Ontario. Ministry of Culture and Recreation. Field Services Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Ministry of Culture and Recreation. Field Services Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Field Services Branch

    Other form(s) of name

    • Ontario. Ministry of Culture and Recreation. Community Programs

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1975-1980

    History

    The Field Services Branch existed within the Ontario Ministry of Culture and Recreation from 1975 until 1980.

    The Branch, which was headed by an Executive Co-ordinator, reported directly to the Deputy Minister and consisted of 6 regional offices: Northwestern Region, Northeastern Region, Eastern Region, Central East Region, Central West Region and Southwestern Region.

    In 1980, the Field Services Branch was discontinued. However, the various regional offices continued to exist, forming part of the new Field Services, Sports and Recreation Division.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Field Services Branch provided consultation services at the community level to municipalities, community organizations, associations and interest groups, and served as the Ontario Ministry of Culture and Recreation's first contact with the public at the local level.

    In addition to delivering programs and providing guidance concerning ministry resources, the Field Services Branch also provided the ministry's program divisions with information regarding the concerns, issues, and interests of the clients that were served.

    Address

    Internal structures/genealogy

    General context

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Culture and Recreation (1975-1982)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA5

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Culture and Recreation controls Ontario. Ministry of Culture and Recreation. Field Services Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1975-1980

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Tourism and Recreation. Community Programs (1982-1984)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA588

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Tourism and Recreation. Community Programs is the successor of Ontario. Ministry of Culture and Recreation. Field Services Branch

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA654

    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

        Inventory 47 - Culture (July 1996)

        Ontario Government Telephone Directories, 1975-1982

        Maintenance notes

        Agency not found in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24

        Archivist(s):
        G. Brown, R. Anger