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Ontario Board of Censors
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Ontario Board of Censors of Motion Pictures
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The Ontario Board of Censors (sometimes called the Ontario Board of Censors of Motion Pictures) was formed in 1911 within the Treasury Department.
In 1938, the Board of Censors and the Inspection Branch were amalgamated into the Motion Picture Censorship and Theatres Inspection Branch, although the board continued its existence as a distinct part of the branch. In 1954, this branch became known as the Theatres Branch. In 1958, the Theatres Branch and with it the Ontario Board of Censors was moved from the Treasury Department to the Department of Travel and Publicity and, in 1964, this department was renamed the Department of Tourism and Information.
In 1972, the Theatres Branch, including the Ontario Board of Censors, was moved into the Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations, where it was eventually placed in the Business Practices Division. In December 1984, the Ontario Board of Censors was replaced with the Ontario Film Review Board.
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The Ontario Board of Censors was responsible for the censorship of all films shown in Ontario theatres, in order to maintain a reasonable standard of decency.
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RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Canadiana Name Authorities.
KWIK Indexes to Services of the Ontario Government.
Maintenance notes
Archivist(s):
Steve Billiinton