Ontario. Consumer Protection Division

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Consumer Protection Division

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Consumer Protection Division

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1967-1972

      History

      The Consumer Protection Divison was created in 1967 within the Ontario Department of Financial and Commercial Affairs. The Division oversaw the activities of the Consumer Protection Bureau, the Registration and Examination Branch, the Upholstered and Stuffed Articles Branch, and the Credit Unions Branch. Beginning in 1968, it also became responsible for the Cemeteries Branch.

      The Consumer Protection Division ceased to exist in 1972 when the Department of Financial and Commercial Affairs was replaced by the Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations. Within the new ministry, the division was replaced by the Business Practices Division.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Consumer Protection Division encouraged ethical business practices in Ontario and the protection of consumers through a program of inspections, licensing, and registration.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Financial and Commercial Affairs (1966-1972)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA84

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Financial and Commercial Affairs controls Ontario. Consumer Protection Division

      Dates of relationship

      1967-1972

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Business Practices Division (1972-1994)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1212

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Business Practices Division is the successor of Ontario. Consumer Protection Division

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1211

      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

          KWIC Indexes; Government of Ontario Telephone Directories.

          Maintenance notes

          Not found in Canadiana Authorities.

          Archivist(s):
          Steve Billinton