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Department of Canadian Heritage fonds [multiple media (some microform)]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

[1770-1996].

Reference:

R5747-0-8-E

Type of material:

Textual material, Architectural and technical drawings, Maps and cartographic material, Photographs, Moving images, Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

181035

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Department of Canadian Heritage fonds
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Fonds includes:

20 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

[1770-1996].

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

452.55 m of textual records.
ca. 2,814 cartographic items.
ca. 972 architectural drawings.
ca. 9,204 technical drawings and other technical drawing.
4 microfilm reels (ca. 760 technical drawings, ca. 580 maps, ca. 140 architectural drawings) : negative ; 35 mm.
1 v. (18 p.)
346 audio cassettes (ca. 471 h).
138 audio reels (ca. 118 h).
37 film reels (ca. 4 h, 56 min).
2 videocassettes (1 h, 20 min).
97 photographs : 58 b&w.

Language of material:

English

Added language of material:

English, French

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Fonds consists of records created and/or maintained by the Department of Canadian Heritage and its predecessors. Researchers are cautioned that unprocessed textual records and records in other media are not reflected in this description.

Audio-visual material is found in the sous-fonds entitled Canadian Parks Service.

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Canada. Canadian Heritage

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Canada. Canadian Heritage : The Department of Canadian Heritage was created on June 25, 1993 as part of a broad government reorganization. On June 15 of the next year, The Department of Canadian Heritage Act was passed by Parliament (C-17.3, 1995, c. 11). The new department was an amalgamation of a number of functions from now-defunct departments, including: the former Department of Multiculturalism and Citizenship's Multiculturalism, Human Rights and Voluntary Action programs; the former Department of the Secretary of State's Official Languages, Native Citizens, Canadian Studies, Youth Participation, State Ceremonial and Canadian Identity programs; and the former Department of Communications' Cultural programs. Additionally, responsibility for Parks Canada was transferred from the Department of Environment.

The powers enshrined by the department's official mandate extend to and include all matters relating to Canadian identity and values, cultural development, heritage and areas of natural or historical significance to the nation as well as number of additional responsibilities, including multiculturalism; the arts, including cultural aspects of the status of the artist; national parks, national historic sites, historic canals, national battlefields, national marine conservation areas, heritage railway stations and federal heritage buildings; the encouragement, promotion and development of amateur sport; the advancement of the equality of status and use of English and French and the enhancement and development of the English and French linguistic minority communities in Canada; state ceremonial and Canadian symbols; broadcasting, except in respect of spectrum management and the technical aspects of broadcasting; the formulation of cultural policy, including the formulation of cultural policy as it relates to foreign investment and copyright; the conservation, exportation and importation of cultural property; and national museums, archives and libraries.

Initially, the department was organized into three broad programs. The Canadian Identity Program comprised Canadian Identity and Cultural Development and Heritage. Parks Canada was in the Parks Canada Program. Finally there was the Corporate Services Program. Additionally, there was one regional office responsible for delivery of all departmental programs for each of six regions (Atlantic, Quebec, Ontario, Prairies and North West Territories, Alberta and Pacific and Yukon). In 1997-98, the department implemented a new structure. There were now two major programs. The first was the Canadian Heritage Program, organized along three Business Lines: Cultural Development and Heritage (comprised of Broadcasting, Cultural Industries, Arts and Heritage), Canadian Identity (Official Languages, Canadian Identity, Multiculturalism, and Sport) and Corporate Management. The second program was Parks Canada, which was shortly to be separated from the department by the Parks Canada Act of 1997.

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Accruals:

Further accruals are expected.

Source:

Government
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Textual records

[Consultation32 Restricted by law]

Architectural: technical drawings

[Consultation90 Open]
See lower level records for access notes.

Cartographic material

[Consultation90 Open]
See lower level records for access notes.

Architectural,technical: microform

[Consultation90 Open]
See lower level records for access notes.

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R5747] 1--6

[Consultation 90 Open]

Moving images (film)

[Consultation90 Open]

Moving images (video)

[Consultation90 Open]

Sound recordings

[Consultation96 Restrictions vary]

Cartographic material: microform

[Consultation90 Open]

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