Ontario. Aboriginal Programs Unit

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Aboriginal Programs Unit

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Aboriginal Programs Unit

    Other form(s) of name

    • Ontario. Aboriginal Development and Service Renewal Unit

    • Ontario. Aborginal Development Unit

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1996-2001

    History

    The Aboriginal Programs Unit was established in 1996 within the Ministry of Citizenship, Culture and Recreation as part of the Community Programs Branch. The Aboriginal Unit assumed the responsibilities and programs from the Native Community Branch of the former Ministry of Citizenship.

    In 1998, it was renamed the Aboriginal Development and Service Renewal Unit and in 1999 it was abbreviated to the Aboriginal Development Unit. This unit ceased to exist in 2001 when the Ministry split into the newly formed Ministry of Citizenship and the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Recreation.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Aboriginal Programs Unit helped stimulate economic activity within the Aboriginal communities by assisting with the implementation of Ontario's Aboriginal economic development strategies. It helped Aboriginal communities build their capacity to respond to the needs of their members by providing consultative services through regional offices.

    Additionally, this unit assisted the Aboriginal community in increasing capacity for community and economic development with the objective of advancing the self-reliance of the Aboriginal communities and organizations as well as the government's Aboriginal Policy Framework through transfer payments programs.

    Address

    Internal structures/genealogy

    General context

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Citizenship, Culture and Recreation (1995-2001)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA11

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Citizenship, Culture and Recreation controls Ontario. Aboriginal Programs Unit

    Dates of relationship

    1996-2001

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Native Community Branch (1978-1995)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA528

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Native Community Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Aboriginal Programs Unit

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA2135

    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

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      Script(s)

        Sources

        Government of Ontario Telephone Directories, 1995-1999; KWIC Index to Services, 1997 , 1999-2001.

        Maintenance notes

        Archivist(s):
        Limkilde