Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Office of the Assistant Commissioner of Crown Lands
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
History
An Assistant Commissioner of Crown Lands was appointed to assist the Commissioner of Crown Lands for Canada West in 1857. (An Assistant Commissioner had existed prior to this time, but his responsibilities had been limited to overseeing the Crown Lands Department's operations in Lower Canada rather than the operations of the Department as a whole.) The appointment of the Assistant Commissioner occurred as a result of the passing of a Civil Service Act in 1857 which directed each government department to designate a permanent civil servant as "Deputy Minister" to oversee the staff and the administration of the department.
In 1867, when the Crown Lands Department was replaced by the Department of Crown Lands, the Assistant Commissioner became part of the new Department. The Office of the Assistant Commissioner of Crown Lands continued to exist until 1905 when the Department of Crown Lands was replaced by the Department of Lands and Mines.
The position of Assistant Commissioner of Crown Lands was held by Andrew Russell from 1857-1869, by Thomas H. Johnson from 1869-1887, and by Aubrey White from 1887-1905.
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
The Assistant Commissioner of Crown Lands was the senior administrative official in the Crown Lands Department of Canada West (later the Ontario Department of Crown Lands). The Assistant Commissioner was responsible for assisting the Commissioner of Crown Lands by overseeing the day to day operations of the Department.
Address
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Related entity
Identifier of related entity
Category of relationship
Type of relationship
Dates of relationship
Description of relationship
Related entity
Identifier of related entity
Category of relationship
Type of relationship
Dates of relationship
Description of relationship
Related entity
Identifier of related entity
Category of relationship
Type of relationship
Dates of relationship
Description of relationship
Access points area
Subject access points
Place access points
Epithet
Control area
Authority record identifier
Institution identifier
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
Language(s)
Script(s)
Sources
Richard S. Lambert, "Renewing Nature's Wealth", 1967.
Maintenance notes
Not found in Canadiana Authorities, 1999-12.
Archivist(s):
N. Martin, S. McClure