Accessibility Directorate of Ontario

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Accessibility Directorate of Ontario

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Assessibility Directorate of Ontario

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      2002-2018

      History

      The Accessibility Directorate of Ontario was founded in 2001 and innitially reported to the Ministry of Citizenship. The Directorate was later moved to the Ministry of Community and Social Services (2006-2013) then the Ministry of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure (2014-2016) and then finally the Ministry of Economic Development and Growth (2017-2018). In 2018 the functions performed by the Accessibility Directorate were absorbed by the newly created Ministry of Seniors and Accessibility.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Accessibility Directorate managed the implementation of the Ontario with Disabilities Act (ODA) and later the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and supported organizations with legal obligations under the Act.

      Address

      The Accessibility Directorate of Ontario was established under the Ontarians with Disabilities Act 2001 (ODA).

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Citizenship (2001-2003) (2001-2003)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA121

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Citizenship (2001-2003) controls Accessibility Directorate of Ontario

      Dates of relationship

      2001-2003

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration (2003-2014)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA134

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration controls Accessibility Directorate of Ontario

      Dates of relationship

      2004-2005

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Community and Social Services (1972-2018)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA35

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Community and Social Services controls Accessibility Directorate of Ontario

      Dates of relationship

      2006-2013

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure

      Identifier of related entity

      AA150

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Dates of relationship

      2014-2016

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Economic Development and Growth

      Identifier of related entity

      AA159

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Economic Development and Growth controls Accessibility Directorate of Ontario

      Dates of relationship

      2017-2018

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry for Seniors and Accessibility (2018-)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA177

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry for Seniors and Accessibility is the successor of Accessibility Directorate of Ontario

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA2458

      Institution identifier

      Rules and/or conventions used

      RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

      Status

      For Review

      Level of detail

      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

      Language(s)

        Script(s)

          Sources

          KWIC Indexes (2002-2006) and Government Telephone Directories (2006-2018)

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Simon Vickers