Ontario. Water Quantity Management Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Water Quantity Management Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Water Quantity Management Branch

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1972-1974

      History

      The Water Quantity Management Branch was created within the Ontario Ministry of the Environment in 1972, and assumed the duties of the former Division of Water Resources of the Ontario Water Resources Commission.

      The branch formed part of the Water Resources Division of the new Ministry.

      In 1974 it was merged with the Water Quality Branch to form the Water Resources Branch.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Water Quantity Management Branch was responsible for the inventorying, assessment and management of surface and ground water resources in Ontario with respect to quantity, and for the protection of ground-water quality.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of the Environment (1972-1993) (1972-1993)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA65

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of the Environment (1972-1993) controls Ontario. Water Quantity Management Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1972-1974

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario Water Resources Commission. Division of Water Resources (1957-1972)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA706

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario Water Resources Commission. Division of Water Resources is the predecessor of Ontario. Water Quantity Management Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Water Resources Branch (1974-1994)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA705

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Water Resources Branch is the successor of Ontario. Water Quantity Management Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA704

      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

      Language(s)

        Script(s)

          Sources

          Ontario Water Resources Commission, Annual Report, 1958

          Ministry of the Environment, Annual Report, 1972-1973

          Government of Ontario Telephone Directory, 1970-1996

          Canadiana Authorities, 1996-12-24.

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          R. Anger