Identity area
Type of entity
Higher-level Ontario government office (type A)
Authorized form of name
Ontario. Dept. of Social and Family Services
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Department of Social and Family Services
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1967-1972
History
The Department of Social and Family Services was established on March 22, 1967, replacing the Department of Public Welfare The Department consisted of a number of branches during its existence and was reorganized several times. Some of the branches that existed within the Department were the Child Welfare Branch, the Children's and Youth Institutions Branch, the Day Nurseries Branch, Family Benefits Branch (previously the Welfare Allowances Branch), Homes for the Aged-Office on Aging Branch, the Indian Community Development Services Branch, the Municipal Welfare Administration Branch, the Research and Planning Branch, the Training and Staff Development Branch, and the Vocational Rehabilitation Services Branch. The Department existed until 1972, when its functions were transferred to the new Ministry of Community and Social Services.
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
The Department of Social and Family Services was responsible for the administration of a variety of programmes and services that provide social assistance to individuals and families in Ontario. These programmes and services include child welfare, day nurseries, old age assistance, homes for the aged, rest homes, disabled persons allowances, Ontario legal aid, and general welfare assistance.
Address
Department of Social and Family Services Act, Statutes of Ontario 1967, Chap. 23
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Related entity
Ontario. Children's Services Division (1969-1975) (1969-1975)
Identifier of related entity
CA778
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario. Children's Services Division (1969-1975) is controlled by Ontario. Dept. of Social and Family Services
Dates of relationship
1969-1972
Description of relationship
Related entity
Bluewater Centre (Ont.) (1976-1983)
Identifier of related entity
BA715
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Bluewater Centre (Ont.) is controlled by Ontario. Dept. of Social and Family Services
Dates of relationship
1971-1972
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Ministry of Community and Social Services. Program Coordination Branch (1971-1973)
Identifier of related entity
CA1382
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario. Ministry of Community and Social Services. Program Coordination Branch is controlled by Ontario. Dept. of Social and Family Services
Dates of relationship
1971-1972
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Dept. of Social and Family Services. Research and Planning Branch (1968-1972)
Identifier of related entity
CA1336
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario. Dept. of Social and Family Services. Research and Planning Branch is controlled by Ontario. Dept. of Social and Family Services
Dates of relationship
1968-1972
Description of relationship
Related entity
Commission of Inquiry in the Matter of Valerie and Peggy, Wards in the Care of the Children's Aid Society for the County of Waterloo, placed by it in the Foster Home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Timbrell (1967-1968)
Identifier of related entity
CA1330
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Commission of Inquiry in the Matter of Valerie and Peggy, Wards in the Care of the Children's Aid Society for the County of Waterloo, placed by it in the Foster Home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Timbrell is controlled by Ontario. Dept. of Social and Family Services
Dates of relationship
1967-1968
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Municipal Welfare Administration Branch (1967-1973)
Identifier of related entity
CA1270
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario. Municipal Welfare Administration Branch is controlled by Ontario. Dept. of Social and Family Services
Dates of relationship
1967-1972
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Family Benefits Branch (1967-1973)
Identifier of related entity
CA1269
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario. Family Benefits Branch is controlled by Ontario. Dept. of Social and Family Services
Dates of relationship
1967-1972
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Social Development Services Division (1970-1972)
Identifier of related entity
CA986
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario. Social Development Services Division is controlled by Ontario. Dept. of Social and Family Services
Dates of relationship
1970-1972
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Ministry of Community and Social Services. Rehabilitation Branch (1961-1979)
Identifier of related entity
CA984
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario. Ministry of Community and Social Services. Rehabilitation Branch is controlled by Ontario. Dept. of Social and Family Services
Dates of relationship
1967-1972
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Office on Aging Branch (1966-1968)
Identifier of related entity
CA977
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario. Office on Aging Branch is controlled by Ontario. Dept. of Social and Family Services
Dates of relationship
1967-1968
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Dept. of Social and Family Services. Office of the Minister (1967-1972)
Identifier of related entity
CA975
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario. Dept. of Social and Family Services. Office of the Minister is controlled by Ontario. Dept. of Social and Family Services
Dates of relationship
1967-1972
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Dept. of Social and Family Services. Office of the Deputy Minister (1967-1972)
Identifier of related entity
CA973
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario. Dept. of Social and Family Services. Office of the Deputy Minister is controlled by Ontario. Dept. of Social and Family Services
Dates of relationship
1967-1972
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Ministry of Community and Social Services. Legal Services Branch (1965-)
Identifier of related entity
CA966
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario. Ministry of Community and Social Services. Legal Services Branch is controlled by Ontario. Dept. of Social and Family Services
Dates of relationship
1967-1972
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Indian Development Branch (1966-1970)
Identifier of related entity
CA535
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario. Indian Development Branch is controlled by Ontario. Dept. of Social and Family Services
Dates of relationship
1967-1970
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Homes for the Aged - Office on Aging Branch (1968-1973)
Identifier of related entity
CA962
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario. Homes for the Aged - Office on Aging Branch is controlled by Ontario. Dept. of Social and Family Services
Dates of relationship
1968-1972
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Homes for the Aged Branch (1945-1968)
Identifier of related entity
CA961
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario. Homes for the Aged Branch is controlled by Ontario. Dept. of Social and Family Services
Dates of relationship
1967-1968
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Ministry of Community and Social Services. Finance and Administration Division (1963-1992)
Identifier of related entity
CA959
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario. Ministry of Community and Social Services. Finance and Administration Division is controlled by Ontario. Dept. of Social and Family Services
Dates of relationship
1967-1972
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Day Nurseries Branch (1942-1979)
Identifier of related entity
CA957
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario. Day Nurseries Branch is controlled by Ontario. Dept. of Social and Family Services
Dates of relationship
1967-1972
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Ministry of Community and Social Services. Comprehensive Audit and Investigations Branch (1967-2003)
Identifier of related entity
CA956
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario. Ministry of Community and Social Services. Comprehensive Audit and Investigations Branch is controlled by Ontario. Dept. of Social and Family Services
Dates of relationship
1967-1972
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Ministry of Community and Social Services. Communications and Marketing Branch (1968-)
Identifier of related entity
CA613
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario. Ministry of Community and Social Services. Communications and Marketing Branch is controlled by Ontario. Dept. of Social and Family Services
Dates of relationship
1968-1972
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Child Welfare Branch (1951-1979)
Identifier of related entity
CA790
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario. Child Welfare Branch is controlled by Ontario. Dept. of Social and Family Services
Dates of relationship
1967-1972
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Dept. of Public Welfare (1930-1967)
Identifier of related entity
AA39
Category of relationship
temporal
Type of relationship
Ontario. Dept. of Public Welfare is the predecessor of Ontario. Dept. of Social and Family Services
Dates of relationship
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Ministry of Community and Social Services (1972-2018)
Identifier of related entity
AA35
Category of relationship
temporal
Type of relationship
Ontario. Ministry of Community and Social Services is the successor of Ontario. Dept. of Social and Family Services
Dates of relationship
Description of relationship
Access points area
Subject access points
Place access points
Epithet
Control area
Authority record identifier
AA41
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
MacTaggart, Hazel I. Publications of the Government of Ontario, 1956-1971 (1975)
Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24
Maintenance notes
Archivist(s):
R. Anger