Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Education Records Branch
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
History
When the Department of Education was reorganized into the Ministry of Education in 1972, the Registrar's Division was renamed the Education Records Branch and became part of the Administrative and Financial Services Division.
In 1975, the Education Records Branch was combined with the Management Information Systems Group of the Education Data Processing Branch to form the Information Systems and Records Branch
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
The Education Records Branch of the Ministry of Education issued teachers' certificates to qualified individuals and was responsible for the maintenance of the records on the professional status of all teachers in the public school system in Ontario.
The Education Records Branch also maintained student education records, issued graduation diplomas, and administered the Ontario Scholarship Program.
In addition, the Education Records Branch registered private schools as required by the Ministry of Education Act.
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
Related entity
Identifier of related entity
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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
Inventory of the Ministry of Education
Maintenance notes
Archivist(s):
Gorton