Identity area
Type of entity
Higher-level Ontario government office (type A)
Authorized form of name
Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Ministry of Skills Development
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1985-1993
History
The Ministry of Skills Development was created by an Order-in-Council dated March 22, 1985, which became effective April 1, 1985. The core of the new Ministry was the Skills Development Division of the Ministry of Colleges and Universities (minus the College Affairs Branch). In addition, several other agencies and programs were attached to the Ministry, including: the Ontario Manpower Commission from the Ministry of Labour; the Youth Employment Program from the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing; the Ontario Skills Fund and Ontario Youth Opportunities from the Ministry of Treasury and Economics; the Ontario Youth Commissioner; and the skills development programs and staff from the Ontario Youth Secretariat of the former Secretariat for Social Development.
In 1988, responsibility for basic literacy programs was transferred to the Ministry of Skills Development from the Ministry of Citizenship and Culture. Also by 1988, a new Crown corporation, the Ontario Training Corporation, was created to facilitate partnerships between the government, employers, unions and educators.
In 1990, youth employment and literacy functions were moved from the Ministry of Skills Development to the Ministry of Education; labour market research was transferred to the Ministry of Labour; and grants programs for youth and student entrepreneurs were transferred to the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Technology. From 1991 to 1993, legal services for the Ministry were provided by the Legal Services Branch of the Ministry of Education.
On February 3, 1993, the Ministry of Skills Development was merged with the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Colleges and Universities to form the Ministry of Education and Training.
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
The Ministry of Skills Development was responsible for providing programs and initiatives designed to develop and upgrade the skills of individuals in Ontario and enhance their employability. Activities of the Ministry included co-ordinating and administering employer-based training programs; establishing and developing youth employment initiatives and programs; assisting individuals and communities in developing literacy and other basic skills; and conducting labour market research.
Address
Legislation defining the duties and authority of the Ministry of Skills Development was tabled in 1985, and again in 1986, but was never enacted. The Ministry, however, exercised the powers and responsibilities contained within this Bill.
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Related entity
Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development. Audit Branch (1986-1993)
Identifier of related entity
CA69
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development. Audit Branch is controlled by Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development
Dates of relationship
1986-1993
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Youth Secretariat (1972-1985)
Identifier of related entity
CA99
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario. Youth Secretariat is controlled by Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development
Dates of relationship
1985
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Youth Enterprise (1985-1993)
Identifier of related entity
CA116
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario. Youth Enterprise is controlled by Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development
Dates of relationship
1985-1990
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Youth Employment Services Branch (1985-1994)
Identifier of related entity
CA115
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario. Youth Employment Services Branch is controlled by Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development
Dates of relationship
1985-1990
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Transitions/Help Centres Programs (1987-1995)
Identifier of related entity
CA113
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario. Transitions/Help Centres Programs is controlled by Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development
Dates of relationship
1987-1990
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development. Training Support Services Branch (1986-1990)
Identifier of related entity
CA112
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development. Training Support Services Branch is controlled by Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development
Dates of relationship
1986-1990
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Skills Training Division (1986-1990)
Identifier of related entity
CA111
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario. Skills Training Division is controlled by Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development
Dates of relationship
1986-1990
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development. Skills Development Division (1990-1993)
Identifier of related entity
CA110
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development. Skills Development Division is controlled by Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development
Dates of relationship
1990-1993
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development. Policy Branch (1990-1993)
Identifier of related entity
CA107
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development. Policy Branch is controlled by Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development
Dates of relationship
1990-1993
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development. Policy and Planning Branch (1986-1990)
Identifier of related entity
CA106
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development. Policy and Planning Branch is controlled by Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development
Dates of relationship
1986-1990
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development. Policy and Development Division (1986-1990)
Identifier of related entity
CA105
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development. Policy and Development Division is controlled by Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development
Dates of relationship
1986-1990
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Ministry of Colleges and Universities. Planning and Development Branch (1981-1986)
Identifier of related entity
CA103
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario. Ministry of Colleges and Universities. Planning and Development Branch is controlled by Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development
Dates of relationship
1985-1986
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Partnership and Service Development Branch (1990-1995)
Identifier of related entity
CA102
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario. Partnership and Service Development Branch is controlled by Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development
Dates of relationship
1990-1993
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario Youth Commissioner (1984-1986)
Identifier of related entity
CA98
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario Youth Commissioner is controlled by Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development
Dates of relationship
1985-1986
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario Training and Adjustment Board Project (1991-1993)
Identifier of related entity
CA101
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario Training and Adjustment Board Project is controlled by Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development
Dates of relationship
1991-1993
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development. Office of the Minister (1985-1993)
Identifier of related entity
CA97
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development. Office of the Minister is controlled by Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development
Dates of relationship
1985-1993
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development. Office of the Assistant Deputy Minister, Planning and Priorities (1985-1986)
Identifier of related entity
CA104
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development. Office of the Assistant Deputy Minister, Planning and Priorities is controlled by Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development
Dates of relationship
1985-1986
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Apprenticeship and Client Services Branch (1986-1996)
Identifier of related entity
CA68
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario. Apprenticeship and Client Services Branch is controlled by Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development
Dates of relationship
1986-1993
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development. Communications and Marketing Branch (1985-1993)
Identifier of related entity
CA71
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development. Communications and Marketing Branch is controlled by Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development
Dates of relationship
1985-1993
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development. Community Resources Unit (1984-1993)
Identifier of related entity
CA73
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development. Community Resources Unit is controlled by Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development
Dates of relationship
1984-1993
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Economics and Labour Market Research (1987-1996)
Identifier of related entity
CA86
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario. Economics and Labour Market Research is controlled by Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development
Dates of relationship
1987-1990
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Employment Training Branch (1984-1986)
Identifier of related entity
CA78
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario. Employment Training Branch is controlled by Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development
Dates of relationship
1985-1986
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development. Federal/Provincial Relations Branch (1986-1994)
Identifier of related entity
CA79
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development. Federal/Provincial Relations Branch is controlled by Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development
Dates of relationship
1986-1993
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development. Finance and Administration Division (1985-1993)
Identifier of related entity
CA80
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development. Finance and Administration Division is controlled by Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development
Dates of relationship
1985-1993
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development. Financial Inspection Services (1987-1989)
Identifier of related entity
CA81
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development. Financial Inspection Services is controlled by Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development
Dates of relationship
1987-1989
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development. Financial Services Branch (1985-1993)
Identifier of related entity
CA82
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development. Financial Services Branch is controlled by Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development
Dates of relationship
1985-1993
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development. Human Resources Branch (1990-1993)
Identifier of related entity
CA83
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development. Human Resources Branch is controlled by Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development
Dates of relationship
1990-1993
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development. Legal Services (1986-1991)
Identifier of related entity
CA90
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development. Legal Services is controlled by Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development
Dates of relationship
1986-1991
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Literacy Branch (1988-1994)
Identifier of related entity
CA91
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario. Literacy Branch is controlled by Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development
Dates of relationship
1988-1990
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development. Management Resources Branch (1986-1990)
Identifier of related entity
CA92
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development. Management Resources Branch is controlled by Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development
Dates of relationship
1986-1990
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development. Office of the Deputy Minister (1985-1993)
Identifier of related entity
CA96
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development. Office of the Deputy Minister is controlled by Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development
Dates of relationship
1985-1993
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Ministry of Education and Training (1993-1999)
Identifier of related entity
AA79
Category of relationship
temporal
Type of relationship
Ontario. Ministry of Education and Training is the successor of Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development
Dates of relationship
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Ministry of Colleges and Universities. Skills Development Division (1981-1985)
Identifier of related entity
CA109
Category of relationship
temporal
Type of relationship
Ontario. Ministry of Colleges and Universities. Skills Development Division is the predecessor of Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development
Dates of relationship
Description of relationship
Access points area
Subject access points
Place access points
Epithet
Control area
Authority record identifier
AA80
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
Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12- 24
KWIC Indexes, 1985-1992
Government of Ontario Telephone Directories, 1985-1993
Maintenance notes
Archivist(s):
R. Anger