Ontario. Ministry of the Environment. Investigations and Enforcement Branch.

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Ministry of the Environment. Investigations and Enforcement Branch.

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Investigations and Enforcement Branch

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1985-

      History

      The branch was established in 1985, shortly before the Environment Enforcement Statute Law Amendment Act of 1986 (Bill 112) came into force. This act amended existing provincial environmental legislation with the effect of establishing greater penalties for offences and greater powers of enforcement.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Investigations and Enforcement Branch is responsible for all aspects of environmental enforcement within in the Ministry. This includes the enforcement of the Environmental Protection Act, Ontario Water Resources Act, Environmental Assessment Act, Niagara Escarpment Planning Act, and Pesticides Act. The branch complements the abatement and control activities of the Operations Division and other ministry programs through effective investigation and enforcement activity to ensure compliance with environmental laws. In cases of environmental wrongdoing, the branch also provides information to the legal services branch for potential prosecution by the Crown.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of the Environment (1972-1993) (1972-1993)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA65

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of the Environment (1972-1993) controls Ontario. Ministry of the Environment. Investigations and Enforcement Branch.

      Dates of relationship

      1985-1993

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Environment and Energy (1993-1997)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA67

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Environment and Energy controls Ontario. Ministry of the Environment. Investigations and Enforcement Branch.

      Dates of relationship

      1993-1997

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of the Environment (1997-2002) (1997-2002)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA97

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of the Environment (1997-2002) controls Ontario. Ministry of the Environment. Investigations and Enforcement Branch.

      Dates of relationship

      1997-

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA2331

      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

          KWIC Indexes

          Hessing, Melody, Michael Howlett and Tracy Summerville. Canadian Natural Resource and Environmental Policy: Political Economy and Public Policy. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2005.

          http://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/ontario_statutes/vol1986/iss1/75/

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Falls, Lawton