Ontario. Ministry of the Attorney General. Walkerton Project Office

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Ministry of the Attorney General. Walkerton Project Office

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Walkerton Project Office

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      2000-2009

      History

      The Walkerton Project Office was created as a sub-unit of the Legal Services Branch of the Ministry of the Attorney General in 2000. The Office was wound up in 2009. The Office does not have any successor agencies.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Walkerton Project Office was responsible for coordinating representation for the province's response to the O'Connor Commission (more commonly referred to as the Walkerton Inquiry) and civil litigation subsequent to the Inquiry. The Office was also responsible for supporting the Settlement Compensation Plan created to manage compensation payments to residents of Walkerton.

      The Office coordinated all inter-ministerial activity in response to the Commission of Inquiry for ministries and agencies, including the collection and management of documents in response to the Commissioner's request for documents relevant to the Inquiry.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of the Attorney General (1972-)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA72

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of the Attorney General controls Ontario. Ministry of the Attorney General. Walkerton Project Office

      Dates of relationship

      2000-2009

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA2272

      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

          Records schedule MAG 41-01 to 41-04.

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Walz