Ontario. Dept. of Education. Accountant's Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Dept. of Education. Accountant's Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Accountant's Branch

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1920-1956

      History

      In 1920, the Chief Clerk and Accountant's Branch had been renamed the Accountant's Branch. The new Branch was responsible for only the financial management and auditing functions of the Department of Education.

      In 1944 a Grants Office was created within the Branch which had the responsibility for handling grants to schools and school boards.

      The Accountant's Branch was renamed the Business Administration Branch in 1956.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Accountant's Branch was responsible for the financial management and auditing of the Department of Education, and for distribution of grants to schools and school boards.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Education (1876-1972)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA3

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Education controls Ontario. Dept. of Education. Accountant's Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1920-1965

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Education. Business Administration Branch (1956-1965)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1779

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Education. Business Administration Branch is the successor of Ontario. Dept. of Education. Accountant's Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1780

      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

          Inventory of the Ministry of Education

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Gorton