Ontario. Dept. of Education. Business Administration Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Dept. of Education. Business Administration Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Business Administration Branch

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1956-1965

      History

      The Accountant's Branch of the Department of Education was renamed the Business Administration Branch in 1956. The Branch reported to the Deputy Minister and also included the Grants Office. The Business Administration Branch ceased to exist in January, 1965, and was replaced by the Departmental Business Administration Branch.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Business Administration Branch was responsible for the general business administration of the Department of Education.

      These functions included: preparation of estimates, control of the budget and payment of accounts, purchasing, payroll, personnel, payment of legislative grants to school boards, and payment of grants appropriated for educational institutions, universities and cultural agencies.

      The Branch also was responsible for office services and other administrative duties.

      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. Business Administration Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1956-1965

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Education (1972-1993). Personnel Branch (1963-1987)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1667

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Education (1972-1993). Personnel Branch is the successor of Ontario. Dept. of Education. Business Administration Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Education. Administration Division (1965-1972)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1778

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Education. Administration Division is the successor of Ontario. Dept. of Education. Business Administration Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Education. Accountant's Branch (1920-1956)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1780

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

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

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Education. Departmental Business Administration Branch (1965-1972)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1836

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Education. Departmental Business Administration Branch is the successor of Ontario. Dept. of Education. Business Administration Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1779

      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