Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
Parallel form(s) of name
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Citizens' Inquiry Branch
Other form(s) of name
Ontario. Citizens' Information Branch
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Description area
Dates of existence
History
In mid-1979, the Information Services Branch of the Ontario Ministry of Culture and Recreation was divided to form the Citizen's Inquiry Branch and the Communications Branch.
The new Citizens' Inquiry Branch was headed by a Director and consisted of the Citizen's Inquiry Bureau and the Community Information Services section. The Branch formed a part of the Information Access Division.
In December 1979, Community Information Services became part of the Libraries and Community Information Branch.
The Citizens' Inquiry Branch was renamed the Citizens' Information Branch in 1980, and was dissolved in 1981. With this change, the Citizens' Inquiry Bureau briefly formed a part of the Communications Branch, but by late 1981 was transferred to the Ontario Ministry of Government Services.
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Functions, occupations and activities
The Citizens' Inquiry Branch, through its primary unit - the Citizens' Inquiry Bureau - was a referral service for information regarding all Ontario government ministries and agencies. It acted as a central inquiry office for community and private organizations, MPP's, and private citizens, and co-ordinated information and services for individuals or groups unable to do so for themselves.
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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
Language(s)
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Sources
Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12- 24
Ontario Government Telephone Directories, 1971-1998
Maintenance notes
Canadiana simply uses "Ontario. Citizens' Inquiry Branch." Date qualifiers, however, have been included in order to distinguish between two different Citizens' Inquiry Branches that have existed within the Ontario government.
Archivist(s):
R. Anger