Ontario. Credit Unions Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Credit Unions Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Credit Unions Branch

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1966-1979

      History

      The Credit Unions Act was passed in 1954, and was originally administered by the Superintendent of Insurance. In 1966, with the creation of the Ontario Department of Financial and Commercial Affairs, administration of the act was passed to a new Credit Unions Branch of that Department. The branch formed part of the Consumer Protection Division.

      In 1972, the Credit Unions Branch became part of the Ontario Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations, under the jurisdiction of the Superintendent of Insurance, and in 1976, it became part of the Financial Institutions Division. The Credit Unions Branch merged with the Co- operatives Services Branch (of the Companies Division) to form the Credit Unions and Co-operatives Services Branch in 1979.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Credit Unions Branch was responsible for supervising Ontario's credit unions and caisses populaires to ensure that they operate in accordance with provincial legislation, including their incorporation, management audit and dissolution.

      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. Credit Unions Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1966-1972

      Description of relationship

      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. Credit Unions Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1972-1979

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Credit Unions and Co-operatives Services Branch (1979-2000)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA207

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Credit Unions and Co-operatives Services Branch is the successor of Ontario. Credit Unions Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA205

      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

          Government of Ontario Telephone Directories, 1966-1979

          Maintenance notes

          Agency not in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24

          Archivist(s):
          R. Anger