Ontario. Office of Francophone Affairs. Communications and Community Relations Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Office of Francophone Affairs. Communications and Community Relations Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

  • Direction des communications et des relations communautaires

Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

  • Communications and Community Relations Branch

Other form(s) of name

  • Ontario. Office of Francophone Affaiirs. Strategic Communications Branch

Identifiers for corporate bodies

Description area

Dates of existence

1986-

History

The Communications and Community Relations Branch of the Office of Francophone Affairs was created on November 18, 1986, replacing the Corporate Programs and Community Liaison Section.

It was remaned the Strategic Communications Branch in 2005.

Places

Legal status

Functions, occupations and activities

The Communications and Community Relations Branch of the Office of Francophone Affairs develops and co-ordinates the Government of Ontario's French language communications policy by advising ministries on communications issues and strategies, providing internal and external communications services for the Minister responsible for Francophone Affairs and the Office, and developing and maintaining close contacts with Francophone community organizations. Past responsibilities also included Community Support Program, which provided grants to non-profit organizations.

Address

Internal structures/genealogy

General context

Relationships area

Related entity

Ontario. Office of Francophone Affairs (1985-)

Identifier of related entity

BA157

Category of relationship

hierarchical

Type of relationship

Ontario. Office of Francophone Affairs controls Ontario. Office of Francophone Affairs. Communications and Community Relations Branch

Dates of relationship

1986-

Description of relationship

Related entity

Ontario. Office of Francophone Affairs. Corporate Programs and Community Liaison Section (1984-1986)

Identifier of related entity

CA562

Category of relationship

temporal

Type of relationship

Ontario. Office of Francophone Affairs. Corporate Programs and Community Liaison Section is the predecessor of Ontario. Office of Francophone Affairs. Communications and Community Relations Branch

Dates of relationship

Description of relationship

Access points area

Subject access points

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Epithet

Control area

Authority record identifier

CA561

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

      Annual reports of the Office of Francophone Affairs, 1986-1991.

      Government of Ontario Telephone Directories, 1985-2006

      OFA Web site

      Maintenance notes

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

      Archivist(s):
      Paquet