Official Names Ontario
Official Ontario names are names that have been created, approved and are used by the Government of Ontario. They are used to identify the structure, staff and personnel and activities of the provincial government.
Use Official Names Ontario to find official names of the Government of Ontario in English and French, including:
- government programs and initiatives
- public policies
- ministries, agencies and their units
- position titles
Official Names Ontario
Official names of the government of Ontario include:
- position titles and police ranks
- awards and award categories, distinctions, fellowships and scholarships
- slogans, contest and campaign names
- the names of:
- ministries and their organizational units (secretariats, divisions, branches, sections, units)
- agencies, boards, commissions, councils, committees, working groups, task forces, panels and teams
- government plans, frameworks, programs, projects, strategies, initiatives, public policies, standards, funds and funding streams, grants, taxes and tax credits
- government administrative regions
- specialized services (help desks, hotlines, information lines) and squads
- IT systems, applications, networks, hubs, portals, platforms, gateways, databases, directories and registries
- provincial infrastructure, government buildings and provincial highway
- special or commemorative events, conferences and exhibits
The Official Names Ontario database does not include:
official names from Ontario associations or professional organizations
official names from the municipal, university, education and hospital sectors
document titles and forms
for publication titles, visit ServiceOntario Publications
for forms, visit the Ontario Central Forms Repository.
Searching the database
The Official Names Ontario record is divided into three major sections:
common record fields (set of fields at the top of the record)
English section (all the English names and their related fields)
French section (all the French names and their related fields)
Common Record Fields
A record may include the following fields:
| Field name | Description |
|---|---|
| Record number | Record identification number; useful for searching by record number. |
| Database | The name of the database where the record is stored. |
| Ministry | The name and code of the current ministry or ministries with which the record is affiliated. |
| Former ministry | The name and code of the former ministry or ministries with which the record is affiliated. For example, "Ministry of Revenue - REV-Oct11" indicates that the record is affiliated with the Ministry of Revenue, which existed until October 2011. |
| Entity | The name and code of the current entity with which the name is affiliated. |
| Former entity | The name and code of the former entity with which the record is affiliated. |
| Subject | The subject category to which the official government name belongs. For example: "names and titles – organizational units." |
| Name status | The status indicating if the name has not yet been established, has never been established or no longer exists. |
| Created date | The date when the record was created. |
| Modified date | The date when the record was last modified. |
English Section
Each English name listed in this section may include the following fields:
| Field name | Description |
|---|---|
| English | The English name. |
| Number | Indicates the grammatical number of names that are singular although their written form is plural. For example: Application Services. |
| Official status | Indicates the status of the name: 'official name', 'synonym', 'proposed name' or 'avoid'. |
| Category | Indicates the form of the name: acronym, short form or phrase. |
Equivalency | An identifier (no English - use French) indicating that the French name is used in English because there is no English equivalent. For example: Centre Jules-Léger. |
ONTERM note | Comments related to the English name. |
French Section
Each French name listed in this section may include the following fields:
| Field name | Description |
|---|---|
| French | The French name. |
| Gender | Indicates the grammatical gender of the head noun in a name: “m” for masculine, “f” for feminine or “m/f” for either masculine or feminine. |
Number | Indicates the grammatical number of the head noun in a name is plural. |
Official status | Indicates the status of the name: 'official name', 'synonym', 'proposed name' or 'avoid'. |
| Category | Indicates the form of the name: acronym, short form or phrase. |
Equivalency | An identifier (no French - use English) indicating that the English name is used in French because there is no French equivalent. For example: AccessOPS. |
| ONTERM note | Comments related to the French name. |