Liquor Licence Board of Ontario

Identity area

Type of entity

Higher-level Ontario government office (type B)

Authorized form of name

Liquor Licence Board of Ontario

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Liquor Licence Board of Ontario

    Other form(s) of name

    • LLBO

    • Liquor Authority Control Board of Ontario

    • LACBO

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1944-1998

    History

    The Liquor Licence Board of Ontario (LLBO) was established as the Liquor Authority Control Board of Ontario (LACBO)in 1944. This Board was created to assume the function of regulating hotels and other licensed establishments, previously undertaken by the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO).

    With the passing of the Liquor License Act in 1947, the LACBO was renamed the Liquor Licence Board of Ontario.

    After substantial revisions to the Liquor Licence Act in 1975, the Liquor Licence Board of Ontario became a crown corporation. At the same time, the Liquor Licence Appeals Tribunal was established independently of the Liquor Licence Board of Ontario, to serve as a quasi-judicial body which could receive appeals of decisions made by the Board.

    The LLBO was attached to the Department of the Attorney General from its creation until 1949 when it was moved to the Department of the Provincial Secretary (renamed the Department of the Provincial Secretary and Citizenship in 1961). In 1972 it rested briefly with the Ministry of the Solicitor General before being transferred to the Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations. The Board remains with MCCR to date.

    In 1998 the responsibilities of the Board were transfered to the jurisdiction of the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    Under the Liquor License Act, the Liquor Licence Board of Ontario (LLBO) issues, renews, transfers, suspends and revokes liquor licences (including Special Occasion Permits) for on-premise sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages. The Board also regulates alcoholic beverage advertising and, until 1981, conducted fire inspections of all licensed establishments in the province. In 1981, this function was taken over by the Office of the Fire Marshal of Ontario.

    Address

    The Liquor Authority Control Act, Statutes of Ontario 1944, Chap. 33

    The Liquor Licence Act, Statutes of Ontario 1946, Chap. 47

    The Liquor Licence Act, Statutes of Ontario 1975, Chap. 40

    Internal structures/genealogy

    General context

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (1998-)

    Identifier of related entity

    BA527

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario is the successor of Liquor Licence Board of Ontario

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    BA76

    Institution identifier

    Rules and/or conventions used

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

    Status

    For Review

    Level of detail

    Dates of creation, revision and deletion

    2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

    Language(s)

      Script(s)

        Sources

        Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24

        MacTaggart, Hazel. Publications of the Government of Ontario, 1901-1955 (1964)

        Ontario Government Telephone Directories, 1949-1952

        AGCO web page, www.agco.ca, 2019.

        Maintenance notes

        Archivist(s):
        R. Anger, Levi