Ontario. Ministry of Industry, Trade and Technology. US and Latin America Branch

• US and Latin America Branch

The US and Latin America Branch was created in 1986, within the Trade Expansion Division of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Technology. It resulted from the division of the former International Offices Branch into four new branches: the China and South Asia Branch; the Europe, Middle East and Africa Branch; the US and Latin America Branch; and the Pacific Rim Branch. These four new branches in turn formed part of the Industry and Trade Expansion Division.

Offices of the branch existed in New York, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Dallas, and Atlanta. Despite the branch name, no office appears to have been established in Latin America during this period (a Mexico City office existed from 1973 to 1976).

In 1990, the US and Latin America Branch became the Americas Branch.

The US and Latin America Branch represented the Ontario Ministry of Industry, Trade and Technology, through offices in the United States and Latin America. Specifically, the branch's mandate was to attract new investment to Ontario by providing information, guidance, advocacy, and consulting services to foreign and domestic investors. It also provided financial assistance to encourage exports outside North America.

RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

Archives of Ontario. Inventory 9 - Records of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (February 1997)

Archivist(s):
B. Krawczyk, R. Anger