Ontario. Municipal Assessment Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Municipal Assessment Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Municipal Assessment Branch

    Other form(s) of name

    • Ontario. Assessment Branch

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1947-1969

    History

    The Municipal Assessment Branch was established in 1947 within the Department of Municipal Affairs.

    The branch was replaced with the Assessment Division on January 1, 1970, when the province of Ontario assumed direct responsibility for the assessment of real property.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Municipal Assessment Branch provided municipalities in Ontario with advice and direction on the assessment of real property. In addition, the branch also developed taxation policies relating to properties owned by the provincial and federal government and on other issues with an impact on the revenue situation of local governments.

    Address

    Internal structures/genealogy

    General context

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Dept. of Municipal Affairs (1934-1972)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA21

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Dept. of Municipal Affairs controls Ontario. Municipal Assessment Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1947-1969

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Property Assessment Division (1970-1998)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA1321

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Property Assessment Division is the successor of Ontario. Municipal Assessment Branch

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA1305

    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

        Dept. of Municipal Affairs Annual Reports, 1945-1960.

        Maintenance notes

        Agency was not found in Canadiana name authorities.


        Archivist(s):
        Crockett