Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Ministry of Government Services (2009-2014)
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
History
The Ministry was created in 2009. It was superceded by the Ministry of Government and Consumer Services in June 2014.
It was originally comprised of the following Divisions: Government Services Delivery Cluster, Office of the Corporate Chief Information Officer, HR Ontario, Ontario Public Service (OPS) Green Office, Ontario Shared Services, OPS Diversity Office, ServiceOntario, and the Archives of Ontario. Further, the Deputy Minister of Government Services also served as Associate Secretary of the Cabinet and Secretary of Management Board of Cabinet.
The following agencies reported to the Minister of Government Services: Advertising Review Board, Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario, Licence Appeal Tribunal, Ontario Film Review Board, Ontario Pension Board, Ontario Pension Trust and the Public Service Commission.
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
The Ministry of Government Services helps modernize government operations and provides cost-effective services to businesses, the public and the Ontario Public Service (OPS). It leads and develops human resources policies and programs, and manages technology resources and procurement for the OPS. The ministry supports the legislative framework that protects the public interest in areas such as privacy and freedom of information.
Address
Order-in-Council 1619/2008
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
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Description of relationship
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Access points area
Subject access points
Place access points
Epithet
Control area
Authority record identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
Status
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 (2009-2014)
Maintenance notes
Archivist(s):
Walz; Smith