Ontario. Mental Retardation Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Mental Retardation Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Mental Retardation Branch

    Other form(s) of name

    • Ontario. Mental Retardation Service

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1965-1968

    History

    The Mental Retardation Branch was created in 1965 within the Ontario Department of Health, and and formed part of the Mental Health Division. It was known until 1966 as the Mental Retardation Service.

    The Mental Retardation Branch was replaced by the Mental Retardation Services Branch in 1968.

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    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Mental Retardation Branch administered and set policy for Ontario institutions for the mentally retarded. It oversaw various non-governmental programmes run in private nursing homes, residential homes and half-way houses, and also directly operated ten facilities for the mentally retarded. The government-run institutions included the following: Ontario Hospital (Aurora), Ontario Hospital (Cobourg), Ontario Hospital School (Orillia), Ontario Hospital School, Cedar Springs (Blenheim), Rideau Regional Hospital School (Smiths Falls), Midwestern Regional Children's Centre (Palmerston), Adult Occupational Centre, Edgar (Barrie), Children's Psychiatric Research Institute (London), Mental Retardation Centre (Toronto), Prince Edward Heights (Picton), Muskoka Centre (Gravenhurst).

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    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Dept. of Health (1924-1972)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA37

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Dept. of Health controls Ontario. Mental Retardation Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1965-1968

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Mental Retardation Services Branch (1968-1974)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA1392

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Mental Retardation Services Branch is the successor of Ontario. Mental Retardation Branch

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

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    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA1267

    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

        Canadiana Authorities.

        Ontario Government Telephone Directories, 1965-1972.

        Maintenance notes

        Archivist(s):
        Emery