Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Office of the Provincial Municipal Auditor
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
History
The Office of the Provincial Municipal Auditor was established in 1897. The Auditor reported to the Attorney General of Ontario from 1897 to 1914, and after that to the Provincial Secretary. The Provincial Municipal Auditor was transferred to the newly created Bureau of Municipal Affairs in 1917.
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
The Provincial Municipal Auditor was responsible for devising accounting procedures for the various levels of local government across Ontario, for auditing the books of these municipalities, and for preparing books of account for use by the various school boards of the province.
Address
Act to make better provision for keeping and auditing Municipal and School Accounts, Statutes of Ontario 1897, Chap 48
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
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Related entity
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Access points area
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Epithet
Control area
Authority record identifier
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Rules and/or conventions used
RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
Language(s)
Script(s)
Sources
Bishop, Olga. Publications of the Ontario Government, 1867-1900 (1976)
Maintenance notes
Agency not found in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24
Archivist(s):
R. Anger