Ontario. Public Health Division

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Public Health Division

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Public Health Division

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1966-1972

      History

      The Public Health Division was created in 1966 within the Ontario Department of Health replacing the former Public Health Administration Branch.

      Under the supervision of an Executive Director, the Division consisted of four branches; the Local Health Services Branch, the Special Health Services Branch, Environmental Health Services Branch and the Laboratory Services Branch. In 1966 the Registered Nursing Assistants Schools were also brought under the Public Health Division with an Officer-in-Charge (Helen McCallum) reporting directly to the Executive Director. The Emergency Health Service, which had been part of the Special Health Services Branch in 1966, began reporting to the Executive Director of the Division in 1967 but was removed from the Division completely in 1968 and transferred to the Ontario Hospital Services Commission.

      In 1972 the Public Health Division was replaced by the Community Health Division in the newly formed Ministry of Health.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Public Health Division provided public health services to Ontario residents, promoted health protection programs, and provided consultative services to local medical officers of health.

      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. Public Health Division

      Dates of relationship

      1966-1972

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Public Health Administration Branch (1960-1966)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1488

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Public Health Administration Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Public Health Division

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Health. Community Health Division (1972-1978)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1490

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Health. Community Health Division is the successor of Ontario. Public Health Division

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1399

      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

          Inventory RG 10

          Annual reports of the Department of Health, 1965-1972

          Maintenance notes

          Canadiana

          Archivist(s):
          Marg McIntyre