Ontario. Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. Programs and Transportation Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. Programs and Transportation Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Programs and Transportation Branch

    Other form(s) of name

    • Ontario. Economic Analysis and Transportation Unit

    • Ontario. Northern Economic Analysis/Transportation Branch

    • Ontario. Programs, Services and Transportation Branch

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1992-

    History

    The Programs and Transportation Branch was initially established in 1992 as the Economic Analysis and Transportation Unit (1992-1996). It was renamed the Northern Economic Analysis / Transportation Branch (1996-1997), and the Programs and Transportation Branch in 1997.

    The Programs and Transportation Branch reports to the Northern Development Division.

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    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Programs and Transportation Branch recommends policies and programs designed to address the needs of Northern Ontario. The branch evaluates existing and proposed initiatives, such as transportation, and liaises with other ministries on Northern issues.

    The branch includes the Transportation Program, which works in cooperation with the Ministry of Transportation and the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC). This program includes programs directed towards the provision of capital infrastructure and passenger services.

    Other services have included: Aboriginal Community Capital Infrastructure, Access Roads, Canada / Ontario Infrastructure Works, Health and Social, Logistics Consulting, Northern Roads Remote Airports and Winter Roads.

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    General context

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Northern Development and Mines (1985-2009)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA64

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Northern Development and Mines controls Ontario. Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. Programs and Transportation Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1992-

    Description of relationship

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    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA2134

    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 Indexes 1990-2006

        INFO-GO

        Maintenance notes

        Archivist(s):
        Birrell