Ontario. Treasury Dept. Audit Branch

• Audit Branch

• Ontario. Audit Office

The Audit Branch was created within the Treasury Department in 1969. Prior to 1867, these functions were undertaken by the Audit Office under the Board of Audit of the former Province of Canada . From 1867 until 1869, the duties of the Audit Branch were undertaken by a Chief Audit Clerk within the Treasury Department. From 1868-1869, George Mathews, directly prepared the accounts.

In 1869, an Audit Branch was created in the Treasury Department, with William Cayley in charge as Auditor until 1877. Charles Hood Sproule was appointed Auditor of the Province of Ontario by Order-in-Council of 5 Jan. 1878, and served until 1891.

The Audit Branch ceased to exist in 1887 with the establishment of the Office of the Provincial Auditor. An independent Provincial Auditor's report first appeared that year in the Public Accounts.

The Audit Branch was required to prepare and deliver the Public Accounts of Ontario to the Treasurer, who in turn presented them to the Legislature.

Order-in-Council of 15 July 1869

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

2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

Craig & Ramsay, Guide to the Holdings of the Archives of Ontario (1985), #0313; Ontario Government Telephone Directories; Public Accounts and Estimates, 1884-1949; Annual Reports; Office of the Provincial Auditor of Ontario: the First 100 Years (1986); RG 6 Inventory, "Introduction." Canadiana Name Authorities

The term "Audit Office" was in more or less semi-official use from 1888 to 1936, after which it disappeared from the Public Accounts; usage of this form of name stops in the Provincial Auditor's Annual Report after 1926. The official form of name then became the "Provincial Auditor's Office" from 1937-1969. In 1970 the present form of name first appears in official use.

Archivist(s):
R. Coram