Ontario. Ministry of Citizenship (1987-2018). Office of the Minister

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Ministry of Citizenship (1987-2018). Office of the Minister

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Office of the Minister

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      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1987-2018

      History

      The Office of the Minister for the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship was created in 1987 and remained in effect until 1995. In 1995, the office was under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Citizenship, Culture and Recreation. From 2001-2003 the office was once again under the Ministry of Citizenship. In 2003, with another government re-organization, the office then fell under the Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration. In 2014, International Trade was added to the new Ministry of Citizenship, Immigration and International Trade. In 2016 this was dropped and the Ministry reverted to the Ministry of Citizenship ansd Immigration.

      The Ministers of Citizenship: Gerry Phillips (1987-1989); Bob Wong (1989-1990), and Elaine Ziemba (1990-1995). Ministers of Citizenship, Culture and Recreation: Marilyn Mushinski (1995-1997); Isabel Bassett (1997-1999); and Helen Johns (1999-2001). Ministers of Citizenship: Cam Jackson (2001-2002) and Carl DeFaria (2002-2003). Ministers of Citizenship and Immigration: Marie Bountrogianni (2003-2005), Michael Colle (2005-2007), Gerry Phillips (2007), Michael Chan (2007-2010), Eric Hoskins (2010-2011), Charles Sousa (2011-2012), Michael Chan (2012-2013), and Michael Couteau (2013-2014). Minister of Citizenship,Immigration and International Trade: Michal Chan (2014-2016), Minister of Citizenship and Immigration: Laura Albinese (2016-2018).

      In 2018 the Ministry was dissolved and the functions were taken over by the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services. The Office of the Minister of Citizenship ended at that point.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Minister of Citizenship held the senior office within the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship, and was ultimately accountable to the Ontario Legislature for the ministry's activities. The Office of the Minister provides administrative and political support for the Minister's duties and activities.

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      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Citizenship (1987-1995) (1987-1995)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA31

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Citizenship (1987-1995) controls Ontario. Ministry of Citizenship (1987-2018). Office of the Minister

      Dates of relationship

      1987-1995

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Citizenship, Culture and Recreation (1995-2001)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA11

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Citizenship, Culture and Recreation controls Ontario. Ministry of Citizenship (1987-2018). Office of the Minister

      Dates of relationship

      1995-2001

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Citizenship (2001-2003) (2001-2003)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA121

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Citizenship (2001-2003) controls Ontario. Ministry of Citizenship (1987-2018). Office of the Minister

      Dates of relationship

      2001-2003

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration (2003-2014)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA134

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration controls Ontario. Ministry of Citizenship (1987-2018). Office of the Minister

      Dates of relationship

      2003-2014

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Citizenship, Immigration and International Trade (2014-2016)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA167

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Citizenship, Immigration and International Trade controls Ontario. Ministry of Citizenship (1987-2018). Office of the Minister

      Dates of relationship

      2014-2016

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration (2016-2018) (2016-2018)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA168

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration (2016-2018) controls Ontario. Ministry of Citizenship (1987-2018). Office of the Minister

      Dates of relationship

      2016-2018

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Citizenship, Culture and Recreation. Office of the Minister (1995-2001)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA627

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Citizenship, Culture and Recreation. Office of the Minister is the predecessor of Ontario. Ministry of Citizenship (1987-2018). Office of the Minister

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Citizenship and Culture. Office of the Minister (1982-1987)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA624

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Citizenship and Culture. Office of the Minister is the predecessor of Ontario. Ministry of Citizenship (1987-2018). Office of the Minister

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

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      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA743

      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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        Script(s)

          Sources

          Annual reports of the Ministry of Citizenship, 1987/88 to 1992/93. Ontario Government Telephone Directories, 1993-1996, ADD searches in 2022

          Maintenance notes

          Not found in Canadiana Authorities, 1996-12-24. This had been really mangled by previous archivists who broke a bunch of authority links in the process. It was finally fixed in 2022."


          Archivist(s):
          Bob Krawczyk, Charles Levi