Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Municipal Services Offices
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
History
The Municipal Services Office was created in 2000 under the Provincial-Municipal Relations Division. After a ministry reorganization and the dissolution of the Provincial-Municipal Relations Division in 2001, the MSO was placed under the newly created Municipal Services Division.
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
Municipal Services Offices (MSOs) provide ongoing guidance to municipal clients with the aim of building strong communities and developing accountable local governments. MSOs respond to and anticipate municipal issues and trends of provincial interest, communicate key government priorities to municipal stakeholders, and assist municipalities to access government programs and to capitalize on best practices in municipal finance and administration.
MSOs also provide planning service for provincial input, review, decision-making and appeal of planning applications, and assist in the delivery of education and advisory services to promote effective community planning. Services offered to the public: land use planning approvals where MMAH is the approval authority; land use planning education, training and communications.
Address
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Related entity
Identifier of related entity
Category of relationship
Type of relationship
Dates of relationship
Description of relationship
Related entity
Identifier of related entity
Category of relationship
Type of relationship
Dates of relationship
Description of relationship
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
Language(s)
Script(s)
Sources
KWIK Indexes; Government Telephone Directories; Info-Go
Maintenance notes
Still in existence [September 2020 under the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing]
Archivist(s):
Emily C; Richard McK