Ontario. Mental Health Planning Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Mental Health Planning Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Mental Health Planning Branch

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1983-1988

      History

      The Mental Health Planning Branch was created in 1983 within the Ontario Ministry of Health when the former Psychiatric Hospitals Branch was divided into the Mental Health Planning Branch and the Mental Health Operations Branch. It formed part of the Mental Health Division.

      In 1985, when the Mental Health Division was disbanded, the Branch Director reported directly to the Assistant Deputy Minister responsible for Mental Health.

      In July 1988 the Mental Health Planning Branch ceased to exist and was replaced with a new Psychiatric Hospitals Branch.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Mental Health Planning Branch administered, operated and provided direction for Ontario's psychiatric hospitals as well as a number of community mental health centres.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Health (1972-1999)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA42

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Health controls Ontario. Mental Health Planning Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1983-1988

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Psychiatric Hospitals Branch (1973-1983)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1489

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Psychiatric Hospitals Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Mental Health Planning Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Hospitals and Related Facilities Division (1988-1999)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA2158

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Hospitals and Related Facilities Division is the successor of Ontario. Mental Health Planning Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1491

      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

      Language(s)

        Script(s)

          Sources

          Inventory RG 10

          Maintenance notes

          Not found in Canadiana


          Archivist(s):
          Marg McIntyre