Ontario. External Affairs Co-ordination Secretariat

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. External Affairs Co-ordination Secretariat

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • External Affairs Co-ordination Secretariat

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1973-1982

      History

      The External Affairs Co-ordination Secretariat was established in 1973 as part of the Ministry of Treasury, Economics and Intergovernmental affairs, Intergovernmental Affairs Division. In 1978, it became part of the the Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs when the new ministry was created.

      The External Affairs Co-ordination Secretariat ceased to exist in 1982, when it was replaced with the International Relations Branch in 1982.

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      Functions, occupations and activities

      The External Affairs Co-ordination Secretariat was responsible for providing advice on Ontario's foreign and international activities, co-ordinating the province's participation in international conferences, co-ordinating visits of Ontario government officals abroad and visits of foreign dignitaries to Ontario, assessing treaties and agreements, and providing Ontario government assistance in response to disasters abroad.

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      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Treasury, Economics and Intergovernmental Affairs (1972-1978)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA86

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Treasury, Economics and Intergovernmental Affairs controls Ontario. External Affairs Co-ordination Secretariat

      Dates of relationship

      1973-1978

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs (1978-)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA87

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs controls Ontario. External Affairs Co-ordination Secretariat

      Dates of relationship

      1978-1982

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. International Relations Branch (1982-1993)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA853

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. International Relations Branch is the successor of Ontario. External Affairs Co-ordination Secretariat

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

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      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1185

      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

          Archives of Ontario, Inventory 58 - Records of the Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs; KWIC Indexes; Government of Ontario Telephone Directories.

          Maintenance notes

          Heading not found in Canadiana Authorities.

          Archivist(s):
          John Dirks