Ontario. Mental Retardation Branch

Zone d'identification

Type d'entité

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Forme autorisée du nom

Ontario. Mental Retardation Branch

forme(s) parallèle(s) du nom

    Forme(s) du nom normalisée(s) selon d'autres conventions

    • Mental Retardation Branch

    Autre(s) forme(s) du nom

    • Ontario. Mental Retardation Service

    Numéro d'immatriculation des collectivités

    Zone de description

    Dates d’existence

    1965-1968

    Historique

    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.

    Lieux

    Statut légal

    Fonctions et activités

    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).

    Adresse

    Organisation interne/Généalogie

    Contexte général

    Zone des relations

    Entité associée

    Ontario. Dept. of Health (1924-1972)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA37

    Type de relation

    hiérarchique

    Type de relation

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

    Dates de la relation

    Description de la relation

    Entité associée

    Ontario. Mental Retardation Services Branch (1968-1974)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA1392

    Type de relation

    temporel

    Type de relation

    Ontario. Mental Retardation Services Branch est le successeur de Ontario. Mental Retardation Branch

    Dates de la relation

    Description de la relation

    Zone des points d'accès

    Mots-clés - Sujets

    Mots-clés - Lieux

    Epithet

    Zone du contrôle

    Identifiant de notice d'autorité

    CA1267

    Identifiant du service d'archives

    Règles et/ou conventions utilisées

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

    Statut

    Approved

    Niveau de détail

    Dates de production, de révision et de suppression

    2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

    Langue(s)

      Écriture(s)

        Sources

        Canadiana Authorities.

        Ontario Government Telephone Directories, 1965-1972.

        Notes de maintenance

        Archivist(s):
        Emery