, and agricultural trade.

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      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Agriculture and Food (1972-1994)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA68

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Agriculture and Food controls Ontario. Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Economics Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1972-1985

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Economics and Policy Coordination Branch (1984-1990)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1031

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Economics and Policy Coordination Branch is the successor of Ontario. Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Economics Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Farm Economics, Co-operatives and Statistics Branch (1965-1972)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA273

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Farm Economics, Co-operatives and Statistics Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Economics Branch

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      Description of relationship

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      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA618

      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

          Annual Reports of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, 1972- 1984

          Canadiana Authorities, 1996-12- 24

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Paul McIlroy