Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Mapping and Information Resources Branch
Other form(s) of name
Ontario. Mapping and Information Resources Branch
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
History
The Mapping and Information Resources Branch was established within the Information Resources Division in 1991. Initially entitled the Land and Resource Information Branch from 1991-1992, this Branch would be re-named five more times between 1992 and 2004: (1) Natural Resource Information Branch (1993-1996); (2) Natural Resources Information Management Branch (1997-1998); (3) Information Management and Systems Branch (1999); (4) Natural Resources Information Branch (2000); and (5) Information Resource Management Branch (2001-2005). In 2006, the Branch was renamed to the Geographic Information Branch and held that name until 2013. As of 2014, the Branch was re-named the Mapping and Information Resources Branch.
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
The Mapping and Information Resources Branch provides geomatics, surveying, data, and information management services to MNR and other ministries. The Mapping and Information Resources Branch also coordinates corporate information services such as FIPPA and the MNR library. The Mapping and Information Resources Branch leads the development and application of geographic information for natural resource management and decision-making, and contributes to the government's I&IT initiative by making geographic information about Ontario accessible through the Land Information Ontario program.
Address
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Related entity
Identifier of related entity
Category of relationship
Type of relationship
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Description of relationship
Related entity
Identifier of related entity
Category of relationship
Type of relationship
Dates of relationship
Description of relationship
Access points area
Subject access points
Place access points
Epithet
Control area
Authority record identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Sources
KWIC Indexes to Government Services, 2004; Ontario Government telephone directories, 2005-2016
Maintenance notes
Archivist(s):
Hock