Ontario. Tourist Promotion and Information Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Tourist Promotion and Information Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Tourist Promotion and Information Branch

    Other form(s) of name

    • Ontario. Dept. of Travel and Publicity. Information Branch

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1946-1972

    History

    The Information Branch was established in 1946 as part of the Ontario Department of Travel and Publicity. The name of the branch was changed to the Tourist Promotion and Information Branch in 1964, at which time it became a part of the Information and Promotion Division within the Department of Tourism and Information . In 1972, the functions of the Branch were transferred to the newly created Travel Services Branch of the Ministry of Industry and Tourism.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Tourist Promotion and Information Branch supervised the Ontario Tourist Reception Centres and trained their staff; collected and disseminated information relating to the tourist attractions, services and facilities of Ontario; distributed departmental publications; and co-operated with regional organisations, transportation companies, resort proprietors and the federal and provincial Travel Bureaus in the distribution of their published material.

    Address

    Internal structures/genealogy

    General context

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Dept. of Travel and Publicity (1946-1964)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA1

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Dept. of Travel and Publicity controls Ontario. Tourist Promotion and Information Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1946-1964

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Dept. of Tourism and Information (1964-1972)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA2

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Dept. of Tourism and Information controls Ontario. Tourist Promotion and Information Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1964-1972

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Travel Services Branch (1972-1974)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA26

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Travel Services Branch is the successor of Ontario. Tourist Promotion and Information Branch

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA5

    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 Travel and Publicity, 1946-1962

        Annual Report of the Department of Travel and Publicity and the Department of Public Records and Archives, 1963

        Annual Reports of the Department of Tourism and Information, 1964-1972

        Canadiana Name Authorities, 1995-03-15

        Maintenance notes

        Archivist(s):
        R. Anger