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Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade

Provincial ministry in Ontario, Canada

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agency_name	Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade
type	Ministry
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logo	[[File:Ont-Gov-Shield-Logo.png	150px	class=skin-invert]]
logo_caption	Arms of the Government of Ontario
formed	1985
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jurisdiction	Government of Ontario
headquarters	777 Bay Street
18th floor
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 2N4
minister1_name	Vic Fedeli
minister1_pfo	Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade
deputyminister1_name	Stephen Rhodes
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18th floor Toronto, Ontario M5G 2N4 The Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade (formally known as Ministry of Economic Development and Growth) in the Canadian province of Ontario is responsible for programs to attract and retain business and economic development in the province. This is pursued through research and development funding, business advisory services, career exploration opportunities and business startup programs for youth, skills development and marketing Ontario to potential international business investors.

It was previously responsible for the Liquor Control Board of Ontario and the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, though this responsibility has been shifted to the Ministry of Government Services.

Ministry Agencies

According to the Public Appointments Secretariat, the Ministry is affiliated with the following Agencies:

Agent-General
Invest Ontario
Ontario Centre of Innovation Inc.
Ontario's Representative in Washington D. C.
Special Advisor - PowerCO Sub Investment
Venture Ontario

History

Responsibilities for economic development in the Ontario government shifted over time as the province's economy evolved.

Prior to confederation, the Bureau of Agriculture of the Province of Canada was responsible for collecting facts and statistics relating to the agricultural, mechanical and manufacturing interests.

On March 4, 1868, the Act for the Encouragement of Agriculture, Horticulture, Arts, and Manufactures received royal assent, establishing the Department of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Public Works. "Arts", at the time, referred to the practical application of an industrial, manufacturing, or scientific pursuit, rather than to its current meaning. In 1877, the department was renamed the Department of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Arts. The industrial, or "arts", functions of the department were carried out through the Bureau of Agriculture and Arts from 1877 until 1882, and the Bureau of Industries from 1882. Although the Bureau was under the general direction of the Commissioner of Agriculture (or the Minister of Agriculture after 1888), the day to day operations were carried out by a small staff under the direction of the Secretary of the Bureau of Industries. From 1880 on however, the focus of that bureau was agricultural in nature. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, the responsibilities for various manufacturing industrial matters were carried out at various times by the Department of the Provincial Secretary, Department of Education, and the Bureau of Labour among others.

The Department of Planning and Development was established in 1944. Initially, its mandate was focused in postwar rehabilitation efforts. Over time, the department was mandated to work with agricultural, industrial, labour, mining, trade and other associations and organisations and with public and private sector enterprises in order to create and maintain productive employment and to develop the human and material resources of the province. In addition to trade and industry, the department at various times also had responsibilities over immigration, community planning, conservation, civil defence/emergency management.

For most of 1961, the department was briefly renamed the Department of Commerce and Development. In December 1961, the department took over certain functions of the Department of Economics and Federal and Provincial Relations (predecessor of the Ministry of Finance) and was renamed the Department of Economics and Development.

In 1968, the department was renamed the Department of Trade and Development. In April 1972, the department merged with the Department of Tourism and Information to form the Ministry of Industry and Tourism.

A standalone economic portfolio was recreated in 1982, named Ministry of Industry and Trade. The ministry subsequently went through frequent name changes in the following decades, reflecting shifting economic and political priorities of the governments of the day. For example in 1985, it was renamed Ministry of Industry, Trade and Technology to reflect the growing importance of technology in Ontario's economy.

Since 1993, the department was mostly named the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade or some similar variations, except between 2002 and 2003 when it was briefly named Ministry of Enterprise, Opportunity and Innovation.

A related Ministry of Research and Innovation, and later Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science, existed between 2005 and 2018. While politically a standalone ministry, it shared a deputy minister (civil service head) with the main economic development ministry, and was supported by civil servants of the economic development ministry.

A related Ministry of International Trade existed between 2008 and 2009, and again from 2016 and 2018.

List of ministers

Principal Ministers	Term of office	Secondary Minister	Term of office	Other Ministers	Political party
(Ministry)	Note			colspan=6	Minister of Planning and Development			ON	PC}};"	PC
(Drew)			ON	PC}};"	PC
(Kennedy)	ON	PC}};"	PC
(Frost)			colspan=6	Minister of Commerce and Development			ON	PC}};"	PC
(Robarts)					colspan=6	Minister of Economics and Development							colspan=6	Minister of Trade and Development					ON	PC}};"	PC
(Davis)			colspan=6	Minister of Industry and Tourism							colspan=6	Minister of Industry and Trade Development							colspan=6	Minister of Industry and Trade			ON	PC}};"	PC
(Miller)					colspan=6	Minister of Industry, Trade and Technology			ON	Liberal}};"	Liberal
(Peterson)			ON	NDP}};"	NDP
(Rae)			colspan=6	Minister of Economic Development and Trade							colspan=6	Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Tourism			ON	PC}};"	PC
(Harris)			Minister of Energy, Science and Technology			colspan=3	Minister of Economic Development and Trade					colspan=3	Minister of Enterprise, Opportunity and Innovation	Associate Minister			ON	PC}};"	PC
(Eves)					colspan=3	Minister of Economic Development and Trade	Minister of Research and Innovation			ON	Liberal}};"	Liberal
(McGuinty)					colspan=3				colspan=3	Minister of Economic Development and Trade							colspan=6	Minister of Economic Development and Innovation							colspan=3	Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Employment		colspan=3	Minister of Research and Innovation	ON	Liberal}};"	Liberal
(Wynne)					colspan=3	Minister of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure					colspan=3	Minister of Economic Development and Growth		colspan=3	Minister of Research, Innovation and Science							colspan=6	Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade			ON	PC}};"	PC
(Ford)			Associate Minister for Small Business & Red Tape Reduction			Minister of Red Tape Reduction
ON	PC}};"		Dana Porter
ON	PC}};"		Art Welsh
ON	PC}};"		William Griesinger
ON	PC}};"		Bill Warrender
ON	PC}};"		William Nickle
ON	PC}};"		Robert Macaulay
ON	PC}};"		Robert Macaulay
ON	PC}};"		James Allan
ON	PC}};"		Stan Randall
ON	PC}};"		Stan Randall
ON	PC}};"		Allan Grossman
ON	PC}};"		John White
ON	PC}};"		John White
ON	PC}};"		Claude Bennett
ON	PC}};"		John Reginald Rhodes
ON	PC}};"		Larry Grossman
ON	PC}};"		Gordon Walker
ON	PC}};"		Frank Miller				Elected leader of the Progressive Conservatives and became Premier while minister
ON	PC}};"		Andy Brandt
ON	Liberal}};"		Hugh O'Neil
ON	Liberal}};"		Monte Kwinter
ON	NDP}};"		Allan Pilkey
ON	NDP}};"		Ed Philip
ON	NDP}};"		Frances Lankin
ON	PC}};"		Bill Saunderson
ON	PC}};"		Al Palladini			Jim Wilson
ON	PC}};"		Al Palladini				Resigned for personal reasons, died in office a month later.
ON	PC}};"		Bob Runciman
ON	PC}};"		Jim Flaherty			David Turnbull		)
ON	Liberal}};"		Joseph Cordiano			Dalton McGuinty
	Cordiano resigned from cabinet and legislature
ON	Liberal}};" rowspan=2;		Sandra Pupatello			John Wilkinson
John Milloy
ON	Liberal}};"		Michael Bryant			Minister of International Trade and Investment
Sandra Pupatello ( to )	Bryant resigned to become CEO of Invest Toronto
ON	Liberal}};"		Dalton McGuinty			McGuinty is acting Minister while Premier
ON	Liberal}};"		Sandra Pupatello				Pupatello did not seek re-election
ON	Liberal}};"		Brad Duguid
ON	Liberal}};"		Eric Hoskins			Reza Moridi
ON	Liberal}};"		Brad Duguid
ON	Liberal}};"		Brad Duguid			Reza Moridi			Minister of International Trade
Michael Chan ( to )
Minister Responsible for Small Business
Jeff Leal (January 12, 2017 – June 29, 2018)
ON	Liberal}};"		Steven Del Duca
ON	PC}};"		Jim Wilson
ON	PC}};"		Todd Smith				Interim minister prior to November 5, 2018
ON	PC}};"		Vic Fedeli		present	Fedeli is Chair of Cabinet
Prabmeet Sarkaria	June 20, 2019	June 18, 2021
Nina Tangri	June 18, 2021	June 24, 2022

Parm Gill	June 24, 2022	title=Who's in, who's out: A look at Ontario Premier Doug Ford's new cabinet Globalnews.ca	url=https://globalnews.ca/news/8946062/doug-ford-new-cabinet/	website=Global News	publisher=Canadian Press	access-date=5 January 2025}}	Associate Minister for Small Business
Nina Tangri (September 4, 2023 to Present)
Mike Harris Jr.	June 2024	Present

References

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