Ontario. Sports and Recreation Bureau

• Sports and Recreation Bureau

• Ontario. Sports and Recreation Branch

The Sports and Recreation Bureau was created in April 1973 within the Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services, and was originally known as the Sports and Recreation Branch. It took over the functions of the Youth and Recreation Branch. In June 1974 the name became the Sports and Recreation Bureau.

The Sports and Recreation Bureau was divided into two sections. Community Programs Section, consisting of consultants in field offices, was divided into 6 units: Northwestern Unit, Northern Unit, Western Unit, Eastern Unit, Central Unit, and the Francophone Unit; along with, the Recreation Programs Section, which was divided into the Special Services Unit, the Leadership Unit, the Cultural Unit, the Physical Recreation Unit, Bark Lake Unit, and Publications and Resource Centre.

In 1975, the Bureau was moved to the new Ministry of Culture and Recreation and became the Sports and Fitness Division. However, the Bureau's Culture Unit became part of the new Community Arts Development Branch.

The Sports and Recreation Bureau promoted the development of art, drama, and crafts programs in Ontario, and also provided programs of adult education, recreation, camping and physical education, and operated leadership training camps. The bureau prescribed the conditions governing the payment of grants for programs of adult education, recreation, camping and physical education. Branch consultants worked closely with groups such as Theatre Ontario, the Ontario Crafts Council, and Visual Arts Ontario.

RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12- 24.

Ontario Government Telephone Directories, 1973-1975.

Archivist(s):
R. Anger