Ontario. Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Fund

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Fund

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Fund

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1962-

      History

      The Fund was first established in 1962, and was administered by the Ontario Department of Transport. By 1972, administration of the Fund had been given to the Ontario Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations, and placed in the Office of the Superintendent of Insurance. In 1976, the Fund became part of the Financial Institutions Division. In 1986, when the Ontario Ministry of Financial Institutions was formed, the Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Fund became part of that ministry, under the jurisdiction the Insurance Division and the Superintendent of Insurance. In 1990, the Fund was transferred to the newly established Ontario Insurance Commission.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Fund provides compensation to victims of accidents caused by drivers of uninsured, stolen and hit and run vehicles.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Transport (1957-1971)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA45

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Transport controls Ontario. Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Fund

      Dates of relationship

      1962-1972

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations (1972-2001)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA18

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations controls Ontario. Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Fund

      Dates of relationship

      1972-1986

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Financial Institutions (1986-1993)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA91

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Financial Institutions controls Ontario. Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Fund

      Dates of relationship

      1986-1990

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario Insurance Commission (1990-1998)

      Identifier of related entity

      BA71

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario Insurance Commission controls Ontario. Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Fund

      Dates of relationship

      1990-

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA208

      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, 1962-1996

          KWIC Indexes, 1975-1996

          Maintenance notes

          Agency not in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24


          Archivist(s):
          R. Anger