Ontario. Ministry of Government Services (2005-2007)

Identity area

Type of entity

Higher-level Ontario government office (type A)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Ministry of Government Services (2005-2007)

Parallel form(s) of name

  • Ministère des Services gouvernementaux

Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

  • Ministry of Government Services

Other form(s) of name

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    2005-2007

    History

    The Ministry of Government Services was created in 2005, by combining the functions of the Ministry of Consumer and Business Services and most of the functions of the Management Board Secretariat.

    The Ministry was headed by a Minister, who was also chair of the Management Board of Cabinet.

    As of 2006, the Ministry was composed of the Human Resources Management and Corporate Policy Division, the Leadership and Learning Division, the Employee Relations Division, the Human Resources Service Delivery Division, the Archives of Ontario, the Office of the Corporate Chief Information Officer, Ontario Shared Services, the Modernization Division, the Corporate Services Division, the Policy and Consumer Protection Services Division, and Services Ontario.

    In October 2007, the Ministry was succeeded by the Ministry of Government and Consumer Services.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The functions of the Ministry of Government Services were to provide the Government of Ontario with integrated corporate policy and management services, provide integrated government services to consumers and businesses, regulate businesses and ensure consumer protection, and manage the province's documentary heritage.

    Specifically, these functions included the provision of internal corporate human resources management, employee relations, leadership and workforce development and training, information and information technology policies and management, policy and transformation change management, and administrative support services to the Government of Ontario; the development of policies and enforcement of legislation regarding consumer protection and business standards; the registration of real and personal property, businesses and vital events; the operation of the Archives of Ontario and Government Information Centres; and the development of integrated approaches for service delivery.

    Address

    Order-in-Council 1344/2005

    Internal structures/genealogy

    General context

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Citizens' Inquiry Bureau (1978-)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA686

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Citizens' Inquiry Bureau is controlled by Ontario. Ministry of Government Services (2005-2007)

    Dates of relationship

    2005-2007

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Official Documents Section (1972-)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA738

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Official Documents Section is controlled by Ontario. Ministry of Government Services (2005-2007)

    Dates of relationship

    2005-

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario Shared Services (1998-)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA2009

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario Shared Services is controlled by Ontario. Ministry of Government Services (2005-2007)

    Dates of relationship

    2005-

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario Shared Services. General Administrative Services Delivery Branch (1998-)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA2010

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario Shared Services. General Administrative Services Delivery Branch is controlled by Ontario. Ministry of Government Services (2005-2007)

    Dates of relationship

    2005-

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Access and Privacy Office (1987-)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA2014

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Access and Privacy Office is controlled by Ontario. Ministry of Government Services (2005-2007)

    Dates of relationship

    2005-

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ontario Shared Services. Strategy and Resource Management Branch (2002-)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA2215

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ontario Shared Services. Strategy and Resource Management Branch is controlled by Ontario. Ministry of Government Services (2005-2007)

    Dates of relationship

    2005-2007

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (1998-)

    Identifier of related entity

    BA527

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario is controlled by Ontario. Ministry of Government Services (2005-2007)

    Dates of relationship

    2005-2007

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Business Services (2001-2005)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA120

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Business Services is the predecessor of Ontario. Ministry of Government Services (2005-2007)

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Management Board of Cabinet. Secretariat (1971-2005)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA20

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Management Board of Cabinet. Secretariat is the predecessor of Ontario. Ministry of Government Services (2005-2007)

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Government and Consumer Services (2007-2009)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA130

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Government and Consumer Services is the successor of Ontario. Ministry of Government Services (2005-2007)

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    AA128

    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

    Language(s)

      Script(s)

        Sources

        Functional analysis, Ministry of Government Services (2006)

        Government phone books and KWIK Indexes (2005-2006)

        Ministry of Government Services' Web site

        Ontario Gazette (2005)

        Maintenance notes

        Archivist(s):
        Paquet/Levi