Ontario. Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Program Analysis Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Program Analysis Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Program Analysis Branch

    Other form(s) of name

    • Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture and Food. Program Analysis Branch

    • Ontario. Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Programs Coordination Secretariat (1977- 1982)

    • Ontario. Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Strategic Planning Branch (1983-1984)

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    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1970-1984

    History

    The Program Analysis Branch was established in July 1970 within the Ontario Department of Agriculture and Food. The first policy branch of the department, it was established to implement a planning, programming and budgeting system. The branch reported to the Deputy Minister.

    In 1977 the branch became known as the Programs Coordination Secretariat. In 1982 the branch became known as the Strategic Planning Branch and moved to the newly created Finance and Policy Division.

    The branch was dissolved in 1984 and its duties transferred to the Economics and Policy Coordination Branch.

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    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Program Analysis Branch developed agricultural policy and assisted with program planning and development on behalf of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. It also assisted with multi-year program planning, budget preparation, and administered the ministry's affirmative action and customer service initiatives for the duration of those programs.

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    Related entity

    Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture and Food (1966-1972)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA60

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture and Food controls Ontario. Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Program Analysis Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1971-1972

    Description of relationship

    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. Program Analysis Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1972-1984

    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. Program Analysis Branch

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    Description of relationship

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    Authority record identifier

    CA897

    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 Department of Agriculture and Food, 1971-1972; Annual Reports of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, 1972- 1984

        Maintenance notes

        Not found in Canadiana Authorities, 1996-12-24.

        Archivist(s):
        Paul McIlroy