Ontario. Treasury Dept. Research and Statistics Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Treasury Dept. Research and Statistics Branch

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    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Research and Statistics Branch

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      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1962-1968

      History

      The Research and Statistics Branch was established in late 1962 within the Treasury Department. The branch replaced the former Bureau of Statistics and Research within the Treasury Department and the Economic Statistics Branch from the Department of Economics and Development. The first Director was W. J. Smithson.

      In 1968 the functions of the branch were split into the Revenue Research Branch, which went to the new Dept. of Revenue, and the Economic and Statistical Services Division in the new Dept. of Treasury and Economics.

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      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Research and Statistics Branch provided statistical analysis and advice to the Ontario Treasury Department regarding Dominion-provincial finance and taxation programs. It also collected, processed, and disseminated statistics; and provided economic accounts data and social statistics including demographic studies.

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      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Treasury Dept. (1867-1968)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA19

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Treasury Dept. controls Ontario. Treasury Dept. Research and Statistics Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1962-1968

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Revenue Research Branch (1968-1980)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1607

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Revenue Research Branch is the successor of Ontario. Treasury Dept. Research and Statistics Branch

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      Description of relationship

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      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1580

      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

          Public Accounts, 1944- ; Guide to the Holdings of the Archives of Ontario (1985) 0029; Ont. Gov't. Phone Directories, 1950-1968

          Maintenance notes

          Not in Canadiana Name Authorities

          Archivist(s):
          R. Coram