Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
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Natural Resources Information Branch
Other form(s) of name
Ontario. Land and Resource Information Branch
Ontario. Natural Resources Information Management Branch
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Description area
Dates of existence
History
The Natural Resources Information Branch was established within the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources in ca. 1990, replacing the Surveys and Mapping Branch. The Branch was originally named the Land and Resource Information Branch, but was renamed the Natural Resources Information Branch in 1994.
The Branch consisted of a number of different sections, including: the Office of the Surveyor General; the Administration and Air Photo Library; the Forest Management Information Section (renamed the Natural Resource Inventories Section in 1993); the Ontario Fisheries Information System (OFIS Unit); the Titles Section; the Provincial Mapping Office; and the Ontario Centre for Remote Sensing (renamed the Provincial Remote Sensing Office in 1993). Additional sections within the Branch included the Information Access Section and the Natural Heritage Information Centre, both established in 1994.
The Branch was renamed the Natural Resources Information Management Branch in 1997, and was known as the Information Management and Systems Branch by 1999. By 2000, the Branch was once again known as the Natural Resources Information Branch.
The Branch formed a part of the Information Resources Division from 1991 to 1995, and the Science and Information Resources Division from 1995 onwards.
Places
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Functions, occupations and activities
The Natural Resources Information Branch acquired, managed and made available geographic information about Ontario's land mass. Activities of the Branch included the establishment and maintenance of a provincial geographic referencing system, geodesy, cadastral surveys, cartography, the Provincial Digital Topographic Database, geographic information, geographic nomenclature, satellite and airborne remote sensing, and natural resource inventories.
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Relationships area
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Access points area
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Control area
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Rules and/or conventions used
RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Sources
KWIC Indexes to government services, 1990-2000
Government of Ontario Telephone Directories, 1996-1997
Maintenance notes
Agency not found in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24
Archivist(s):
Hopp