Ontario. Ministry of Transportation and Communications. Planning and Development Division

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Ministry of Transportation and Communications. Planning and Development Division

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Planning and Development Division

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1976-1980

      History

      The Planning and Development Division was established within the Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Communications in 1976, replacing the Planning Division.

      The Division consisted of the Municipal/Provincial Transportation Branch, the Urban and Regional Transportation Office, and the Economic Policy Office. The Executive Director of the Division reported to the Assistant Deputy Minister, Planning, Research and Development.

      In 1980, the Division ceased to exist and it branches were transferred to the Transportation Programs Division and the Policy Planning and Research Division.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Planning and Development Division was responsible for transportation planning in the areas of municipal roads, provincial highways, public transit, and aviation in Ontario, as well as urban and regional planning and economic policy.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Transportation and Communications (1972-1987)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA34

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Transportation and Communications controls Ontario. Ministry of Transportation and Communications. Planning and Development Division

      Dates of relationship

      1976-1980

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Transportation and Communications. Planning Division (1971-1976)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1116

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Transportation and Communications. Planning Division is the predecessor of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation and Communications. Planning and Development Division

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Transportation and Communications. Policy Planning and Research Division (1980-1982)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1120

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Transportation and Communications. Policy Planning and Research Division is the successor of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation and Communications. Planning and Development Division

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Transportation Programs Division (1980-1981)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1142

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Transportation Programs Division is the successor of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation and Communications. Planning and Development Division

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1118

      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 Transportation and Communications Annual Reports, 1976-1980

          Canadiana name authorities, 1996- 12-24.

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Lisa Singer, Mark Epp