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Laboratory Services Branch
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Ontario. Ministry of the Environment. Laboratory Branch (1972-1974)
Ontario. Ministry of the Environment. Laboratory Services and Applied Research Branch (1982-1984)
Ontario. Ministry of Environment and Energy. Laboratory Services Branch
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The Laboratory Services Branch was formed in 1972 when the newly created Ontario Ministry of the Environment took over the responsibilities of the defunct Ontario Water Resources Commission. The Branch assumed the duties of the former Division of Laboratories.
The Branch was known until 1974 as the Laboratory Branch, and was then re-named Laboratory Services Branch. Between 1982 and 1984 it was known as the Laboratory Services and Applied Research Branch.
In 1993 the branch moved to the jurisdiction of the Ontario Ministry of Environment and Energy, and in 1997 back to a re-created Ontario Ministry of Environment.
Subsequently, the Laboratory Services Branch continued to exist through the many iterations of the Ministry of the Environment. As of 2026, it forms part of the Environmental Sciences and Standards Division of the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks.
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The Laboratory Services Branch provides analytical laboratory services to support the ministry's monitoring, compliance, and emergency-response programs. This includes providing high-quality sample analysis for the ministry's environmental programs, and expertise to private and other public sector environmental laboratories.
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RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Annual Reports of the Ministry of the Environment, 1972/73 to 1983/84
KWIC Index to Services, 1995, p. 346
Ontario Government Telephone Directories, 1972-2025
Info-GO 2026
Canadiana Authorities, 1996-12-24.
Maintenance notes
"Ontario. Ministry of the Environment. Laboratory Services and Applied Research Branch" also found in Canadiana Authorities, 1996-12-24.
Archivist(s):
R. Anger; Shimpo