Ontario. Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Municipal Policy Division

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Municipal Policy Division

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Municipal Policy Division

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      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1995-1999

      History

      The Municipal Policy Division was established in 1995 with the creation of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. It was headed by the Assistant Deputy Minister. Dana Richardson served as the Assistant Deputy Minister from 1995-1998; Doug Barnes acted in the position from 1998-1999.

      The Municipal Policy Division ceased to exist in 1999 after a reorganization of divisions and branches within the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Municipal Policy Division was responsible for the developments of policies, the maintenance of legislation and regulations related to municipal government structure, finance and land use planning, and the development of strategies for consultation with municipalities, municipal organizations and other client groups. The Division administered three branches in the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing: the Planning Policy Branch, the Municipal Finance Branch and the Local Government Policy Branch.

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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. Municipal Policy Division

      Dates of relationship

      1995-1999

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Policy Division (1999-2001)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA2167

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Policy Division is the successor of Ontario. Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Municipal Policy Division

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

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      Subject access points

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      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA2276

      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

          Government of Ontario Telephone Directories, 1995-1999

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Smith