Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
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Ontario Hospital Services Commission
Other form(s) of name
OHSC
Hospital Services Commission of Ontario
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Description area
Dates of existence
History
The Ontario Hospital Services Commission (OHSC) was created in 1956 and reported directly to the Ontario Minister of Health. Originally named the Hospital Services Commission of Ontario, the name was officially changed by legislation in 1965.
The commission's program for hospital insurance came into effect on January 1, 1959.
The Ontario Hospital Services Commission ceased to exist in 1973. The commission's functions as an insurance agency were transferred to the new Health Insurance Division of the Ontario Ministry of Health, while its non-insuring functions were transferred to the Treatment and Rehabilitation Division and the Institutional Division.
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Functions, occupations and activities
The Ontario Hospital Services Commission (OHSC) administered operational and capital funding programmes for hospitals, and created and administered a hospital insurance programme.
Additional responsibilities of the OHSC included approving the establishment of new hospitals and related health facilities, establishing and operating institutions and centres for the training of hospital and hospital-related personnel, and providing ambulance services, laboratory services and rehabilitation programs.
Address
Hospital Services Commission Act, Statutes of Ontario 1956, Chap. 31
Hospital Services Commission Act, Statutes of Ontario 1965, Chap. 49
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Rules and/or conventions used
RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Sources
MacTaggart, Hazel. Publications of the Government of Ontario, 1956-1971 (1975)
Archives of Ontario Inventory 10 - Health (December 1993, Revised December 1996, and May 1998)
Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24
Maintenance notes
Archivist(s):
R. Anger