Ontario. Transit Office

• Transit Office

• Ontario. Public Transportation Office

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.

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.

RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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.

Archivist(s):
Singer, Epp, Birrell