Ontario. Dept. of Public Works. Audit Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Dept. of Public Works. Audit Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Audit Branch

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      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1968-1972

      History

      The Audit Branch was created as part of the Department of Public Works in February, 1968.

      The Audit Branch ceased to exist in April, 1972, when the Department of Public Works was replaced with the Ministry of Government Services, which maintained its own Audit Branch.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Audit Branch provided skilled and impartial appraisals of the operations of the Ontario Department of Public Works. It evaluated the organization and systems of internal control to ensure effective management reporting practices; determined whether policies, procedures and regulations were properly understood; and investigated and reported on wasteful or inefficient practices.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Public Works (1869-1972)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA40

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Public Works controls Ontario. Dept. of Public Works. Audit Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1968-1972

      Description of relationship

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      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1549

      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

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          Sources

          Department of Public Works Annual Reports, 1951-1972; Ministry of Government Services Annual Reports, 1973-1995.

          Maintenance notes

          Agency not found in Canadiana Authorities.

          Archivist(s):
          Crockett