Accession consists of administrative and operational records created and/or maintained by various areas of the Department of Industry, Trade and Commerce (ITC). For the most part, the subjects found in each of the blocks are logically related to the branch in which the file originated.
Records originate from creators in the following program areas:
Corporate management:
- Deputy Minister's Office (block 12, boxes 4-11)
- ADM, Industrial Policy (block 15, boxes 12-13)
- ADM, Industry and Commerce Development (block 16, boxes 14-20)
- Programs Office (block 41A, box 99-101)
Policy development:
- Energy Group (block 10K, box 3)
- Office of Industrial Policy (block 23, boxes 83-85)
- Office of Science and Technology (block 61, boxes 160-188)
Industry and commerce development (Industry Sector Branches):
- Textile and Consumer Products (block 43, boxes 102-105)
- Chemicals (block 44, boxes 106-108)
- Electrical and Electronics (block 45, box 109)
- Resources Industries and Construction (block 46, boxes 110-114)
- Machinery (block 47, boxes 115-118)
- Agriculture Fisheries and Food Products (block 49, boxes 119-121)
- Wood Products (block 50, boxes 122-131)
- Transportation Industries (block 53, boxes 132-148)
Small and medium business development:
- Coordinator of Small Business (block 76, boxes 245-256)
International trade:
- Office of General Relations (block 21, boxes 21-69)
- International Bureaux (block 22, boxes 70-82)
- International Financing (block 58, boxes 149-150)
Export market development:
- Trade Commissioner Service and Field Operations Branch (block 34, boxes 86-87)
- Grain Marketing Office (block 40A, boxes 88-98)
- Regional Offices Branch (block 60, boxes 151-159)
- Trade Commissioner Service (block 72, boxes 198-206)
- Office of Export Programs and Services (block 73, boxes 207-241)
- International Defence Programs (block 74, boxes 242-244)
- Centre for Joint Ventures and Turnkey Projects (block 77, box 247)
Tourism industry development:
- Canadian Government Office of Tourism (block 79, boxes 248-322)
Promotion of industrial design:
- Office of Design (block 62, boxes 189-197)
Advisory groups:
- Minister's Advisory Council (block 10B, boxes 1-2)
This accession is under review. Some material has been processed in to new containers.