Ontario. Uniform Building Standards Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Uniform Building Standards Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Uniform Building Standards Branch

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1970-1975

      History

      The Uniform Building Standards Branch was created in August 1970 within the Ontario Department of Labour. It resulted from the recommendations of the Building Standards Committee established in September 1968 within the Community Planning Branch of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs. The head of the zoning section of that branch was transferred to the Ministry of Labour to head the Uniform Building Standards Branch, which was located under the jurisdiction of the Safety and Technical Services Division.

      It was transferred in April 1972 to the Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations, where it formed part of the Technical Standards Division. On January 1, 1976 it was replaced with the newly formed Building Code Branch.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Uniform Building Standards Branch regulated the construction of new buildings, demolitions of buildings, and major alterations of existing buildings. It administered the Building Code for Ontario.

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      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Labour (1919-1972)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA38

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Labour controls Ontario. Uniform Building Standards Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1970-1972

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations (1972-2001)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA18

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations controls Ontario. Uniform Building Standards Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1972-1975

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Building Code Branch (1976-1984)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1189

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Building Code Branch is the successor of Ontario. Uniform Building Standards Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1190

      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

          \li1800i-1800\tx1800Archives of Ontario, Inventory 31 - Records of the Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations; KWIC Indexes; Government of Ontario Telephone Directories. Heading authorized in Canadiana Authorities.

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Steven Billinton