TIMELINE FOR DEPARTMENT NAMES & HISTORY OF DEPARTMENT,
Revised July 1994
1867 BRITISH NORTH AMERICA ACT DEFINES POWERS OF
DOMINION AND PROVINCES
1873 DEPT. OF INTERIOR
1884 MORGAN COMMISSION ON PROTECTION OF FORESTS
1898 COMMISSION EXPANDED INTO BRANCH
1899 ELIHU STEWART APPOINTED INSPECTOR OF TIMBER
AND FORESTRY (BEGINNING OF the federal forestry service)
1899-1926 DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR. FORESTRY BRANCH
1926-1936 DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR. FORESTRY SERVICE
1906 DOMINION FOREST RESERVES ACT
1908 DOMINION PARKS ADDED TO FORESTRY BRANCH
1909 COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESERVES
1911 FOREST RESERVES AND PARKS ACT PASSED
1913 FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORIES ESTABLISHED
1914 FOREST PATHOLOGY RESEARCH PROGRAMS EST.
(WP BLISTER RUST)
1918 FOREST ENTOMOLOGY RESEARCH PROGRAMS EST.
1923 FORESTRY BRANCH RENAMED DOMINION FOREST SERVICE
[PROGRAMS IN FOREST ECONOMICS, SILVICULTURE,
FIRE PROTECTION, FOREST PRODUCTS]
1930 FORESTS TRANSFERRED TO THE PRAIRIE PROVINCES
1936 DEPT. OF MINES AND RESOURCES
1936-1947 DEPT. OF MINES AND RESOURCES. LANDS, PARKS
AND FORESTS BRANCH, DOMINION FOREST SERVICE
1947-1949 DEPT. OF MINES AND RESOURCES.
MINES, FORESTS AND SCIENTIFIC SERVICES BUREAU.
DOMINION FOREST SERVICE
1949 CANADA FORESTRY ACT
1950-1952 DEPT. OF RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT.
FORESTRY BRANCH
1953-1960 DEPT. OF NORTHERN AFFAIRS AND NATIONAL RESOURCES.
FORESTRY BRANCH
1960 DEPT. OF FORESTRY
1960 DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY ACT
1966-1968 DEPT. OF FORESTRY AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT.
FORESTRY BRANCH
1968-1971 DEPT. OF FISHERIES AND FORESTRY.
CANADIAN FORESTRY SERVICE "FISH & CHIPS"
1971-1976 DEPT. OF THE ENVIRONMENT
CANADIAN FORESTRY SERVICE
1976-1979 DEPT. OF FISHERIES AND ENVIRONMENT.
CANADIAN FORESTRY SERVICE
1979 FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORIES PRIVATIZED
(FORINTEK CANADA CORP.)
FOREST FIRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE &
FOREST MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE (OTTAWA)
DISSOLVED WITH RESEARCH PROGRAMS MOVING TO
PETAWAWA NATIONAL FORESTRY INSTITUTE
CHEMICAL CONTROL RESEARCH INSTITUTE (OTTAWA)
MOVES AND IS INCORPORATED WITH THE FOREST PEST
MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE (SAULT STE. MARIE, ONT.)
1979-1984 DEPT. OF THE ENVIRONMENT.
CANADIAN FORESTRY SERVICE
1984 DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE
(MINISTRY OF STATE FORESTRY)
1986 DEPT. OF ENERY, MINES AND RESOURCES
(MINISTRY OF STATE FORESTRY AND MINES)
1988 DEPT. OF FORESTRY (PENDING ROYAL ASSENT)
1989 BILL C-29 INTRODUCED TO ESTABLISH A FEDERAL
DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY
1990 ROYAL ASSENT AND PROCLAMATION OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY
1990-1993 DEPT. OF FORESTRY
1993 DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA CREATED BY THE
RE-ORGANIZATION, AMALGAMATING DEPT. OF FORESTRY
WITH DEPT. OF ENERGY MINES AND RESOURCES.
1993 OFFICIAL NAME CHANGE FROM CANADIAN FORESTRY
SERVICE TO CANADIAN FOREST SERVICE. THE SERVICE
EXISTS AS A SECTOR WITHIN NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA