Ontario Olympic Secretariat

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario Olympic Secretariat

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Ontario Olympic Secretariat

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1987-1991

      History

      The Ontario Olympic Secretariat was established in 1987 under the Recreation Division of the Ministry of Tourism and Recreation. It was abolished in 1991 following the International Olympic Committee’s decision to award the 1996 Games to Atlanta, Georgia.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Ontario Olympic Secretariat was established as the agency of the Ontario government in the Toronto bid for the 1996 Olympic Games. It served as the liaison between the province and the Toronto Ontario Olympic Council, the official bidder for the games, and with other levels of government which had an interest in the Toronto Olympics.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Tourism and Recreation (1982-1993) (1982-1993)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA6

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Tourism and Recreation (1982-1993) controls Ontario Olympic Secretariat

      Dates of relationship

      1987-1991

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA729

      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

          Government of Ontairo Telephone Directory, 1987-1991

          KWIC Index to Government Services, 1987- 1991.

          Maintenance notes

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


          Archivist(s):
          Wayne Crockett