Canadian Surface Transportation Administration central registry [textual record, technical drawing, cartographic material]

Series consists of headquarters central registry files created and/or maintained by the Canadian Surface Transportation Administration and its predecessors. Volumes 2835, 2847-2848 contain registry files dealing with highways. Volumes 4494-4550 reflect some of CSTA's responsibilities and activities including the development of motor vehicle safety regulations, freight rates, rail terminal facilities, highway development studies and government-operated ferry services. Volumes 4551-4676 deal exclusively with the acquisition of lands for railway purposes, the sale and disposition of railways lands and railway property in general. Volumes 4787-4834 contain central registry files relating to a number of its activities and responsibilities in the area of surface transportation such as road and motor vehicle safety, railway subsidies, the operation and maintenance of railways, the construction of railway bridges, wharves, terminals and branch lines, general highway development and the operations of ferry vessels. Volumes 4676-4724 contain central registry files that deal exclusively with railway transportation under the subject headings of land policy, land acquisition, land damages and claims, and land sales and disposition. Volumes 4853-4956 contain registry files created by the various CSTA branches and include the following subjects: road and motor vehicle safety, railway legislation and charters, the operation and maintenance of railways, the construction of railway bridges, wharves, terminals and branch lines, general highway development, and the operation of ferry vessels. Volumes 4956-4982 contain CSTA central registry files relating to some of the Administration's functions and responsibilities, including the following: conferences and committees; departmental legislation; planning and programming; urban and commuter transportation; road and motor vehicle traffic safety; pedestrian and bicycle safety; motor industries; organizations and associations; automotive standards; railway lands sale and acquisition; railway subsidies; railway leases and licences; railway traffic; railway bridges; and railway construction. Volumes 5000-5013, 5078-5079 include registry files dealing with such matters as violations under the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, Cape Breton highway, and narrows bridge - Halifax. Series also includes plans of the construction of Second Narrows Bridge, B.C., track construction from Sunny Brae to Guysborough, N.S., across Burrard Inlet, B.C., and spur lines at St. Félicien and Côte de Liesse, P.Q., and a railway bridge over Hillsborough River, P.E.I.

Canadian Surface Transportation Administration: In 1919, a Highways Branch was established within the Department of Railways and Canals to supervise the construction of highways in the provinces, which were being built with federal grants. The subsidies were to be given for only five years but that was eventually extended. The Highways Branch was in existence from 1919-1928 and its function of collecting statistics on motor vehicle registration and the tourist trade were transferred to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics in 1928. With the establishment of the Department of Transport in 1936, there was no specific branch or department to administer roads. It was not until 1965-66, when the Transportation Policy and Research Branch was formed with the amalgamation of the Railway and Highway Branch and Economic Studies Branch. The Canadian Surface Transportation Administration, as it was redesignated in 1970, set surface transportation policy; implemented and monitored all activities involving railways, highways, urban roads, and road safety; monitored motor vehicle traffic regulation, the transportation of dangerous goods, and ferry transportation services. In 1985, the Canadian Surface Transportation Administration was renamed as Surface Group and lost control over the construction and improvement of highways, certain coastal steamship and ferry services, and rail passenger services. In return, there was to be a new focus on monitoring safety regulations within the national transportation system, especially for the transportation of dangerous goods, road and railway safety, surface transportation emergency planning and motor vehicle regulations.

05-1210-00 HFRC
113-000007-9
117-000279-9
118-000009-3
120-000065-X
120-000070-6
121-000177-2
121-000299-X
1979-80/125 GAD
1981-82/073 GAD
1981-82/195 GAD
1982-83/036 GAD
1983-84/005 GAD
1983-84/278 GAD
1983-84/352 GAD
1984-85/073 GAD
1984-85/105 GAD
1984-85/204 GAD
1984-85/241 GAD
1984-85/501 GAD
1984-85/654 GAD
1985-86/098 GAD
1985-86/099 GAD
1985-86/151 GAD
1985-86/174 GAD
1985-86/242 GAD
1985-86/244 GAD
1985-86/532 GAD
1989-90/279 GAD
1990-91/009 GAD
1992-93/065 GAD
1992-93/070 GAD
1993-94/177 GAD
1993-94/299 GAD
1998-00521-6
2000-01144-6
2006-00878-1
2014-01854-5
2016-00569-6
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86/001
95-0202 WFRC
95-0935-00 OFRC
956010 CA
97/019
OFRC#85-65 OFRC
OFRC#88-97 OFRC
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