Ontario. Ministry of Community and Social Services. Office of the Deputy Minister

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Ministry of Community and Social Services. Office of the Deputy Minister

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Office of the Deputy Minister

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1972-

      History

      The Office of the Deputy Minister was established in 1972 when the Department of Social And Family Services was replaced by the Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services.

      To date, there have been eleven Deputy Ministers of Community and Social Services: Merien Borczak (1972-1973); T.M. Eberlee (1973-1974); Dorothea Crittenden (1974-1978); Robert Carman (1978-1981); Robert McDonald (1982-1985); Peter Barnes (1985-1988); Valerie Gibbons (1988-1991?); Charles Pascal (1992?-1993?); Rosemary Proctor (1993?-1995); Sandra Lang (1995-1997); Suzanne Herbert (1997-1999); Kevin Costante (1999-2000; 2004-2007); John E. Fleming (2000-2003).

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Deputy Minister is the senior administrative official in the Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services and acts as liaison between the Minister and the department’s agencies. The Deputy Minister is also responsible for providing the Minister with information and advice on policy and legislation.

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      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      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. Office of the Deputy Minister

      Dates of relationship

      1972-

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Social and Family Services. Office of the Deputy Minister (1967-1972)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA973

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Social and Family Services. Office of the Deputy Minister is the predecessor of Ontario. Ministry of Community and Social Services. Office of the Deputy Minister

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA971

      Institution identifier

      Rules and/or conventions used

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

      Status

      For Review

      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 Community and Social Services, 1972-1983; Government of Ontario Telephone Directories, 1983-1998; RG 29 Inventory.

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Bill Hughey; Lawton