Ontario. Trade Fairs Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Trade Fairs Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Trade Fairs Branch

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      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1968-1972

      History

      The Trade Fairs Branch was formed in 1968 when the Ontario Department of Trade and Development replaced the Department of Economics and Development. It grew out of the Exhibition Section of the former Trade and Industry Branch.

      Within the Department of Trade and Development, the branch formed part of the Trade and Industry Division.

      The Trade Fairs Branch ceased to exist in 1972 when the Department of Trade and Development was replaced with the Ministry of Industry and Tourism.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Trade Fairs Branch was responsible for organizing trade fairs in Ontario and around the world to increase exports, encourage foreign plant investment in Ontario, and establish manufacturing arrangements between foreign and Ontario companies.

      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 Fairs Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1968-1972

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA934

      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