Ontario. Dept. of Education. Registrar's Division

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Dept. of Education. Registrar's Division

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Registrar's Division

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1965-1972

      History

      In 1965, the Registrar's Branch was renamed the Registrar's Division, became part of the Program Branch, and responsibility for departmental correspondence and the Central Registry was transferred to the Departmental Business Administration Branch.

      In 1967, the Registrar's Division was renamed the Registrar's Section. In 1968, the Programs Branch ceased to exist and the Registrar's Section reported through the Instruction Division.

      In 1971, the Registrar's Section was renamed the Registrar's Branch.

      In 1972, the Registrar's Branch was renamed the Education Records Branch and became part of the Administrative and Financial Services Division.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Registrar's Division was responsible for the direction and administration of the Provincial Departmental Examination papers and recording the results of these examinations.

      The division also had the responsibility for keeping all records relating to teachers in Ontario and administered departmental summer courses for teachers, handled the exchange of teachers between Ontario and other provinces or countries, and issued teaching certificates.

      The Registrar's Divison also administered the Dominion-Provincial Student Aid program and all bursaries and scholarships.

      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. Registrar's Division

      Dates of relationship

      1965-1972

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Education Records Branch (1972-1975)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1682

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Education Records Branch is the successor of Ontario. Dept. of Education. Registrar's Division

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Education. Registrar's Branch (1951-1965)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1776

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Education. Registrar's Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Dept. of Education. Registrar's Division

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1777

      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 Minstry of Education

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Gorton