Ontario. Municipal Transportation Division

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Municipal Transportation Division

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Municipal Transportation Division

    Other form(s) of name

    • Ontario. Ministry of Transportation. Municipal Transportation Division

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1982-1991

    History

    The Transportation Division was established in 1982 in the Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Communications. It absorbed many of the responsibilities of the dissolved Transportation Programs Division.

    The Municipal Transportation Division consisted of the Transportation Policy/Planning Branch (1985-1990), Municipal Roads Branch (1981-1990), Transit Office (1981-1990) Transportation Technology and Energy Branch (1981-1986) and Payment and Verification Office (1981-1986).

    The Municipal Transportation Division ceased to exist in 1991.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Municipal Transportation Division managed the municipal transfer programs of the Ministry of Transportation. It was responsible for assessing how much assistance municipalities required for the development and operation of their transit systems for both conventional service and service for the physically disabled, and in the construction, rehabilitation and maintenance of their road systems.

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    Internal structures/genealogy

    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. Municipal Transportation Division

    Dates of relationship

    1982-1987

    Description of relationship

    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. Municipal Transportation Division

    Dates of relationship

    1987-1991

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA1327

    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

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        Sources

        KWIC Index to Government Services, 1982-1991

        Ministry of Transportation/Transportation and Communications Annual Reports, 1982-1991

        Maintenance notes

        Not found in Canadiana Authorities.

        Archivist(s):
        Lisa Singer