Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
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Transit Office
Other form(s) of name
Ontario. Public Transportation Office
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Description area
Dates of existence
History
The Transit Office was created when the Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Communications was reorganized in 1976, and assumed functions from a variety of agencies, most notably the Municipal Transit Office in the Municipal Transportation Branch and the Transit Projects Planning Office in the Project Planning Branch.
The Transit Office resided with Municipal/Provincial Transportation Branch between 1976 and 1979 when it was shifted to the Transportation Programs Division (1980-1981). From 1982 to 1990 the office reported to the Municipal Transportation Division. After one year under the Planning Division, the office changed its name to the Public Transportation Office in 1992 and was moved to the Program and Development Branch.
With municipalities becoming fully responsible for the operation and funding of most local transit services (effective January 1, 1998), the Transit Office was disbanded at the end of 1997. Some of its functions were continued within the Municipal and Intergovernmental Policy Branch.
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Functions, occupations and activities
The Transit Office assisted Ontario municipalities in developing their transit operations by providing financial assistance programs, technical expertise, and organizational advice. Money distributed by the office went towards developing and managing bus, streetcar, and subway systems, services for physically disabled persons, transit planning studies and demonstrations, and the construction, acquisition, and rehabilitation of equipment and capital assets.
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Rules and/or conventions used
RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Sources
Ministry of Transportation/Transportation and Communications Annual Reports, 1976-1988; KWIC Index to Government Services, 1984- 1997; Government of Ontario Telephone Directories, 1991- 1994. Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24.
Maintenance notes
Archivist(s):
Singer, Epp, Birrell