St. Joseph's School (Alfred, Ont.)

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

St. Joseph's School (Alfred, Ont.)

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • St. Joseph's School (Alfred, Ont.)

    Other form(s) of name

    • Champlain School (Alfred, Ont.)

    • St. Joseph's Industrial School (Alfred, Ont.)

    • St. Joseph's Training School for Boys (Alfred, Ont.)

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1933-1981

    History

    Opened as the St. Joseph's Industrial School in isolated Alfred, Ontario, on 16 September 1933. Operated by the Christian Brothers, it was originally designed to receive French speaking Roman Catholic boys but soon accepted both French and English speakers from eastern and northern Ontario. The facility, built to accommodate up to 120 wards, as young as seven years of age (later raised to nine) held over 200 wards in 1960. Students from Ottawa University Centre of Criminology and Social Services from Algonquin College also did their field placement at the school.

    It was renamed Champlain School in 1967, became inter-denominational and officially bilingual in 1974, and co-educational in 1976. It continued to be staffed by the Christian Brothers but the last wards were transferred to Cecil Facer School in 1978. It was closed on 1 July 1981.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    St. Joseph's Training School for Boys was a training school for Catholic boys. Training schools are facilities for youth placed under the wardship of the Ontario government. The schools offer a variety of vocational and occupational training to their wards, as well as treatment services and recreational programs. After 1976 the school was for both boys and girls.

    Address

    No authorizing agent has been identified for this agency.

    Internal structures/genealogy

    General context

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Training Schools Advisory Board (1931-1986)

    Identifier of related entity

    BA442

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Training Schools Advisory Board controls St. Joseph's School (Alfred, Ont.)

    Dates of relationship

    1933-1937

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Reformatories and Prisons Branch (1934-1946)

    Identifier of related entity

    BA760

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Reformatories and Prisons Branch controls St. Joseph's School (Alfred, Ont.)

    Dates of relationship

    1937-1946

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Dept. of Reform Institutions (1946-1968)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA75

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Dept. of Reform Institutions controls St. Joseph's School (Alfred, Ont.)

    Dates of relationship

    1946-1968

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Dept. of Correctional Services (1968-1972)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA76

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Dept. of Correctional Services controls St. Joseph's School (Alfred, Ont.)

    Dates of relationship

    1968-1972

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Correctional Services (1972-1993) (1972-1993)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA81

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Correctional Services (1972-1993) controls St. Joseph's School (Alfred, Ont.)

    Dates of relationship

    1972-1977

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Children's Services Division (1977-1981) (1977-1981)

    Identifier of related entity

    BA761

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Children's Services Division (1977-1981) controls St. Joseph's School (Alfred, Ont.)

    Dates of relationship

    1977-1981

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Community and Social Services (1972-2018)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA35

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Community and Social Services controls St. Joseph's School (Alfred, Ont.)

    Dates of relationship

    1981-

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA2386

    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

    Language(s)

      Script(s)

        Sources

        Annual Reports of Department of Public Welfare, Department of Reform Institutions, and Provincial Secretary

        Maintenance notes

        Archivist(s):
        McIlroy