Ontario. Ministry of Community and Social Services. Regional Offices

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Ministry of Community and Social Services. Regional Offices

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Regional Offices

    Other form(s) of name

    • Area Offices

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    2000-2005

    History

    In 1979, new Area Offices began reporting to Regional Directors in four parts of the province who, in turn, reported to the ADM for Adult Services. In 1981, Regional Directors began reporting to a combined Operations Division.

    Regional Offices were established in 2000.

    In 2005 the nine regional offices were: Central East Regional Office; Central West Regional Office - Mississauga; Eastern Regional Office - Ottawa; Hamilton/Niagara Regional Office - Hamilton; North East Regional Office; Northern Regional Office - Sudbury; South East Regional Office - Kingston; South West Regional Office - London; Toronto Region

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    Regional offices are responsible for the direct delivery of some ministry programs, and provide a management role for those services delivered locally by municipalities and transfer payment agencies. Regional Offices were also accountable for Facilities for people with developmental disabilities, and two facilities for children with multiple, complex high needs.

    Address

    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. Regional Offices

    Dates of relationship

    2000-2005

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA1962

    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

        KWIC Index to Services of the Ontario Government, Telephone Directory, Government of Ontario, 1998-2005

        Maintenance notes

        Archivist(s):
        Solovitch