Bluewater Centre (Ont.)

Identity area

Type of entity

Higher-level Ontario government office (type B)

Authorized form of name

Bluewater Centre (Ont.)

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Bluewater Centre

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1976-1983

      History

      Bluewater Centre in Goderich, was opened 1976 with 94 residents and had, at its peak, nearly 260 residents. It was a 'schedule 1' facility and part of the Mental Retardation Community Programs Division.

      In 1983, the Bluewater Centre began shutting down with residents being into the Southwest Regional Centre. The facility was closed in 1985, and taken over by Ministry of Corrections for the new Bluewater Youth Centre.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      Bluewater Centre as a 'Facility for the Retarded'. Life skills and workshop training programs were supplied, included supporting clients with behavioural, physical and sensory needs.

      By 1983 residents began moving out of the Centre and into Southwest Regional Centre. The Centre was closed in 1985, and the facilities taken over by Ministry of Corrections for the new Bluewater Youth Centre.

      Address

      No statute or order in council could be indentified establishing this agency.

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Social and Family Services (1967-1972)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA41

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Social and Family Services controls Bluewater Centre (Ont.)

      Dates of relationship

      1971-1972

      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

      Dates of relationship

      1972-1983

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Bluewater Youth Centre (Ont.) (1985-2012)

      Identifier of related entity

      BA486

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Bluewater Youth Centre (Ont.) is the successor of Bluewater Centre (Ont.)

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Goderich Psychiatric Hospital (Ont.) (1962-1976)

      Identifier of related entity

      BA571

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Goderich Psychiatric Hospital (Ont.) is the predecessor of Bluewater Centre (Ont.)

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      BA715

      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

          Ministry of Community and Social Services Annual Report, 1976-1984

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Joseph Solovitch