Ontario. Crown Law Office - Criminal

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Crown Law Office - Criminal

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Crown Law Office - Criminal

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1976-

      History

      The Crown Law Office - Criminal of the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, was renamed from the Criminal Appeals and Special Prosecutions Branch, in 1976. In 1977, the Crown Law Office was separated to form two new divisions - the Civil Law Division and the Criminal Law Division. With this reorganization, the Crown Law Office - Criminal became part of the Criminal Law Division. In 1979, the Office began a Racial Attack Advice Service for victims of racially-motivated criminal offences. The name of the service was changed to the Criminal Justice Advice Service in 1997. As of 1997, the Crown Law Office - Criminal continues to be a branch within the Criminal Law Division of the Ministry of the Attorney General.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Crown Law Office - Criminal is responsible for the preparation and argument of all criminal appeals in indictable offences in the province, whether the Crown is the respondent or the appellant. The Office also deals with the judiciary, crown attorneys, police and the public and conducts special prosecutions. Beginning in 1979, the Crown Law Office - Criminal also began providing a racial attack advice service for victims of racially-motivated criminal offences.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of the Attorney General (1972-)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA72

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of the Attorney General controls Ontario. Crown Law Office - Criminal

      Dates of relationship

      1976-

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Criminal Appeals and Special Prosecutions Branch (1973-1976)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA220

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Criminal Appeals and Special Prosecutions Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Crown Law Office - Criminal

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA221

      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

          Annual Reports of the Ministry of the Attorney General, 1974-1992

          Ontario Government Telephone Directories, 1976-1996

          KWIC Indexes, 1977-1997

          Maintenance notes

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

          Archivist(s):
          R. Anger