Government terms

Government terms Glossaries on the following topics: * common abbreviations * government websites * job ads and position descriptions * signage (including court signage) * news releases and other information documents Access [ONTERM](https://www.sdc.gov.on.ca/sites/mgcs-onterm/en/Pages/default.aspx), the complete source for official Ontario government terminology in English and French. 2025-03-26 Government of Ontario Government and PoliticsGovernment and FinanceGovernment Children and youth services lexiconCSV https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/da69f96f-4075-477e-9ab2-c1bec97faa75/resource/7e32c46e-b046-485e-a1a3-8dd4c2886f37/download/mgcs-datatable-ministry-specific-terms-children-and-youth-services-mental-health-en-utf8-2022-01.csv Children and youth services lexiconCSV 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Glossaries on the following topics: * common abbreviations * government websites * job ads and position descriptions * signage (including court signage) * news releases and other information documents Access ONTERM, the complete source for official Ontario government terminology in English and French.

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