Ontario. Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Policy and Programs Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Policy and Programs Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Policy and Programs Branch

    Other form(s) of name

    • Ontario. Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Policy Analysis Branch

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1990-

    History

    The Branch was created in 1990 under the name of Policy Analysis Branch when the Economics and Policy Coordination Branch was dissolved and the minister's statistical-analysis and liaison activites were divided into the respective Policy Analysis Branch and Policy and Program Coordination Branch.

    The Branch forms part of the Policy and Farm Finance Division.

    In 2001 the Policy Analysis Branch's name was changed to Policy and Programs Branch and it took on the role of administering various provincial assistance programs including the Farmlands Property Class Tax, Ontario Farm Income Disaster Program and the Livestock Damage Program.

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    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Policy and Programs Branch coordinates and analyzes agriculture and food policy developments and provides direct support to the minister and deputy minister on policy initiatives. The branch also gathers and publishes a wide range of agricultural statistics and monitors economic developments in the industries supplying input to agriculture, industries processing farm commodities and the sectors delivering commodities to consumers.

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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. Policy and Programs Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1990-1994

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (1994-)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA69

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs controls Ontario. Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Policy and Programs Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1994-

    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 predecessor of Ontario. Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Policy and Programs Branch

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    Description of relationship

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    Authority record identifier

    CA1920

    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

        KWIC index 1991-92, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003

        Maintenance notes

        Archivist(s):
        Aston