Ontario. Multicultural Development Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Multicultural Development Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Multicultural Development Branch

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1976-1980

      History

      The Multicultural Development Branch came into existence in 1976 when the Office on Community Consultation was renamed. It formed part of the Citizenship and Multiculturalism Division of the Ontario Ministry of Culture and Recreation.

      In 1980, the Multicultural Development Branch was replaced by the Citizenship Development Branch.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Multicultural Development Branch developed programs for improving intergroup and race relations in Ontario society. It offered a counselling service, held workshops, created publications, and gave financial assistance to multicultural groups.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Culture and Recreation (1975-1982)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA5

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Culture and Recreation controls Ontario. Multicultural Development Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1976-1980

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Citizenship Development Branch (1980-1994)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA519

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Citizenship Development Branch is the successor of Ontario. Multicultural Development Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Office on Community Consultation (1973-1976)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA530

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Office on Community Consultation is the predecessor of Ontario. Multicultural Development Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA525

      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

          KWIK Index to Government Services, 1978.

          Annual Reports of the Ministry of Culture and Recreation, 1975/76 to 79/80.

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Bob Krawczyk, Robert Anger