Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
Parallel form(s) of name
ministère des Collèges et Universités
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Ministry of Colleges and Universities
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Description area
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History
In October 2019, the functions of training and skills development were transferred from the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities to the Ministry of Labour and the ministry was renamed the Ministry of Colleges and Universities.
The Ministry is made up of the following divisions: Postsecondary Education Division; Advanced Education Learner Supports Division; Corporate Management and Services Division; Data, Research and Innovation Division; French-Language Teaching, Learning and Achievement Division; and the Strategic Mandate Agreement Secretariat.
Agencies which report to the Ministry are the College of Trades Appointments Council; Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario; Ontario Graduate Scholarship Program Selection Board; Postsecondary Education Quality Assessment Board; and the Training Completion Assurance Fund Advisory Board.
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Functions, occupations and activities
The Ministry of Colleges and Universities is responsible for developing policy directions for universities and colleges of applied arts and technology; planning and administering policies related to basic and applied research in the post-secondary education sector; authorizing universities to grant degrees; distributing provincial funds to colleges and universities; providing financial assistance to postsecondary school students; and registering private career colleges.
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No new legislation was passed with the creation of the Ministry of Colleges and Universities. Instead it operated under the aegis of the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. M.19, except in respect of training and skills development.
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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
Order in Council 1788/2019
Ministry of Colleges and Universities website (https://www.ontario.ca/page/ministry-colleges-universities)
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Maintenance notes
Archivist(s):
McKibbon