Ontario. Council of Public Instruction

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Council of Public Instruction

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Council of Public Instruction

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1850-1876

      History

      By the "Act for the Better Establishment and Maintenance of Common Schools in Upper Canada, 1850" the General Board of Education for Canada West was increased to nine members and renamed the Council of Public Instruction. The Chief Superintendent of Education remained as a member of the Council.

      The "Act to Amend and Consolidate the Laws Relating to the Council of Public Instruction, the Normal School, etc." passed in 1874, expanded the Council to include elected representatives of the universities, inspectors, and teachers.

      In 1876 the Council was abolished and replaced by the Ontario Department of Education.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Council of Public Instruction was responsible for the management of the Normal and Model Schools, and for the establishment, governance and regulation of Common and Grammar Schools and school libraries in Canada West, from 1850-1867, and for Ontario, from 1867-1876. The Council was also responsible for the authorization of books for schools and school libraries, and for the examination and certification of teachers.

      Address

      Act for the Better Establishment and Maintenance of Common Schools in Upper Canada, Statutes of the Province of Canada 1850, Chap. 48

      Act to Amend and Consolidate the Laws Relating to the Council of Public Instruction, the Normal School, etc., Statutes of Ontario 1874, Chap. 27

      Act respecting the Education Department, Statutes of Ontario 1876, Chap. 16

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Public Instruction (1850-1876)

      Identifier of related entity

      BA95

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Public Instruction controls Ontario. Council of Public Instruction

      Dates of relationship

      1850-1876

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      General Board of Education for Canada West (1846-1850)

      Identifier of related entity

      BA98

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      General Board of Education for Canada West is the predecessor of Ontario. Council of Public Instruction

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA15

      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

          Bishop, Olga. Publications of the Government of the Province of Canada, 1841-1867 (1963)

          Bishop, Olga. Publications of the Government of Ontario, 1867-1900 (1976)

          Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12- 24

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          G. Brown, S. Paquet, R. Stapleton