Identity area
Type of entity
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Medico-Legal Laboratory
Other form(s) of name
Attorney General's Laboratory
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Description area
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History
The Medico-Legal Laboratory was established in Toronto in 1932, the second forensic laboratory in Canada. It formed part of the Department of the Attorney General. In 1951, the Deputy Attorney General decided to revitalize and expand the Medico-Legal Laboratory; a new Laboratory was established on the fifth floor of the old Hospital for Sick Children on College St. in Toronto with new equipment for modern forensic facility. It was phased out following the creation of the Office of the Chief Coroner in 1961.
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Functions, occupations and activities
The Medico-Legal Laboratory prepared legally admissible evidence for cases referred to the Laboratory by coroners throughout Ontario through scientific examination and analysis of objects and materials. It provided services in pathology, biology (tests for blood, semen, hairs, fibres, and plant materials), and toxicology.
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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
OPP: A History of the Ontario Provincial Police, Dahn Higley, 1984
Maintenance notes
Archivist(s):
J. Solovitch