Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations. Systems Services Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations. Systems Services Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Systems Services Branch

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1984-1986

      History

      The Systems Services Branch came into existence within the Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations in 1984, and assumed some of the functions of the former Finance and Systems Branch. It formed part of the Support Services Division.

      In 1986, the Systems Branch was replaced with the Information Technology Division. The new division initially consisted of two branches, the Information Technology Planning Branch and the Information Systems Services Branch.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Systems Services Branch co-ordinated the Ontario Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations' implementation of information technology. The branch provided services to the ministry for all aspects of information technology including planning for implementation of systems and for the development and installation of equipment.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations (1972-2001)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA18

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations controls Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations. Systems Services Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1984-1986

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations. Finance and Systems Branch (1978-1984)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1290

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations. Finance and Systems Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations. Systems Services Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations. Information Technology Division (1986-2000)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1905

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations. Information Technology Division is the successor of Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations. Systems Services Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1280

      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

          Government of Ontario Telephone Directories, 1977-1980.

          Annual Reports of the Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations, 1977-1986.

          Maintenance notes

          Not found in Canadiana authorities.


          Archivist(s):
          Bob Krawczyk