Identity area
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Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services
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The Ministry of Public Safety and Security was renamed the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services in November 2003. Most of the functions of the new ministry are similar to those of its predecessor.
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The Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services is responsible for the safety and security of communities across Ontario through policing, correctional services and emergency services programs. It is responsible for overseeing law enforcement including the Ontario Provincial Police, private investigators, fire and ambulance services, Office of the Chief Coroner, Centre of Forensic Sciences, Office of the Fire Marshal, and Emergency Management Ontario. The ministry is also responsible for managing Ontario's adult and young offender correctional facilities, the Ontario Parole and Earned Release Board and provincial probation and parole offices.
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No specific legislation was passed creating the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services. On November 24 2003, the provincial government approved Order-in-Council 1708/2003 which created the Ministry. The Ministry of Correctional Services Act (R.S.O. 1990, Chapter M.22) and the Ministry of the Solicitor General Act (R.S.O. 1990, Chapter M.34) can be considered the enabling legisaltion of the Ministry following its creation in 2003.
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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
KWIC Index to Services - 2002
Government of Ontario Telephone Directory - 2004
Maintenance notes
Archivist(s):
Carpenter