Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
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Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
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Description area
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History
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions was established within the Ontario Department of the Attorney General in 1948. In 1964, the Office was placed within the Criminal Law Division, where it remained until the division was dissolved in 1969. In 1970, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions was attached to the Crown Law Office with the position of Director acquiring Assistant Deputy Attorney General status. In 1973, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions was renamed the Criminal Appeals and Special Prosecutions Branch. At this time, responsibility for the supervision of the Crown Attorneys system was also given to a Director of Crown Attorneys.
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Functions, occupations and activities
The Director of Public Prosecutions was a senior legal officer within the Ontario Department of the Attorney General responsible for the co-ordination and conduct of all prosecutions and appeals under the Criminal Code and other federal and provincial statutes within Ontario. The Director of Public Prosecutions was also responsible for the supervision of the Crown Attorneys of the Province.
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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
Annual Reports of the Ministry of the Attorney General, 1974-1992
Directory and Guide to the Services of the Ontario Government, 1948-1967
Canadian Almanac, 1947-1950
Ontario Government Telephone Directories, 1968-1996
Maintenance notes
Agency not in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24
Archivist(s):
R. Anger