Ontario. Consumer Advisory Services Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Consumer Advisory Services Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Consumer Advisory Services Branch

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1976-1986

      History

      The Consumer Advisory Services Branch was created within the Business Practices Division of the Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations in 1976, replacing the former Consumer Protection Bureau.

      In 1986, the Consumer Advisory Services Branch was merged with the Investigation and Enforcement Branch to form a new Consumer Services Branch.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Consumer Advisory Services Branch administered eleven acts dealing with consumer protection in Ontario. Areas covered by branch activities include credit reporting, collection agencies, motor vehicle dealers, real estate and business brokers, mortgage brokers, the travel industry, and paperback and periodical distributors.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations (1972-2001)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA18

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations controls Ontario. Consumer Advisory Services Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1976-1986

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Consumer Protection Bureau (1966-1976)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1220

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Consumer Protection Bureau is the predecessor of Ontario. Consumer Advisory Services Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Consumer Services Branch (1986-1998)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1223

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Consumer Services Branch is the successor of Ontario. Consumer Advisory Services Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1221

      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

          KWIC Index to Services of the Ontario Government, 1986.

          Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations Annual Report, 1986.

          Ontario Government Telephone Directories, 1974-1980.

          Maintenance notes

          Not found in Canadiana Authorities.

          Archivist(s):
          Steve Billinton