Ontario. Ministry of Labour. Communications and Marketing Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Ministry of Labour. Communications and Marketing Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Communications and Marketing Branch

    Other form(s) of name

    • Ontario. Dept. of Labour. Public Relations and Information Branch

    • Ontario. Ministry of Labour. Information Services Branch

    • Ontario. Ministry of Labour. Communications Branch

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1965-

    History

    The Communications and Marketing Branch was initially created as the Public Relations and Information Branch under the jurisdiction of the Manpower Services Division in the Department of Labour in 1965.

    In 1968 the name was changed to the Information Services Branch. This Branch was under the jurisdiction of several divisions and by 1979 it fell within the Administration Division.

    In 1983 the Branch underwent another name change to Communications Branch under the jurisdiction of the Finance and Administration Division. However, by 1986, the Branch was removed from that division and reported directly to the Office of the Deputy Minister.

    In 1992 the Branch, which still reported directly to the Office of the Deputy Minister, was given its current name of Communications and Marketing Branch. By 1996, the Branch moved from the Office of the Deputy Minister to the Policy and Communications Division, where it resided until 2003 when the Branch again reported directly to the Office of the Deputy Minister.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Communications and Marketing Branch informs the public, client groups and the media about the Ministry's activities. The Branch also provides communications support to the Minister, the Deputy Minister, program areas and regional offices. Activities include internal and external communications, French Language Services, communications planning, media liaison and the production and distribution of information materials.

    Address

    Internal structures/genealogy

    General context

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Dept. of Labour (1919-1972)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA38

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Dept. of Labour controls Ontario. Ministry of Labour. Communications and Marketing Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1965-1972

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Labour (1972-)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA43

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Labour controls Ontario. Ministry of Labour. Communications and Marketing Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1972-

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA1954

    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, Kwik Index to Services

        Government of Ontario, Telephone Directories

        RG 7 Inventory

        Maintenance notes

        Archivist(s):
        Stabile