Ontario. Provincial Offences Courts

Identity area

Type of entity

Higher-level Ontario government office (type B)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Provincial Offences Courts

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Provincial Offences Courts

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1980-1989

      History

      The Provincial Offences Courts were established in 1980 by an amendment to the Provincial Courts Act. The courts are presided over by justices of the peace appointed by the Lieutenant Governor. Provincial judges, however, may also sit in the court. The Chief Judge of the Provincial Court (Criminal Division) is also Chief Judge of the Provincial Offences Courts. Additionally, the Clerk of the Provincial Court (Criminal Division) of a county or district is also the Clerk of the Provincial Offences Court for that county or district. The Court held sittings on a regular basis in each of the various counties and districts of the province. By 1989, this included 149 locations. In 1989, the Provincial Offences Courts were merged with the Provincial Court (Criminal Division) and the Provincial Court (Family Division) to form the Ontario Court of Justice (Provincial Division).

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Provincial Offences Courts had jurisdiction to hear, determine and dispose of minor matters involving offences under the Statutes of Ontario, such as the Highway Traffic Act, as well as under municipal by-laws, excluding parking infractions.

      Address

      Provincial Courts Amendment Act, Statutes of Ontario 1979, Chap. 5

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Court of Justice (Provincial Division) (1989-)

      Identifier of related entity

      BA59

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Court of Justice (Provincial Division) is the successor of Ontario. Provincial Offences Courts

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      BA56

      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

          Zuber, The Honourable T.G. Report of the Ontario Courts Inquiry (1987)

          KWIC Indexes, 1980-1990

          Maintenance notes

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

          Archivist(s):
          R. Anger