Ontario. Ministry of Municipal Affairs. Community Development Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Ministry of Municipal Affairs. Community Development Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Community Development Branch

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1990-1996

      History

      The Community Development Branch was formed within the Ministry of Municipal Affairs in 1990, replacing the former Community Renewal Branch. It formed part of the Municipal Operations Division.

      In 1995, the branch moved to the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing.

      The Community Development Branch ceased to exist in 1996, and had no immediate successor.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Community Development Branch assisted municipalities and communities in Ontario with community-based development initiatives, and to ensure that existing initiatives at the municipal level fell within the framework of defined provincial interests.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Municipal Affairs (1985-1995)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA95

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Municipal Affairs controls Ontario. Ministry of Municipal Affairs. Community Development Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1990-1995

      Description of relationship

      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. Community Development Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1995-1996

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Community Renewal Branch (1974-1990)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1257

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Community Renewal Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Ministry of Municipal Affairs. Community Development Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1273

      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, 1990-1995.

          Maintenance notes

          Canadiana has an "Ontario. Community Development Branch" but it refers to an earlier branch of the same name in the Dept. of the Provincial Secretary and Citizenship and the Ministry of Community and Social Services.


          Archivist(s):
          Bob Krawczyk