Ontario. Ministry of Northern Development and Mines

• Ontario. Ministère du Développement du Nord et des Mines

• Ministry of Northern Development and Mines

• MNDM

• MDNM

The Ministry of Northern Affairs and Mines was renamed the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines on November 15, 1985. The Minister of Northern Development and Mines presided over the Ministry from 1985 until 1987. Starting in 1988, however, two Ministers began presiding over the Ministry, one responsible for Northern Development and the other for Mines. This situation was discontinued in 1992, and since then, just the one Minister has presided over the Ministry.

Until 1989, the branches of the Ministry were organized, at various times, into the following divisions: Planning and Administration; Corporate Services; Northern Development; Northern Transportation; and Mines and Minerals. In 1989, the Northern Development Division and the Northern Transportation Division were merged to form the Northern Development and Transportation Division. By 1993, the name of the Division was simply the Northern Development Division.

Both the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission and the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation report to the Minister of Northern Development and Mines.

The Ministry of Northern Development and Mines was superceded by the Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forests in 2009.

The Ministry of Northern Development and Mines was responsible for the social and economic development of northern Ontario, and for co-ordinating other Ministries' policies and programs with respect to northern Ontario. The Ministry also promoted and regulated the development and use of the province's mineral resources. Through its Northern Development Officers, the Ministry was also responsible for assisting communities without a municipal government in establishing a Local Services Board, to act on behalf of the residents and to ensure that basic services were provided to the community.

Ministry of Northern Affairs Act, Statutes of Ontario 1977, Chap. 21

Ministry of Northern Development and Mines Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario 1990, Chap. M.32

RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

Ministry of Northern Development and Mines, Annual Reports, 1983-1990.

Government of Ontario Telephone Directory, 1991.

Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24

Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forests web site, at July 2010.

The Ministry operated under the aegis of the Ministry of Northern Affairs Act until 1990, when the act was revised and renamed "The Ministry of Northern Development and Mines Act".

Archivist(s):
R. Anger; Hopp; Walz