Ontario. Crown Law Office

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Crown Law Office

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Crown Law Office

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1970-1977

      History

      The Crown Law Office was established within the Ontario Department of Justice in 1970 to co-ordinate and administer the civil and criminal responsibilities of both the Office of the Senior Crown Counsel (later named the Crown Law Office - Civil) and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (later named the Crown Law Office - Criminal). In 1977, the Crown Law Office was divided to create two new divisions - the Civil Law Division and the Criminal Law Division.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Crown Law Office of the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General provided legal representation for the Crown in right of Ontario before all courts in the province, as well as legal services to the Government and its agencies.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Justice (1969-1972)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA73

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Justice controls Ontario. Crown Law Office

      Dates of relationship

      1970-1972

      Description of relationship

      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

      Dates of relationship

      1972-1977

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Civil Law Division (1977-1997)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA211

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Civil Law Division is the successor of Ontario. Crown Law Office

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of the Attorney General. Criminal Law Division (1977-)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA212

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of the Attorney General. Criminal Law Division is the successor of Ontario. Crown Law Office

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA213

      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 Ministry of the Attorney General, 1974-1978

          Ontario Government Telephone Directories, 1970-1978

          KWIC Indexes, 1975-1977

          Maintenance notes

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

          Archivist(s):
          R. Anger