Ontario. Psychiatric Services Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Psychiatric Services Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Psychiatric Services Branch

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1968-1973

      History

      The Psychiatric Services Branch was created in 1968, replacing the Mental Hospitals Branch. The new branch was created to reflect a greater concern for the coordination of community programmes and facilities. The Branch formed part of the Ontario Department of Health's Mental Health Division.

      It moved to the newly formed Ministry of Health in 1972. In 1973 the name of the branch was changed to the Psychiatric Hospitals Branch and it began reporting to the Direct Services Division.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Psychiatric Services Branch coordinated provincial services for the mentally ill and administered Ontario's psychiatric hospitals.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Health (1924-1972)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA37

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Health controls Ontario. Psychiatric Services Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1968-1972

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Health (1972-1999)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA42

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Health controls Ontario. Psychiatric Services Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1972-1973

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Mental Hospitals Branch (1966-1968)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1396

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Mental Hospitals Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Psychiatric Services Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Psychiatric Hospitals Branch (1973-1983)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1489

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Psychiatric Hospitals Branch is the successor of Ontario. Psychiatric Services Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1397

      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

          Annual reports of the Department of Health, 1968-1972

          Annual reports of the Ministry of Health, 1972-1974.

          Maintenance notes

          Not found in Canadiana.

          Archivist(s):
          Marg McIntyre