Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Canada. Department of Energy, Mines and Resources
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- Canada. Department of Mines and Resources
- Canada. Department of Mines
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1907-1993
History
The Department of Mines of Canada was created in 1907.
Later, in 1936, it was reorganized as the Department of Mines and Resources.
In 1966, the department took on the role of energy development to become the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources.
In 1993, it merged with the Department of Forestry to become the Department of Natural Resources.