Hillcrest School (Guelph, Ont.)

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Hillcrest School (Guelph, Ont.)

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Hillcrest School (Guelph, Ont.)

    Other form(s) of name

    • Ontario Training School for Boys (Guelph, Ont.)

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1941-1978

    History

    The Hillcrest School was founded in 1941 and was originally known as the Ontario Training School for Boys, Guelph. Renamed the Hillcrest School in 1967, this interdenominational, maximum security school was designed to accommodate up to 48 boys who required greater controls than was possible or desirable in the other schools. It was closed in 1978.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Hillcrest School was a maximum-security training school for boys aged 14 to 16. Boys unable to cope with the settings of other training schools were sent to Hillcrest. Training schools are facilities for youth placed under the wardship of the Ontario government. The schools offer a variety of vocational and occupational training to their wards, as well as treatment services and recreational programs.

    Address

    No authorizing agent has been identified for this agency.

    Internal structures/genealogy

    General context

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Reformatories and Prisons Branch (1934-1946)

    Identifier of related entity

    BA760

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Reformatories and Prisons Branch controls Hillcrest School (Guelph, Ont.)

    Dates of relationship

    1941-1946

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Dept. of Reform Institutions (1946-1968)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA75

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Dept. of Reform Institutions controls Hillcrest School (Guelph, Ont.)

    Dates of relationship

    1946-1968

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Dept. of Correctional Services (1968-1972)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA76

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Dept. of Correctional Services controls Hillcrest School (Guelph, Ont.)

    Dates of relationship

    1968-1972

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Correctional Services (1972-1993) (1972-1993)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA81

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Correctional Services (1972-1993) controls Hillcrest School (Guelph, Ont.)

    Dates of relationship

    1972-1977

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Children's Services Division (1977-1981) (1977-1981)

    Identifier of related entity

    BA761

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Children's Services Division (1977-1981) controls Hillcrest School (Guelph, Ont.)

    Dates of relationship

    1977-1981

    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 Hillcrest School (Guelph, Ont.)

    Dates of relationship

    1981-

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA2379

    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

        Annual Report of the Minister, Department of Correctional Services, 1968.

        Maintenance notes

        Archivist(s):
        McIlroy