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Tourism and Recreation Operations Division
Other form(s) of name
Ontario. Ministry of Tourism and Recreation. Field Services Division
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The Tourism and Recreation Operations Division (originally known as the Field Services Division) was established in 1984 within the Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Recreation. The Division was created from the amalgamation of the Tourism Operations Branch with Community Programs. In 1985, the Field Services Division was renamed the Tourism and Recreation Operations Division.
The Tourism and Recreation Operations Division, headed by an Executive Director, originally comprised five regions: Central, Eastern, Northeastern, Northwestern, Southwestern. In 1989, the number of regions was consolidated into four: Southern, Eastern, Northeast and Northwest.
A reorganization of the Ministry of Tourism and Recreation in August 1992, resulted in the Tourism and Recreation Operations Division being replaced by the Community Services Division.
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The Tourism and Recreation Operations Division provided and maintained field offices through which programs offered by the Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Recreation were made available to local recreation and tourism clients. Each field office was staffed by consultants working with municipal recreation and planning departments, tourism associations, operators, and private and public agencies to strengthen local services. The Division was also responsible for delivering lottery-funded recreation grant programs, administering the Ontario Travel Association Program, and issuing licences to tourist accommodation establishments not licenced by the Liquor Licence Board of Ontario.
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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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Ontario Government Telephone Directories, 1984-1993.
KWIK Indexes to Services of the Ontario Government, 1984-1993.
Annual Reports of the Ministry of Tourism and Recreation, 1984/85 to 1991/92.
Maintenance notes
Agency not found in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24.
Archivist(s):
Robert Anger