Ontario. Ministry of Public Safety and Security

Identity area

Type of entity

Higher-level Ontario government office (type A)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Ministry of Public Safety and Security

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Ministry of Public Safety and Security

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      2002-2003

      History

      The Ministry of Public Safety and Security was created on April 15 2002, with the amalgamation of the Ministry of the Solicitor General and the Ministry of Correctional Services. The ministry was replaced in November 2003 by the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Ministry of Public Safety and Security is responsible for programs that protect the public interest in three broad areas: public security and counter-terrorism, correctional services and police and emergency services. It is responsible for overseeing law enforcement including the Ontario Provincial Police, private investigators, fire and ambulance services, Office of the Chief Coroner, Centre of Forensic Sciences, Office of the Fire Marshal, and Emergency Management Ontario. The ministry is also responsible for managing Ontario's adult and young offender correctional facilities, the Ontario Parole and Earned Release Board and provincial probation and parole offices.

      Address

      No specific legislation was passed creating the Ministry of Public Safety and Security. On April 15 2002, the provincial government announced the establishment of the new Ministry. The Ministry of Correctional Services Act (R.S.O. 1990, Chapter M.22) and the Ministry of the Solicitor General Act (R.S.O. 1990, Chapter M.34) can be considered the enabling legislation of the Ministry following its creation in 2002.

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Integrated Justice Information Technology Division (1997-)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA253

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Integrated Justice Information Technology Division is controlled by Ontario. Ministry of Public Safety and Security

      Dates of relationship

      2002-2003

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Centre of Forensic Sciences (1932-)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1318

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Centre of Forensic Sciences is controlled by Ontario. Ministry of Public Safety and Security

      Dates of relationship

      2002-2003

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Policing Services Division (1988-)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1945

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Policing Services Division is controlled by Ontario. Ministry of Public Safety and Security

      Dates of relationship

      2002-2003

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Correctional Services (1999-2002) (1999-2002)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA114

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Correctional Services (1999-2002) is the predecessor of Ontario. Ministry of Public Safety and Security

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of the Solicitor General (1999-2002) (1999-2002)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA1133

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of the Solicitor General (1999-2002) is the predecessor of Ontario. Ministry of Public Safety and Security

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services (2003-)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA126

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services is the successor of Ontario. Ministry of Public Safety and Security

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      AA125

      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

          KWIC Index to Services - 2002

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Carpenter