Ontario. Ministry of Health. Direct Services Division

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Ministry of Health. Direct Services Division

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Direct Services Division

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1973-1982

      History

      The Direct Services Division was created in 1973 within the Ontario Ministry of Health replacing various functions of the former Mental Health Division and Public Health Division.

      The division was divided into several branches: Psychiatric Hospitals Branch, Retardation Services Branch (until 1974), Clinical Services Branch (until 1974/5), Laboratory Services Branch (until 1981), Ambulance Services Branch, and Children's Mental Health Service (until 1977).

      The Direct Services Division was disbanded in February 1982 and its remaining functions, primarily in the area of mental health, were transferred to the new Mental Health Division.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Direct Services Division centralized all of the unit of the Ontario Ministry of Health that were involved in providing direct customer services. The division had responsibility for four government-run health services: psychiatric hospitals, laboratory services, ambulance services, and children's mental health services.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Health (1972-1999)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA42

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Health controls Ontario. Ministry of Health. Direct Services Division

      Dates of relationship

      1973-1981

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Health. Mental Health Division (1950-1973)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1266

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Health. Mental Health Division is the predecessor of Ontario. Ministry of Health. Direct Services Division

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Revenue. Legal Services Branch (1972-1993)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1564

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Revenue. Legal Services Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Ministry of Health. Direct Services Division

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Health. Mental Health Division (1982-1985)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1418

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Health. Mental Health Division is the successor of Ontario. Ministry of Health. Direct Services Division

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1268

      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

          RG 10 Inventory

          Maintenance notes

          Canadiana

          Archivist(s):
          J. Emery, Marg McIntyre