Ontario. Ministry of Education. Child Care Quality Assurance and Licensing Branch.

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Ministry of Education. Child Care Quality Assurance and Licensing Branch.

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Child Care Quality Assurance and Licensing Branch

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      2012-

      History

      The Child Care Quality Assurance and Licensing Branch was established in 2012 when the functions were moved from the Licensing and Compliance Unit at the Ministry of Community and Social Services to the Ministry of Education. From 2012-2014, the Child Care Quality Assurance and Licensing Branch was part of the Early Learning Division. The division was renamed in 2015 to the Early Years Division and again in 2019 to the Early Years and Child Care Division. From 2013-2018, the Child Care Quality Assurance and Licensing Branch was divided into six geographic regions: London, Northern, Ottawa, Toronto Central, Toronto West, and Barrie. In 2019, the geographic regions were reorginized to the following: Southwest, North, East, Central East, West, Central North and Central West.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Child Care Quality Assurance and Licensing Branch is responsible for licensing and inspecting all group childcare programs, such as childcare centres and home childcare agencies. The licensed programs are assessed in accordance with the Child Care and Early Years Act. The branch is also responsible for investigating complaints related to childcare programs.

      Address

      Child Care and Early Years Act, 2014, S.O. 2014, c. 11, Sched. 1

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Education (1999-)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA116

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Education (1999-) controls Ontario. Ministry of Education. Child Care Quality Assurance and Licensing Branch.

      Dates of relationship

      2012 -

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA2453

      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

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          Sources

          Government of Ontario Telephone Directories, 2012-2023.

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Delle Palme