Ontario. Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Legal Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Legal Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Legal Branch

    Other form(s) of name

    • Ontario. Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Legal Services Branch

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1995-

    History

    The Legal Branch was established in 1995 with the amalgamation of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and the Ministry of Housing into the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing.

    The Legal Branch of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs amalgamated with the Legal Branch of the Ministry of Housing.

    The name of the Legal Branch was amended in 2004 to Legal Services Branch.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Legal Branch of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing provides a full range of legal services to the Ministry and its boards and agencies.

    The Branch additionally assumes responsibility for managing all litigation including court and tribunal proceedings and prosecutions in which the Ministry has an interest.

    Address

    Internal structures/genealogy

    General context

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (1995-2016) (1995-2016)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA96

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (1995-2016) controls Ontario. Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Legal Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1995-

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Municipal Affairs. Legal Branch (1985-1995)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA1256

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Municipal Affairs. Legal Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Legal Branch

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Housing (1985-1995). Legal Branch (1985-1995)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA1255

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Housing (1985-1995). Legal Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Legal Branch

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA2047

    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

        Government of Ontario Telephone Directories, 1995-2005

        KWIC Index to Services, 1995-2006

        Maintenance notes

        Archivist(s):
        Diamond