Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations. Registration Division

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations. Registration Division

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Registration Division

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1986-

      History

      The Registration Division was formed within the Ontario Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations in 1985. It acquired the Real Property Registration Branch and the Personal Property Registration Branch from the former Property Rights Division. It also became responsible for overseeing the Office of the Registrar General and the Companies Branch. A Legal Services Branch (dealing with Property Law) was added in 1987.

      In 1993 the Legal Services Branch of the Registration Division merged with the Legal Services Branch of the Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations and moved to the newly-formed Policy, Agencies and Corporate Affairs Division. In 1994, the Companies Branch was moved to the Business Division.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Registration Division is responsible for recording land ownership and transfer in Ontario, security interest in personal property, and for the collection of vital statistics in Ontario.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      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. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations. Registration Division

      Dates of relationship

      1986-2001

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Business Services (2001-2005)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA120

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Business Services controls Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations. Registration Division

      Dates of relationship

      2001-

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Property Rights Division (1972-1985)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1213

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Property Rights Division is the predecessor of Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations. Registration Division

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1214

      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

          KWIC Index to Services, 2000.

          Canadiana Authorities.

          Annual reports of the Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations, 1986-1992.

          Ontario Government Telephone Directories, 1986-1999.

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Steve Billinton