Ontario. Supreme Court. Master's Office

• Master's Office

• Ontario. Supreme Court. Judicial Branch

The Master's Office of the Supreme Court was established by Order in Council in May 1923, replacing the former offices of the Master in Ordinary and the Master in Chambers of the Supreme Court.

At the time of its establishment, the Office consisted of the Senior Master of the Supreme Court, two Assistant Masters and a Chief Clerk. Filling the position of Senior Master was J.A.C. Cameron, formerly the Master in Chambers.

The Master's Office was also known as the Judicial Branch of the Supreme Court offices, which were located at Osgoode Hall, Toronto, Ontario.

The Office continued to exist until 1989. In that year, legislation was passed which merged the Supreme and District Courts of the province and regionalized the court system. As a result, the Master's Office of the Supreme Court was replaced with Master's Offices in Toronto, Windsor and Ottawa.

The Master’s Office could hear matters on reference from a Judge and could rule on a number of procedural issues and applications including: administration of partition without action; vacating certificates of lis pendens; motions to wind up companies; motions for interpleader; payment into court of moneys under the Trustee Act; payment of money out of court; hearing motions for judgment on specially endorsed writs and actions for account; certain motions relating to estates.

Order in Council 128/216 (May 4, 1923)

Courts of Justice Amendment Act, Statutes of Ontario 1989, Chap. 55

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

2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

Legislation/Orders in Council (see above)

KWIC Indexes, 1989-1997

Ontario Government Telephone Directories, 1989-1998

Public Accounts of the Government of Ontario

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

Archivist(s):
T. Belton, R. Anger