Ontario. Sector Competitiveness Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Sector Competitiveness Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Sector Competitiveness Branch

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1998-2011

      History

      The Sector Competitiveness Branch reported to the Corporate and Field Services Division (1998-2002); the Employment and Business Development Division (2002-2003); the Competitiveness and Business Development Branch (2003-2006). In 2006 the branch began reporting to the Industry Division. Beginning in 2010, the Branch reported to the Economic Development Division.

      The Branch has been a part of the Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Tourism (1998-1999), the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (1999-2002), the Ministry of Enterprise, Opportunity and Innovation (2002-2003), the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (2003-2008), the Ministry of Economic Development (2008-2009), and the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (2009-2011).

      In 2011, Sector Competitiveness Branch was replaced by the Advanced Manufacturing Branch when the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade became the Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Sector Competitiveness Branch is responsible for working to strengthen the competitiveness of economic sectors in Ontario. The branch is the contact for the ministry's economic analysis, relationship and policy roles with various sectors, including, aerospace, automotive, information technology, other manufacturing and service sectors in Ontario.

      Over the course of its existence the Branch's responsibilities have grown from manufacturing sectors to include information technology industries.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Tourism (1995-1999)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA8

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Tourism controls Ontario. Sector Competitiveness Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1998-1999

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (1999-2002) (1999-2002)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA111

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (1999-2002) controls Ontario. Sector Competitiveness Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1999-2002

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Enterprise, Opportunity and Innovation (2002-2003)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA131

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Enterprise, Opportunity and Innovation controls Ontario. Sector Competitiveness Branch

      Dates of relationship

      2002-2003

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (2003-2008)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA135

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (2003-2008) controls Ontario. Sector Competitiveness Branch

      Dates of relationship

      2003-2008

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Economic Development (2008-2009)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA136

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Economic Development controls Ontario. Sector Competitiveness Branch

      Dates of relationship

      2008-2009

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (2009-2011)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA162

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (2009-2011) controls Ontario. Sector Competitiveness Branch

      Dates of relationship

      2009-2011

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Manufacturing Sectors Branch (1996-1998)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA862

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Manufacturing Sectors Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Sector Competitiveness Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

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      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA2138

      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

          KWIC Indexes 1992-2006

          INFO-GO

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Birrell, Hopp