Ontario. Ministry of Transportation and Communications. Program Development Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Ministry of Transportation and Communications. Program Development Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Program Development Branch

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      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1976-1981

      History

      The Program Development Branch was formed within the Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Communications in 1976. The branch originally consisted of five offices: the Project Development Office; the Program Planning and Evaluation Office; the Vehicle Standards Office; the Safety Co-ordinator and Development Office; and the Carrier Policy and Reciprocity Office. In 1979, a new Transportation Safety Section was added to the branch, and in 1980, a Dangerous Goods Transportation Office.

      In 1981, the Program Development Branch was replaced with the Transportation Regulation Development Branch.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Program Development Branch was responsible for the assessment of transportation regulation programs of the Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Communications, and for the development of new policies and programs in the area of transportation regulation.

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      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. Program Development Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1975-1981

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Transportation Regulation Development Branch (1981-1992)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1143

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Transportation Regulation Development Branch is the successor of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation and Communications. Program Development Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

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      Subject access points

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      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1124

      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 1975-1981.

          Maintenance notes

          Not found in Canadiana Authorities, 1996-12-24.


          Archivist(s):
          Lisa Singer, Mark Epp