Adult Probation Department for the County of York (Ont.)

Identity area

Type of entity

Higher-level Ontario government office (type B)

Authorized form of name

Adult Probation Department for the County of York (Ont.)

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Adult Probation Department for the County of York

    Other form(s) of name

    • Toronto Adult Probation Department

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1922-1956

    History

    The Adult Probation Department of the County of York was created in 1922 under the administration of Howley Sanford "H.S." Mott, Judge of the Juvenile Court of Toronto. Mott was appointed September 19 1922 as pro tempore probation officer for the County of York and City of Toronto. Mott quicky hired a staff of six probation officers, three investigating officers, and a clerk.

    The Department reported to officials of both the City of Toronto and the County of York, as well as to the Inspector of Legal Offices of the Department of the Attorney General. In 1952, with the appointment of a Director of Probation Services in Ontario, the Department submitted its annual report to that Director. At that point the Department split into two, one maintaining responsibilty for Toronto and the other for the rest of the County.

    In 1957, probation became an official branch of the Attorney-General's Department and the Adult Probation Department became the Toronto Probation Services.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Adult Probation Department of the County of York was responsible for monitoring probation arrangements mandated by City and County Criminal and Family Courts. Probation officers were assigned to individual cases and visited homes of convicted criminals to ensure they were maintaining the terms of their probation.

    Address

    Ontario Probation Act, 1922

    Internal structures/genealogy

    General context

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Probation Services Branch (1952-1972)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA1492

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Probation Services Branch is the successor of Adult Probation Department for the County of York (Ont.)

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    BA739

    Institution identifier

    Rules and/or conventions used

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

    Status

    Approved

    Level of detail

    Dates of creation, revision and deletion

    2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

    Language(s)

      Script(s)

        Sources

        George G. McFarlane, "The Development of Probation Services in Ontario" (1966)

        Contents of series RG 20-203

        Maintenance notes

        Archivist(s):
        Levi