Ontario. Office of Francophone Affairs. Policy and Ministry Services Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Office of Francophone Affairs. Policy and Ministry Services Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

  • Ontario. Office des affaires francophones. Direction des politiques et des services aux ministères

Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

  • Policy and Ministry Services Branch

Other form(s) of name

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1995-

    History

    The Policy and Ministry Services Branch was created within the Office of Francophone Affairs in 1995 when the Operations and Ministry Services Branch and the Policy and Research Branch were amalagamated.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Policy and Ministry Services Branch of the Office of Francophone Affairs advises the Ontario government on policies and programs in the area of francophone affairs, analyzes Cabinet submissions relating to French language services, conducts research and statistical analyses on issues pertaining to the francophone community and shares these findings with government ministries and agencies, advises ministries in maintaining and improving their French language services and handles public complaints about the delivery of French language services from the government.

    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. Policy and Ministry Services Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1995-

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Office of Francophone Affairs. Operations and Ministry Services Branch (1986-1995)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA563

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Office of Francophone Affairs. Operations and Ministry Services Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Office of Francophone Affairs. Policy and Ministry Services Branch

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Office of Francophone Affairs. Policy and Research Branch (1986-1995)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA566

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Office of Francophone Affairs. Policy and Research Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Office of Francophone Affairs. Policy and Ministry Services Branch

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA565

    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, 1985-1991.

        Government of Ontario Telephone Directories, 1995-1998.

        Maintenance notes

        Not found in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24

        Archivist(s):
        Serge Paquet