Ontario. Resource Products Division

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Resource Products Division

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Resource Products Division

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1971-1972

      History

      The Resource Products Division was created during an administrative reorganization of the Department of Lands and Forest in April 1971.

      Branches that formed part of the Resource Products Division included the Commercial Fish and Fur Branch, the Resource Economics Branch, the Timber Management Branch, and the Timber Sales Branch.

      The Resource Products Division ceased to exist when the Department of Lands and Forests was replaced with the Ministry of Natural Resources on April 1, 1972. Its functions were divided between the Division of Forests and the Division of Fish and Wildlife.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Resource Products Division attempted to enhance the economic contribution from renewable natural resources industries in Ontario. It achieved this by overseeing the administration of branches within the Department of Lands and Forests relating to timber, fish and fur management.

      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. Resource Products Division

      Dates of relationship

      1971-1972

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Natural Resources. Division of Fish and Wildlife (1972-1978)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA175

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Natural Resources. Division of Fish and Wildlife is the successor of Ontario. Resource Products Division

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Division of Forests (1972-1978)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA735

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Division of Forests is the successor of Ontario. Resource Products Division

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA174

      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

          Annual Report of the Minister of Lands and Forests, 1972

          Maintenance notes

          Not found in Canadiana Authorities, 1996-12-24.

          Archivist(s):
          Nancy Martin, Susan McClure