Ontario. Citizenship Development Branch (1998- )

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Citizenship Development Branch (1998- )

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Citizenship Development Branch

    Other form(s) of name

    • Ontario. Citizenship Services Branch

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1998-

    History

    In 1998 the Citizenship Development Branch was developed under the Ministry of Citizenship, Culture and Recreation. The Branch was initially comprised of two units, Immigration and Settlement and Volunteerism Initiatives. By 2003, it had expanded to also include the Human Rights Team and Ontario Honours and Awards Unit, which became the Ontario Honours and Awards Secretariat in 2004.

    The Branch continued to exist under the Ministry of Citizenship from 2001 to 2003 and then under the Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration from 2003 onwards.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Citizenship Development Branch is responsible for policy and program development in the areas of immigration and settlement. The Branch is also responsible for the coordinating the implementation of programs to support the voluntary sector under the volunteer linkages Initiative and for Ontario's role in the International Year of the Volunteer, 2001.

    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. Citizenship Development Branch (1998- )

    Dates of relationship

    1998-2001

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Citizenship (2001-2003) (2001-2003)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA121

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Citizenship (2001-2003) controls Ontario. Citizenship Development Branch (1998- )

    Dates of relationship

    2001-2003

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration (2003-2014)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA134

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration controls Ontario. Citizenship Development Branch (1998- )

    Dates of relationship

    2003-

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA2264

    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

        Ontario KWIC Index to Services, 2001-2004.

        Government of Ontario Telephone Directories, 1998-2001.

        Maintenance notes

        Archivist(s):
        Juanita Rossiter