Ontario. Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Building and Development Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Building and Development Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Building and Development Branch

    Other form(s) of name

    • Ontario. Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Housing Development and Buildings Branch

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1995-

    History

    The Housing Development and Buildings Branch replaced the Ontario Buildings Branch in 1995. The new Branch formed part of the Housing Planning and Policy Division in the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing.

    The Housing and Development Buildings Branch became part of the Provincial-Municipal Relations Division in 1999. The Branch was later renamed the Building and Development Branch in 2002 with operations moved to the new Planning and Development Division of the Ministry.

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    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Building and Development Branch was responsible for Ministry policy on housing development issues and building regulation.

    The Branch was also responsible for Ontario's building regulatory system through development and administration of the Building Code Act. With this responsibility, the Branch intervened in community and project specific planning and development processes.

    The Branch also supported training on the Building Code for the building industry and municipal building officials.

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    General context

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (1995-2016) (1995-2016)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA96

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (1995-2016) controls Ontario. Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Building and Development Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1995-

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario Buildings Branch (1984-1995)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA2053

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Ontario Buildings Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Building and Development Branch

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

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    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA2052

    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 to Services, 1995-2005

        Government of Ontario Telephone Directories, 1995-2005

        Maintenance notes

        Archivist(s):
        Diamond