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Department of Supply and Services fonds [multiple media]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1875-1992.

Reference:

R767-0-4-E, RG98

Type of material:

Multiple media

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

344

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Department of Supply and Services fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

1875-1992.

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Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

106.6 m of textual records.
1050 technical drawings chiefly mss.
146 architectural drawings.
3 maps 49 x 49 cm or smaller.

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 Supply and Services and its predecessors. Researchers are cautioned that unprocessed textual records and records in other media are not reflected in this description.

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Canada. Dept. of Supply and Services

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Canada. Dept. of Supply and Services : Following certain recommendations of the Royal Commission on Government Organization, in 1963 a central purchasing and supply agency is put in place to meet civilian and military supply needs.

Other recommendations of the Glassco Commission regarding the establishment of a federal government central purchasing and supply agency led in 1966 to a reorganization of the Department of Defence Production.

On July 12, 1968, the Prime Minister announced the creation of the new Department of Supply and Services. This Department included the Department of Defence Production, as it was at the time, and the Directorate of International Programs was transferred to the Department of Industry and Commerce.

On December 12, 1968, the Treasury Board approved the recommendations of the task force regarding the integration of the Department of the Queens Printer and the Directorate of Naval Construction of the Department of Transport into the Department of Supply and Services.

On April 1, 1969, the Department of Supply and Services was officially established.

In 1993, the federal government launched a substantive reorganization by amalgamating the Department of Supply and Services with the Department of Public Works (RG11). The new Department, Public Works and Government Services Canada, became the third largest department in number of employees.

See also the administrative background of Munitions and Supply (RG 28) and Defence Production (RG 49). 1968 Annual Report of the Department of Defence Production, p. 7-8.

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Government

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RG98
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