Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Provincial Secretary's Office
Other form(s) of name
Office of the Provincial Secretary for Upper Canada
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
History
Like the other officers of the government, no provision was made for the office of the Provincial Secretary in the Constitutional Act of 1791. The Act did, however, provide authority for the Lieutenant-Governor to establish a legislative council in order to "make laws for the peace, welfare and good government of the province", and of which the Provincial Secretary was a member.
Under the Union Act of 1840, the two Provincial Secretaries of the former provinces of Upper and Lower Canada were not to be united into one office. As a result, the Provincial Secretary's Office for Upper Canada was continued as the Provincial Secretary's Office for Canada West.
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
The Provincial Secretary was responsible for a number of functions within the Government, including the preparation and recording of land patents, commissions, proclamations, patents for inventions, and all documents requiring the Great Seal of the province. The Provincial Secretary's Office was also responsible for transcribing the acts of Parliament and for acting as a Records Office for the Government.
Address
Constitutional Act, Statutes of Great Britain 1791, Chap. 31
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
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Access points area
Subject access points
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Epithet
Control area
Authority record identifier
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Rules and/or conventions used
RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
Language(s)
Script(s)
Sources
Bishop, Olga. Publications of the Province of Upper Canada and of Great Britain, 1791-1840 (1984)
Maintenance notes
Agency not in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24
Archivist(s):
R. Anger