Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Information Branch
Other form(s) of name
Ontario. Dept. of Health. Information and Publicity Branch
Ontario. Health Information Branch
Ontario. Division of Health Information
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
History
The Health Information Branch in the Ontario Department of Health was formed in 1957, formalizing functions that since 1951 had been carried out by the Publicity Section. From 1957 to 1958, the Branch was known as the Division of Health Information. In 1959, it changed its name to the Health Information Branch and in 1960 it again changed its name to the Information and Publicity Branch. In 1966 it was renamed the Information Branch, a name that it retained for the rest of its existence.
The Branch was disbanded in 1969 and its functions were assumed by the Communications Branch in the Ontario Department of Health.
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
The Information Branch coordinated the publicity, public relations, advertising, printing, and media contact of the Ontario Department of Health. It aimed to further a broader public understanding of the functions and responsibilities of the Department of Health.
Address
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Related entity
Identifier of related entity
Category of relationship
Type of relationship
Dates of relationship
Description of relationship
Related entity
Identifier of related entity
Category of relationship
Type of relationship
Dates of relationship
Description of relationship
Access points area
Subject access points
Place access points
Epithet
Control area
Authority record identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
Language(s)
Script(s)
Sources
Dept. of Health Annual Reports, 1957-1969; RG 10 Inventory
Maintenance notes
Not found in Canadiana.
Archivist(s):
Hughey