Ontario. Office of the Chief Engineer

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Office of the Chief Engineer

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Office of the Chief Engineer

    Other form(s) of name

    • Ontario. Dept. of Highways. Chief Engineer and Manager of Operations

    • Ontario. Dept. of Highways. Chief Engineer's Branch

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1915-1961

    History

    The Office of the Chief Engineer was established as part of the newly-created Ontario Department of Public Highways, in 1915. Previous to this, responsibility for the engineering of highways and roads in the province rested with the engineers within the Office of the Commissioner of Highways. The first Chief Engineer was George Hogarth.

    The Office of the Chief Engineer (also known as the Chief Engineer's Branch, and during the late 1950's, as the Office of the Chief Engineer and Manager of Operations), gradually expanded over the years as the responsibilities of the office grew. By the 1950s the office consisted of a variety of different engineers, including: the Bridge Engineer, the Contract Engineer, the Chief Engineer of Maintenance, the Chief Engineer of Construction; and the Inspector of Surveys. The various Division or District Engineers also reported to the Chief Engineer. In 1955, the office was reorganized into two primary sections - the Planning and Design Branch and the Operations Branch.

    In 1961, the Office of the Chief Engineer was replaced with the Office of the Assistant Deputy Minister of Engineering.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Office of the Chief Engineer was responsible for providing advice and direction in all matters relating to the engineering, planning, construction and maintenance of the highways and secondary roads in Ontario.

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    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Dept. of Public Highways (1915-1931)

    Identifier of related entity

    BA86

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Dept. of Public Highways controls Ontario. Office of the Chief Engineer

    Dates of relationship

    1915-1931

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Dept. of Highways (1931-1971)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA47

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Dept. of Highways controls Ontario. Office of the Chief Engineer

    Dates of relationship

    1931-1961

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Office of the Assistant Deputy Minister of Engineering (1961-1974)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA1071

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Office of the Assistant Deputy Minister of Engineering is the successor of Ontario. Office of the Chief Engineer

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

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    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA1075

    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

        Department of Public Highways/Highways Annual Reports, 1915-1961; Ontario Public Accounts, 1915-1921.

        Maintenance notes

        None of the potential forms of name found in Canadiana Authorities, 1996-12-24.

        Archivist(s):
        Lisa Singer, Mark Epp