Ontario. Public Protection Division

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Public Protection Division

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Public Protection Division

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1964-1966

      History

      The Public Protection Division of the Ontario Department of the Attorney General was established in 1964. Attached to the division were the Ontario Securities Commission and the Office of the Superintendent of Insurance. In 1966, however, both of these agencies were transferred to the new Ministry of Financial and Commercial Affairs and the Public Protection Division was abolished.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Public Protection Division was responsible for all aspects of law and law enforcement designed to safeguard the public against fraud and to ensure that reasonable information is given as to the risks involved in the fields of investment, insurance, savings and consumer credit.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of the Attorney General (1791-1969)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA28

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of the Attorney General controls Ontario. Public Protection Division

      Dates of relationship

      1964-1966

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA196

      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 Guide to Services of the Ontario Government, 1964-1966

          Maintenance notes

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

          Archivist(s):
          R. Anger