Ontario. Ministry of Rural Affairs.

Identity area

Type of entity

Higher-level Ontario government office (type A)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Ministry of Rural Affairs.

Parallel form(s) of name

  • Ministère des Affaires rurales

Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

  • Ministry of Rural Affairs

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    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    2024-

    History

    The Ministry of Rural Affairs was created in June of 2024 when a press release announced on June 6th that the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs had been divided to form two separate ministries: the Ministry of Farming, Agriculture and Agribusiness and the Ministry of Rural Affairs.

    This is a preliminary record as the Ministry of Rural Affairs does not yet have a totally distinct web presence as of September 2024. The record will be updated with further details as they become available.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Ministry of Rural Affairs supports activities that create strong rural communities in Ontario and open doors to rural economic development. One of the ministry's main initiatives is Ontario's Rural Economic Development (RED) program. The program provides cost-share funding assistance to address barriers to economic development and labour force challenges. It also better positions rural communities to attract or retain investment and enhance economic growth. Other areas of focus include: use of Crown land for economic development, tourism and recreation; mining development in the Ring of Fire and other regions; Northern Highways Program; resource development including partnerships with Indigenous communities in the Far North of Ontario; providing and promoting resources for Northern Ontario agriculture; providing information and support for businesses and investors in northern Ontario; as well as funding the Winter Roads Program to remote and First Nation communities to build and maintain the winter roads network.

    Address

    Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Act, R.S.O. 1990.

    Internal structures/genealogy

    General context

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (1994-)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA69

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs is the predecessor of Ontario. Ministry of Rural Affairs.

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

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    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    AA176

    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

        Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness and Ministry of Rural Affairs website: http://ontario.ca/page/ministry-agriculture-food-and-agribusiness-and-ministry-rural-affairs.

        Government of Ontario press release, June 6, 2024, “Premier Ford Renews Team that is Rebuilding Ontario's Economy”.

        E-Laws Ontario website: https://www.ontario.ca/laws.

        Maintenance notes

        Archivist(s):
        Shimpo