Identity area
Type of entity
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Office of Protocol
Other form(s) of name
Ontario. Office of Protocol Services
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Description area
Dates of existence
History
The Office of Protocol was created within the Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs in 1979, replacing the Protocol Services Branch which existed within the Ministry of Government Services. In the new ministry it formed part of the Planning and Management section.
The Office of Protocol was transferred to the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Technology in 1991, where it became part of the Trade and International Relations Division. It co-operated closely with the International Relations Branch of the same division.
In 1993, when the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade was formed, the Office of Protocol and the International Relations Branch were merged as the Office of International Relations and Protocol.
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Functions, occupations and activities
The Office of Protocol was responsible for providing protocol, logistics and hospitality support for initiatives such as visits to Ontario by foreign VIPs and travels abroad by Ontario government officials. The office also provided the first point of contact for resident consular representatives, visiting diplomats and other foreign VIPs, and was the point of contact with the federal government on matters pertaining to visits, privileges and immunities.
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Rules and/or conventions used
RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Sources
Archives of Ontario. Inventory 9 - Records of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (February 1997)
Maintenance notes
Agency not found in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24
Archivist(s):
Robert Anger