Ontario Shared Services

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario Shared Services

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Ontario Shared Services

    Other form(s) of name

    • Ontario. Shared Services Bureau

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1998-

    History

    Ontario Shared Services was created in 1998, within the Management Board Secretariat.

    It was then named the Shared Services Bureau, and combined administrative support staff and functions previously located both in the Management Board Secretariat and individual ministries and agencies.

    The Shared Services Bureau was originally headed by a Chief Executive Officer, reporting to the Secretary of Management Board, and was comprised of a Transition Secretariat (until 2002), the Financial and Administraione Services Branch, the Service Systems Branch, and the Workforce Information Network (transferred to the Office of the Secretary of Management Board in 1999)

    Various re-organizations of the Financial and Administration Services Branch took place in the following years, including the creation of the Customer Services Branch (1999) and the Human Resources Service Delivery Branch (2000).

    In 2005, the Management Board Secretariat ceased to exist, and the Shared Service Bureau became part of the Ministry of Government Services.

    Also in 2005, the Shared Services Bureau was renamed Ontario Shared Services and re-organized.

    As of 2006, it is headed by an Associate Deputy Minister, with the various branches reporting through five Assistant Deputy Ministers: Financial Transactional Services, Supply Chain Management, Strategy and Enterprise Services, HR Transactional Services, and Integrated Financial Information System.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    Ontario Shared Services provides business support services to ministries and agencies of the Ontario Government, including financial services, purchasing, payroll management and processing, employment benefit administration, generic training and general administrative services.

    Address

    Internal structures/genealogy

    General context

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Management Board of Cabinet

    Identifier of related entity

    AA44

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Management Board of Cabinet controls Ontario Shared Services

    Dates of relationship

    1998-2005

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Government Services (2005-2007) (2005-2007)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA128

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Dates of relationship

    2005-

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA2009

    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

        KWIK Indexes, 1998-2006

        Government Phone Books, 1998-2006

        Ministry of Government Services Intranet site

        Maintenance notes

        Archivist(s):
        Paquet