Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
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Department of Finance
Other form(s) of name
Canada (Province). Inspector General's Office
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Description area
Dates of existence
History
The Department of Finance for the Province of Canada, was established in 1859, replacing the Office of the Inspector General. The title of Inspector General was also changed at this time to that of Minister of Finance. The earlier titles of Inspector General and Inspector General's Office, however, were still often used after 1859.
The Department consisted of the Minister of Finance, the Deputy Inspector General, the Audit Branch, and the Customs Branch, headed by the Commissioner of Customs.
The Department was responsible for presenting several types of reports to the Legislative Assembly, including an annual report on the public accounts and an annual report on estimates of the expenses of the Executive Council.
With Confederation in 1867, the Department of Finance for the Province of Canada was disbanded, and responsibility for the management of the financial affairs of the new Province of Ontario was passed to the Treasury Department.
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Functions, occupations and activities
The Department of Finance was responsible for acting as the custodian of the funds of the Province of Canada and for supervising and controlling all matters relating to the financial affairs of the Province.
Address
Act to amend the Act of 1858 to make more advantageous provision for the redemption of Provincial Debentures and the Consolidation of the Public Debt, Statutes of the Province of Canada 1859, Chap. 14
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Rules and/or conventions used
RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Script(s)
Sources
Bishop, Olga. Publications of the Government of the Province of Canada, 1841-1867 (1963)
Public Accounts, 1859-1867
Maintenance notes
Agency not found in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24
Archivist(s):
R. Anger