Ontario. Child Welfare Division

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Child Welfare Division

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Child Welfare Division

    Other form(s) of name

    • Ontario. Division of Child Welfare

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1944-1951

    History

    The Child Welfare Division was established in the Department of Public Welfare in 1944 in an attempt to better co-ordinate the various services relating to the provision of children’s services in Ontario.

    The division supervised the Children\rquote s Aid Branch, the Day Nurseries Branch, and the Children\rquote s Institutions Branch. Throughout its existence it reported to the Deputy Minister and was alternatively referred to as the Division of Child Welfare.

    In 1951, the division was dissolved. The Child Welfare Branch assumed administrative responsibility for child welfare and children\rquote s institutions functions while the Day Nurseries Branch assumed daycare functions.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Child Welfare Division co- ordinated the various children’s services in the Ontario Department of Public Welfare. The division supervised child welfare functions, day nursery functions, and functions relating to institutions for children unable to live at home. In addition, the Child Welfare Division oversaw the British Child Guests program until 1949, a program that temporarily re- settled British children during the war years.

    Address

    Internal structures/genealogy

    General context

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Dept. of Public Welfare (1930-1967)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA39

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Dept. of Public Welfare controls Ontario. Child Welfare Division

    Dates of relationship

    1944-1951

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA791

    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

        Department of Public Welfare Annual Reports, 1951-1967; Department of Social and Family Services Annual Reports, 1967- 1972; Ministry of Community and Social Services Annual reports, 1972-1979.

        Maintenance notes

        Archivist(s):
        Bill Hughey