Ontario. Arts Division. Capital Support Unit

• Capital Support Unit

• Ontario. Grants Administration

• Ontario. Capital Grants Section

The Capital Support Unit was created in late 1975 as part of the Arts Support Division of the Ontario Ministry of Culture and Recreation, and in 1976 became part of the Arts Division of the same Ministry. In 1979, the unit was moved to the Finance and Administration Division where it formed a part of the Finance Branch.

On January 1 of that year, Wintario capital grants were suspended, with the exception of funding of planning studies and the repair or replacement of arenas and community structures judged unsafe by the Ministry of Labour. A major review of the priorities for these grants was undertaken at this time, however, processing of applications received before that date continued. In 1981, funding of programs through Wintario capital grants was continued.

By 1982, the Capital Support Unit had been placed in the Grants Administration Branch within the Finance and Administration Division and later in the year they all became part of the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Culture.

In 1983, the Capital Support Unit was renamed Capital Grants Section and the branch was renamed Grants Management Branch. In 1984 the Capital Grants Section was amalgamated with the Program Grants Unit to form Grants Administration.

In 1985, Grants Management Branch was disbanded and the function of capital grants administration was absorbed by the Arts Branch, the Heritage Branch, and the Libraries and Community Information Branch. These branches then distributed capital grants through the Community Facilities Improvement Program.

The Capital Support Unit of the Arts Division of the Government of Ontario distributed grants to groups building or renovating cultural or recreational facilities which were already receiving local support. Projects included concert halls, art galleries, recreation centres, sports facilities, libraries and multicultural centres. The unit also aided centres in the research and planning of recreational facilities.

The grants distributed by this unit fell into three categories: transfer payments made through the ministry (Ontario Ministry of Culture and Recreation from 1975-1982, and the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Culture from 1982-1985) - requests for which had previously received approval from the Ontario Arts Council and the Arts Division; grants made under the Community Recreation Centres Act; and grants made from Wintario funds on a matching basis with private or corporate sources.

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

2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

Inventory 47 - Culture (July 1996)

Ontario Government Telephone Directories, 1975-1984

Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12- 24

Archivist(s):
R. Anger, G. Brown