Ontario. Office of the Chief Economist

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Office of the Chief Economist

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Office of the Chief Economist

    Other form(s) of name

    • Ontario. Economics Division

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    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1965-1967

    History

    The Office of the Chief Economist was created on January 1, 1965 within the Ontario Department of Economic Development. At the same time, a number of existing economics-related branches were grouped together under the Chief Economist. This grouping, also known as the Economics Division, included the Economic Planning Branch, the Federal- Provincial Affairs Secretariat, the Applied Economics Branch, the Economic Analysis Branch, the Ontario Statistical Centre, and the Regional Development Branch. The position of Chief Economist was filled by H.I. Macdonald.

    When the economics functions of the Department of Economics and Development were transferred to the Department of the Treasury on December 15, 1967, H.I. Macdonald moved into the position of Deputy Treasurer and Deputy Minister of Economics, and the Office of the Chief Economist disappeared.

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    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Chief Economist co-ordinated all economic research within the Ontario government and acted as advisor to the government on economic policy.

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    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Dept. of Economics and Development (1961-1968)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA16

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Dept. of Economics and Development controls Ontario. Office of the Chief Economist

    Dates of relationship

    1965-1967

    Description of relationship

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    Authority record identifier

    CA774

    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

        Archives of Ontario. Inventory 9 - Records of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (February 1997)

        Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24

        Maintenance notes

        Archivist(s):
        B. Krawczyk, R. Anger