Ontario Manpower Commission

• Ontario Manpower Commission

• OMC

The Ontario Manpower Commission was established under the jurisdiction of the Ontario Ministry of Labour in 1979. The Commission was organized in 1982 into the following components: Policy, Manpower Forecasting and Training (Manpower Forecasting in 1983), Manpower Studies, Technology and Employment Study Unit, and Canada/Ontario Employment Development Program (COED). The Commission was transferred to the Ministry of Skills Development as of April 1, 1985, and was reorganized later that year: Manpower Forecasting and COED were disbanded while Information Systems, Labour Market Analysis and Communications Centre were created. Information Systems ceased to exist in 1986 and the Commission was re-organized later that year into two components: Human Resources Planning and Sector Studies, and Labour Market Analysis and Information. The Commission was disbanded in 1987; the Labour Market Research and Evaluation Group, Policy and Development Division, Ministry of Skills Development, assumed its responsibilities.

The Ontario Manpower Commission was comprised of several part time commissioners from the private sector who advised the government on manpower matters, and developed manpower strategies based on projected requirements of the economy. In 1982, it also became responsible for supervising the manpower and skills training programs of the Government of Ontario.

RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24

No legislation appears to have authorized the creation of this agency.

Archivist(s):
R. Anger