Ontario. Trade and Investment Support Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Trade and Investment Support Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Trade and Investment Support Branch

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1990-1993

      History

      The Trade and Investment Support Branch was created within the Industry and Trade Expansion Division of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Technology in 1990. The following year, it became part of the Trade and International Relations Division.

      The sections of the branch included the Business Immigrations Section, the Investment Marketing and Site Selection Section, the Special Projects Section (which administered the Trade Expansion Fund and the New Exporters to Border States programs), the Strategic Alliances Sections, and the Trade Sectors and Policy Liaison Section.

      In 1993, when the new Ministry of Economic Development and Trade was formed, the Trade and Investment Support Branch was replaced by the Trade Development Branch and the Investment Branch of the Trade and Investment Marketing Division.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Trade and Investment Support Branch was responsible for delivering a wide variety of programs to encourage trade with Ontario companies and investment in Ontario.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Industry, Trade and Technology (1985-1993)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA25

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Industry, Trade and Technology controls Ontario. Trade and Investment Support Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1990-1993

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Investment Branch (1993-1999) (1993-1999)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA858

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Investment Branch (1993-1999) is the successor of Ontario. Trade and Investment Support Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Trade Development Branch (1993-1996) (1993-1996)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA931

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Trade Development Branch (1993-1996) is the successor of Ontario. Trade and Investment Support Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA928

      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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          Sources

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

          Maintenance notes

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

          Archivist(s):
          Robert Anger