Ontario. Old Age Assistance and Blind Persons' Allowances Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Old Age Assistance and Blind Persons' Allowances Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Old Age Assistance and Blind Persons' Allowances Branch

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      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1952-1957

      History

      The Old Age Assistance and Blind Persons' Allowances Branch was established within the Ontario Department of Public Welfare in 1952. The branch continued some of the functions of the Old Age Pensions Commission of Ontario, which ceased to exist on December 31, 1951. With this change, a federal programme to provide pensions to Canadian citizens 70 years of age and over was established. The Old Age Assistance and Blind Persons' Allowances Branch, in turn, ensured assistance to those 65-70 years of age.

      In 1957, the branch was merged with the Mothers' Allowances Branch, the Child Welfare Branch, and the Disabled Persons' Allowances Branch to form the Welfare Allowances Branch of the Department of Public Welfare.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Old Age Assistance and Blind Persons' Allowances Branch of the Ontario Department of Public Welfare was responsible for providing financial assistance to persons in Ontario between the ages of 65 and 70, and to the blind.

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      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. Old Age Assistance and Blind Persons' Allowances Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1952-1957

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Welfare Allowances Branch (1957-1967)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA542

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Welfare Allowances Branch is the successor of Ontario. Old Age Assistance and Blind Persons' Allowances Branch

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      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA541

      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

          Directory and Guides to the Ontario Government

          MacTaggart, Hazel. Publications of the Government of Ontario, 1901-1955 (1964)

          MacTaggart, Hazel. Publications of the Government of Ontario, 1956-1971 (1975)

          Maintenance notes

          Agency not found in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24

          Archivist(s):
          R. Anger