Ontario. Office of the Commissioner of Highways

Zone d'identification

Type d'entité

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Forme autorisée du nom

Ontario. Office of the Commissioner of Highways

forme(s) parallèle(s) du nom

    Forme(s) du nom normalisée(s) selon d'autres conventions

    • Office of the Commissioner of Highways

    Autre(s) forme(s) du nom

    • Ontario. Office of the Provincial Instructor in Road-Making

    • Ontario. Highways Branch

    Numéro d'immatriculation des collectivités

    Zone de description

    Dates d’existence

    1896-1915

    Historique

    The Office of the Commissioner of Highways has its origin in the position of the Provincial Instructor in Road- Making, first appointed in 1896 and attached to the Ontario Department of Agriculture. The name of the office was changed to the Commissioner of Highways and transferred to the Ontario Department of Public Works in 1900. By 1910 the Office was generally referred to as the Highways Branch.

    Mr. A.W. Campbell held the position of Provincial Instructor in Road-Making and later Commissioner of Highways from 1896 until 1910. Mr. W.A. McLean, Provincial Engineer of Highways, succeeded Mr. Campbell as the director of the Highways Branch.

    On the recommendations of the Public Roads and Highways Commission of Ontario (also known as the Good Roads Commission), the Department of Public Highways was established by legislation in 1915, absorbing the functions of the Highways Branch.

    Lieux

    Statut légal

    Fonctions et activités

    The Office of the Commissioner of Highways was responsible for advising local municipalities in Ontario on road improvements.

    Adresse

    Order in Council, April 15, 1896

    Organisation interne/Généalogie

    Contexte général

    Zone des relations

    Entité associée

    Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture (1888-1966)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA59

    Type de relation

    hiérarchique

    Type de relation

    Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture contrôles Ontario. Office of the Commissioner of Highways

    Dates de la relation

    Description de la relation

    Entité associée

    Ontario. Dept. of Public Works (1869-1972)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA40

    Type de relation

    hiérarchique

    Type de relation

    Ontario. Dept. of Public Works contrôles Ontario. Office of the Commissioner of Highways

    Dates de la relation

    Description de la relation

    Entité associée

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

    Identifier of related entity

    BA86

    Type de relation

    temporel

    Type de relation

    Ontario. Dept. of Public Highways est le successeur de Ontario. Office of the Commissioner of Highways

    Dates de la relation

    Description de la relation

    Zone des points d'accès

    Mots-clés - Sujets

    Mots-clés - Lieux

    Epithet

    Zone du contrôle

    Identifiant de notice d'autorité

    CA291

    Identifiant du service d'archives

    Règles et/ou conventions utilisées

    RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

    Statut

    Approved

    Niveau de détail

    Dates de production, de révision et de suppression

    2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

    Langue(s)

      Écriture(s)

        Sources

        Bishop, Olga. Publications of the Government of Ontario 1867-1900 (1976)

        MacTaggart, Hazel. Publications of the Government of Ontario 1901-1955 (1964)

        Notes de maintenance

        Agency not found in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24

        Archivist(s):
        R. Anger