Ontario. Parks and Recreation Areas Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Parks and Recreation Areas Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Parks and Recreation Areas Branch

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1971-1972

      History

      The Parks and Recreation Areas Branch was established in July 1971 within the Department of Lands and Forest, under the Outdoor Recreation Division, and replaced the former Parks Branch. The branch contained a Planning and Development Section, a Park Management Section, and a Recreational Planning Section. It also oversaw the Ontario Parks Integration Board.

      With the creation of the Ministry of Natural Resources on April 1, 1972, the Parks and Recreation Areas Branch was divided into two new branches, the Park Management Branch and the Park Planning Branch. The new branches formed part of the Division of Parks of the new ministry.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Parks and Recreation Areas Branch was responsible for planning, developing and managing provincial parks and recreation areas in Ontario.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Lands and Forests (1920-1972)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA52

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Lands and Forests controls Ontario. Parks and Recreation Areas Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1971-1972

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Parks Branch (1959-1971)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA943

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Parks Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Parks and Recreation Areas Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Park Management Branch (1972-1978)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA749

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Park Management Branch is the successor of Ontario. Parks and Recreation Areas Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Park Planning Branch (1972-1978)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA941

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Park Planning Branch is the successor of Ontario. Parks and Recreation Areas Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA744

      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

      Language(s)

        Script(s)

          Sources

          Publications of the Government of Ontario, 1956- 1971

          Canadiana Authorities, 1996-12-24.

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Nancy Martin, Susan McClure