Ontario. Recreation Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Recreation Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Recreation Branch

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1981-1990

      History

      The Recreation Branch was established in April 1981, when the Sports and Recreation Branch was bifurcated to form the Recreation Branch and the Sports and Fitness Branch. It formed part of the Ontario Ministry of Culture and Recreation.

      In 1982, the branch was transferred to the Ministry of Tourism and Recreation and became part of the Recreation Division. The branch comprised two sections, Recreation Services and Recreation Resources. The branch also administered the Ontario Camp Leadership Centre and a program review system.

      During 1990, the Sports and Fitness Branch and the Recreation Branch were dismantled, and the Recreation Policy Branch and the Provincial Recreation Programs Branch were created to replace them.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Recreation Branch promoted recreational activities in Ontario through the provision of consultative services for the disabled, camping, outdoor recreation and education, training and development, organizational development, youth, leisure and recreation research, community recreation, recreation for the older adult, facility management, marketing and community planning.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Culture and Recreation (1975-1982)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA5

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Culture and Recreation controls Ontario. Recreation Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1981-1982

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Tourism and Recreation (1982-1993) (1982-1993)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA6

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Dates of relationship

      1982-1990

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Sports and Recreation Branch (1980-1981)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA591

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Sports and Recreation Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Recreation Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA577

      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

          Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12- 24.

          Ontario Government Telephone Directories, 1981-1990.

          KWIK Indexes to Services of the Ontario Government, 1981-1990.

          Annual Reports of the Ministry of Tourism and Recreation, 1982/83 to 1991/92.

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Robert Anger