Ontario. Trade and Industry Division. Marketing Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Trade and Industry Division. Marketing Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Marketing Branch

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1968-1972

      History

      The Marketing Branch was formed in 1968 when the Department of Trade and Development replaced the Department of Economics and Development. The branch formed part of the Trade and Industry Division. The branch grew out of the Marketing Section of the former Trade and Industry Branch.

      In 1972, when the Ministry of Industry and Tourism was formed, the Marketing Branch ceased to exist. The functions of the branch were taken on by the Business Development Division of the Ministry of Industry and Tourism.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Marketing Branch was designed to assist Ontario companies seeking to expand their export markets. It provided information to manufacturers, arranged for contacts around the world, operated trade missions, and organized industrial and export forums.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Trade and Development (1968-1972)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA20

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Trade and Development controls Ontario. Trade and Industry Division. Marketing Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1968-1972

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA865

      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

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        Script(s)

          Sources

          Archives of Ontario. Inventory 9 - Records of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (February 1997)

          Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Robert Anger