Ontario. Municipal Administration Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Municipal Administration Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Municipal Administration Branch

    Other form(s) of name

    • Ontario. Municipal Administration Unit

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1978-1982

    History

    The Municipal Administration Branch was created within the Ontario Ministry of Treasury, Economics and Intergovernmental Affairs in 1978, replacing the former Advisory Services Branch.

    By the end of 1978, the branch had been moved to the newly formed Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs. In 1981, the branch moved to the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, and was known as the Municipal Administration Unit. In 1982, it was dissolved and replaced with the newly formed Municipal Management Policy Branch.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Municipal Administration Branch provided advice to municipal governments in Ontario on administrative and local management issues to improve their day to day operations.

    Address

    Internal structures/genealogy

    General context

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Treasury, Economics and Intergovernmental Affairs (1972-1978)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA86

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Treasury, Economics and Intergovernmental Affairs controls Ontario. Municipal Administration Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1978

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs (1978-)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA87

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs controls Ontario. Municipal Administration Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1978-1981

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (1981-1985) (1981-1985)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA93

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (1981-1985) controls Ontario. Municipal Administration Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1981-1982

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Treasury, Economics and Intergovernmental Affairs. Advisory Services Branch (1972-1978)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA1325

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Municipal Management Policy Branch (1982-1988)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA1326

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Municipal Management Policy Branch is the successor of Ontario. Municipal Administration Branch

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA1259

    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 Treasury, Economics and Intergovernmental Affairs Annual Reports, 1972-1978; Government of Ontario Telephone Directories, 1978-1988.

        Maintenance notes

        Agency not found in Canadiana Name Authorities.

        Archivist(s):
        Crockett