Ontario. Office on Aging Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Office on Aging Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Office on Aging Branch

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      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1966-1968

      History

      The Office on Aging Branch was created in 1966, expanding the functions it performed as the secretariat for the Ontario Legislative Assembly Select Committee on Aging (from 1964- 1966).

      This branch reported directly to the Deputy Minister throughout its existence.

      In 1968, the Office on Aging Branch was merged with the Homes for the Aged Branch to form the new Homes for the Aged-Office on Aging Branch.

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      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Office on Aging Branch conducted, evaluated, and disseminated research relating to aging and the aged in the province of Ontario and liaised with other provincial government bodies conducting similar research. In addition to its research function, the branch provided specialized statistical services for the department. It also assisted local committees in the planning, design and survey stages for proposed elderly centres. Lastly, this branch co-ordinated the activities from several interdepartmental bodies. The most notable of these was the Ontario Interdepartmental Advisory Committee, a body established to implement the recommendations made by the Legislative Select Committee on Aging.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Public Welfare (1930-1967)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA39

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Public Welfare controls Ontario. Office on Aging Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1966-1967

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Social and Family Services (1967-1972)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA41

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Social and Family Services controls Ontario. Office on Aging Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1967-1968

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Homes for the Aged - Office on Aging Branch (1968-1973)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA962

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Homes for the Aged - Office on Aging Branch is the successor of Ontario. Office on Aging Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA977

      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

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          Sources

          Department of Public Welfare Annual Reports, 1966-1967; Department of Social and Family Services, 1967-1968.

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Bill Hughey