Ontario. Small and Medium Enterprise Division

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Small and Medium Enterprise Division

Parallel form(s) of name

  • Division des petites et moyennes entreprises

Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

  • Small and Medium Enterprise Division

Other form(s) of name

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    2004-2012

    History

    The Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) was established in 2004 as part of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade. The new Division inherited some of its functions from its predecessor division, the Corporate and Field Services Division. In 2006, the Division became part of the newly formed Ministry of Small Business and Entrepreneurship and, from 2008 to 2009, was part of the Ministry of Small Business and Consumer Services. From 2010 to 2011, the Division joined the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade and, in 2012, was part of the Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation.

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    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Division championed the small business community and enabled the development of SME firms along a continuum of growth to long-term economic prosperity, from the start-up entrepreneur to the innovative, growth-oriented company. Working in partnership with private sector stakeholders and all levels of government, this included: providing policy and research support services on SME and business competitive issues to the Ontario government; providing information, advice and services to Ontario growth firms, communities, business networks and other regional development stakeholders; promoting and encouraging entrepreneurship as a viable career option and assisting new entrepreneurs in the evaluation and process of start-up; promoting entrepreneurial skills, qualities and opportunities to Ontario's youth; and promoting adoption of e-business, new technologies and broadband regional access.

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    Relationships area

    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. Small and Medium Enterprise Division

    Dates of relationship

    2004-2006

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Small Business and Entrepreneurship

    Identifier of related entity

    AA147

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Small Business and Entrepreneurship controls Ontario. Small and Medium Enterprise Division

    Dates of relationship

    2006-2008

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Small Business and Consumer Services

    Identifier of related entity

    AA148

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Small Business and Consumer Services controls Ontario. Small and Medium Enterprise Division

    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. Small and Medium Enterprise Division

    Dates of relationship

    2010-2011

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation

    Identifier of related entity

    AA161

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation controls Ontario. Small and Medium Enterprise Division

    Dates of relationship

    2012

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Economic Development and Trade. Corporate and Field Services Division (1998-2005)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA950

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Economic Development and Trade. Corporate and Field Services Division is the predecessor of Ontario. Small and Medium Enterprise Division

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

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    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA2391

    Institution identifier

    Rules and/or conventions used

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

    Status

    For Review

    Level of detail

    Dates of creation, revision and deletion

    2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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        Sources

        KWIC Indexes and telephone directories for the years 2006-2012 (except for 2005, which was not published).

        Maintenance notes

        Archivist(s):
        Coffey/Falls