Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
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Central Office
Other form(s) of name
Ontario. High Court of Justice. Central Office
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Description area
Dates of existence
History
The Central Office of the Supreme Court of Ontario has its origins in the Central Office of the High Court of Justice, which was established in 1896 in Toronto, Ontario. It became the Central Office of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court in 1913, and the Central Office of the Supreme Court, in 1923.
At the time of its establishment, the Central Office consisted of the Clerk of the Crown and Pleas along with the Clerk of the Process, the Clerk of Records and Writs1, and various junior clerks.
Under Order-in-Council issued May 4, 1923, the individual Registrar's Offices for both the High Court Division and the Appellate Division were combined to form the Registrar's Office for the Supreme Court of Ontario. With this change, the Central Office was continued as a subordinate office of the Registrar's Office, wherein central Judgement, Order and other records of the court were maintained.
In 1989, legislation was passed which merged the Supreme and District Courts of the province and regionalized the court system in Ontario. As a result, the Central Office of the Supreme Court was replaced by the Central Office of the Metropolitan Toronto Regional Office of the Courts Administration Division of the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General.
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Functions, occupations and activities
The Central Office of the Supreme Court of Ontario was responsible for receiving and filing papers in connection with the commencement of causes and matters in Toronto.
Address
Law Courts Act, Statutes of Ontario 1896, Chap. 18
Judicature Act, Statutes of Ontario 1913, Chap. 19
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Rules and/or conventions used
RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Sources
Statutes of Ontario (see above) Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Supreme Court of Ontario (Civil Matters), 1951
Ontario Public Accounts
Government of Ontario Telephone Directories, 1989-1990
Annual Reports of the Ministry of the Attorney General, 1989/90 and 1990/91
Maintenance notes
Archivist(s):
T. Belton, R. Anger