Ontario. Ministry of Community and Social Services. Legal Services Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Ministry of Community and Social Services. Legal Services Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Legal Services Branch

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1965-

      History

      The origins of the Legal Services Branch as a branch proper are unclear. In 1965, a solicitor was attached to the Ontario Department of Public Welfare. Although a financial report for the Legal Services Branch was submitted to the annual report beginning in 1969, a single solicitor was responsible for providing legal services from 1965 to 1973. In this year, the departmental solicitor acquired two assistant solicitors, however, it is not until 1976 that the Legal Services Branch appears consistently in the source documentation.

      Throughout its existence, the branch has reported directly to the Deputy Minister. The Legal Services Branch is seconded to the Ministry of Community and Social Services by the Ministry of the Attorney General.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Legal Services Branch provides a range of legal services to the Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services, including the provision of legal advice to the various branches in the ministry, contract preparation, the preparation and interpretation of statutes and other legal documents, and representation of the ministry at tribunals and court appearances.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Public Welfare (1930-1967)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA39

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Public Welfare controls Ontario. Ministry of Community and Social Services. Legal Services Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1965-1967

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Social and Family Services (1967-1972)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA41

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Social and Family Services controls Ontario. Ministry of Community and Social Services. Legal Services Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1967-1972

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Community and Social Services (1972-2018)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA35

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Community and Social Services controls Ontario. Ministry of Community and Social Services. Legal Services Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1972-

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA966

      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

          KWIC Indexes to Government Services, 1983-1998; Government of Ontario Telephone Directories, 1974-1983; Department of Public Welfare/Social and Family Services Annual Reports, 1964- 1975.

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Bill Hughey