Ontario. Citizenship and Multiculturalism Division

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Citizenship and Multiculturalism Division

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Citizenship and Multiculturalism Division

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1975-1978

      History

      This division was established April 1, 1975 within the Ontario Ministry of Culture and Recreation, and assumed responsibility for many of the branches formerly located in the Community Services Division of the Ministry of Community and Social Services.

      It contained the Multicultural Development Branch, the Citizenship Branch, the Indian Community Secretariat and the Community Information Services Branch.

      In 1978 it was renamed the Citizenship Division.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Citizenship and Multiculturalism Division co-ordinated the activities of the various branches of the Ontario Ministry of Culture and Recreation responsible for citizenship and multiculturalism functions. In addition, it was also responsible for the government Translation Bureau and the Community Information Services program until 1980.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Culture and Recreation (1975-1982)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA5

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Culture and Recreation controls Ontario. Citizenship and Multiculturalism Division

      Dates of relationship

      1975-1978

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Community Services Division (1971-1975) (1971-1975)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA512

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Community Services Division (1971-1975) is the predecessor of Ontario. Citizenship and Multiculturalism Division

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Culture and Recreation. Citizenship Division (1978-1981)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA526

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Culture and Recreation. Citizenship Division is the successor of Ontario. Citizenship and Multiculturalism Division

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA533

      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

          Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12- 24

          Ontario Government Telephone Directories, 1875-1978.

          Annual Reports of the Ministry of Culture and Recreation, 1975/76 to 77/78.

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Bob Krawczyk, Robert Anger