Ontario. Dept. of the Provincial Secretary and Citizenship. Community Development Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Dept. of the Provincial Secretary and Citizenship. Community Development Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Community Development Branch

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1970-1972

      History

      The Community Development Branch was formed in the Ontario Department of the Provincial Secretary and Citizenship in October, 1970 from functions previously exercised by the Citizenship Branch, which continued to exist.

      In 1971 it became part of the Community Services Division. In 1972 it was moved to the Ontario Department of Community and Social Services, and on January 1, 1973 it became known as the Office on Community Consultation.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Community Development Branch was responsible for promoting the idea of community development through citizen participation. It held conferences throughout Ontario to develop this theme.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of the Provincial Secretary and Citizenship (1961-1972)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA32

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of the Provincial Secretary and Citizenship controls Ontario. Dept. of the Provincial Secretary and Citizenship. Community Development Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1970-1972

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Community and Social Services (1972-2018)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA35

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Community and Social Services controls Ontario. Dept. of the Provincial Secretary and Citizenship. Community Development Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1972

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Office on Community Consultation (1973-1976)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA530

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Office on Community Consultation is the successor of Ontario. Dept. of the Provincial Secretary and Citizenship. Community Development Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA520

      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

          Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12- 24

          Ontario Government Telephone Directories, 1970-1972.

          Maintenance notes

          Canadiana Authorities has the heading "Ontario. Community Development Branch". We have two such branches, therefore this has been modified with the name of the Dept. in which the branch was located the longest.

          Archivist(s):
          Bob Krawczyk, Robert Anger