Identity area
Type of entity
Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)
Authorized form of name
Ontario. Ministry of Transportation. Communications Branch
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Communications Branch
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1999-
History
When established in 1999, the Communications Branch was part of the Deputy Minister's Office and was comprised of four offices: the Issues and Media Office, Strategic Communications Office, Editorial and Corporate Services Office and the Corporate Correspondence Unit.
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
The Communications Branch provides strategic communications planning and deliverys corporate communications and marketing products and services for the Ministry of Transportation. It coordinates the minstry's activities to identify and manage contentious issues and prepares Minister's correspondence.
Address
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Related entity
Ontario. Ministry of Transportation (1987-)
Identifier of related entity
AA61
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario. Ministry of Transportation controls Ontario. Ministry of Transportation. Communications Branch
Dates of relationship
1999-
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Ministry of Transportation. Corporate Policy and Communications Branch (1996-1999)
Identifier of related entity
CA1989
Category of relationship
temporal
Type of relationship
Ontario. Ministry of Transportation. Corporate Policy and Communications Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation. Communications Branch
Dates of relationship
Description of relationship
Access points area
Subject access points
Place access points
Epithet
Control area
Authority record identifier
CA2096
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Approved
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
Language(s)
Script(s)
Sources
KWIC Indexes, 1999-2003,
INFO-GO, 2006-2008
Maintenance notes
Archivist(s):
Ledwell, Birrell