Ontario Water Resources Commission. Laboratories and Research Division

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario Water Resources Commission. Laboratories and Research Division

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Laboratories and Research Division

    Other form(s) of name

    • Ontario Water Resources Commission. Division of Laboratories and Research.

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    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1957-1963

    History

    The Laboratories and Research Division was formed in 1957 when the Experimental Station Laboratory of the Ontario Department of Health was transferred to the Ontario Water Resources Commission and re-named.

    The Laboratories and Research Division ceased to exist in 1963, when it was divided into the Division of Research and the Division of Laboratories.

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    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Laboratories and Research Division analysed and tested water supplies for the Ontario Water Resources Commission and for the municipalities in the province. It also undertook the study of the pollution of international waters under the auspices of the International Joint Commission.

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    Related entity

    Ontario Water Resources Commission (1956-1972)

    Identifier of related entity

    BA127

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario Water Resources Commission controls Ontario Water Resources Commission. Laboratories and Research Division

    Dates of relationship

    1957-1963

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario Water Resources Commission. Division of Laboratories (1963-1972)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA709

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Ontario Water Resources Commission. Division of Laboratories is the successor of Ontario Water Resources Commission. Laboratories and Research Division

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    Description of relationship

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    Authority record identifier

    CA710

    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

        Ontario Water Resources Commission, Annual Report, 1957

        Bishop, 1956-1971. pp. 325-326

        Ontario Government Telephone Directories, 1961-1968.

        Maintenance notes

        Agency not found in Canadiana Authorities, 1996-12-24.


        Archivist(s):
        R. Anger