Ontario. Ministry of Transportation

• Ontario. Ministère des Transports

• Ministry of Transportation

• MTO

The Ministry of Transportation and Communications was renamed the Ministry of Transportation following the transfer of the Communications Division to the new Ministry of Culture and Communications in September 1987. Presiding over the ministry is the Minister of Transportation, who is assisted in the day-to-day operations of the Ministry by a Deputy Minister (a second Deputy Minister was added in 1992).

The ministry consists of a number of branches and divisions which are organized into groups, over which a Deputy Minister or an Assistant Deputy Minister has responsibility.

From 1987 until 1992, there was one Deputy Minister and four Assistant Deputy Ministers. The functional areas over which the Assistant Deputy Ministers were responsible, were: Finance and Administration; Engineering and Construction (renamed Provincial Highways in 1991); Provincial/Municipal Transportation; and Safety and Regulations.

In 1992, the ministry was reorganized and a second Deputy Minister, along with two additional Assistant Deputy Ministers, were added. Since 1992, the areas over which the Assistant Deputy Ministers have presided, include Operations, Corporate Services, Quality and Standards, Policy, Planning, and Safety and Regulations. In 1993, however, the Policy and Planning areas were combined under a single Assistant Deputy Minister.

Agencies which report to the Ministry of Transportation include the Ontario Highway Transport Board, GO Transit, the License Suspension Appeal Board, the Ontario Transportation Capital Corporation, and the Ontario Transportation Development Corporation.

The Ministry of Transportation is responsible for the planning, construction and maintenance of Ontario's highway system. Activities of the ministry include: driver, vehicle and carrier regulation and licensing; road safety; the provision of subsidies to municipalities for municipal roads and transit systems; fuel conservation and alternative fuel research; inter- city transportation; and promotion of Ontario's interest in the federally regulated areas of air, marine and rail transportation.

Ministry of Transportation Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario 1990, Chap. M.36

Between the time of its establishment in 1988 and the Revised Act of 1990, the Ministry operated under the aegis of the Department of Transportation and Communications Act of 1971 and the Government Reorganization Act of 1972.

RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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Archivist(s):
R. Anger