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Small Business Operations Division
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The Small Business Operations Division was created in 1974 from a combination of the Field Services Division (which operated the ministry's domestic offices) and the International Division (which, through the Americas Branch and the Overseas Branch, operated the ministry's international offices).
At creation, it consisted of a branch called "Operations Ontario" which operated the domestic offices of the ministry, and the Overseas and Americas Branch.
During a major restructuring of the Ministry of Industry and Tourism in 1976, the division survived but its mandate and structure was changed. The international offices were removed to the Division of Industry and Trade, and a body called "Operations Ontario" was established to administer the domestic offices. A branch called the Consultative Services Branch was formed, which provided advisory and consultative services to small industrial and service industry companies throughout the province.
When the new Industry Division was formed in 1979, the functions of the Small Business Operations Division were assumed by the new division.
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Between 1974 and 1976, the Small Business Operations Division was responsible for providing services of the Ontario Ministry of Industry and Tourism through domestic offices in Ontario and international offices around the world. In 1976, the international offices were removed from the jurisdiction of the division, and the mandate of the division was expanded to encourage, nurture, and assist the small manufacturing, industrial, service and consumer enterprises throughout the province.
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RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Archives of Ontario. Inventory 9 - Records of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (February 1997)
Maintenance notes
Archivist(s):
Robert Anger