Ontario. Surveys and Patents Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Surveys and Patents Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Surveys and Patents Branch

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1900-1912

      History

      The Surveys, Patents and Roads Branch of the Ontario Department of Crown Lands was renamed the Survey and Patents Branch in 1900, when responsibility for colonization roads was transferred to the Department of Public Works.

      The head of the Branch from 1900 to 1912 was G.B. Kirkpatrick, who held the title of Director of Surveys.

      In 1912, the Branch was renamed the Surveys Branch.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Surveys and Patents Branch was responsible for the surveying of townships, concessions, ranges, lots and other tracts of land in Ontario, as well as for the production of maps and the identification of resources that would be of value to the development of the province.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Crown Lands (1867-1905)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA49

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Crown Lands controls Ontario. Surveys and Patents Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1900-1905

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Lands and Mines (1905-1906)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA50

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Lands and Mines controls Ontario. Surveys and Patents Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1905-1906

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Lands, Forests and Mines (1906-1920)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA51

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Lands, Forests and Mines controls Ontario. Surveys and Patents Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1906-1912

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Surveys, Patents and Roads Branch (1870-1900)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA505

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Surveys, Patents and Roads Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Surveys and Patents Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Lands and Forests. Surveys Branch (1912-1941)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA507

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Lands and Forests. Surveys Branch is the successor of Ontario. Surveys and Patents Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA506

      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 Reports of the Department of Crown Lands, Department of Lands and Mines, and Department of Lands, Forests and Mines

          Maintenance notes

          Agency not found in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24

          Archivist(s):
          S. McClure, R. Anger