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Ontario Film Review Board
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The Ontario Film Review Board was created in December 1984, and assumed the responsibilities of the former Ontario Board of Censors. The board was administered within the Theatres Branch of the Ontario Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations.
In 1986, the Theatres Branch was disbanded and the Film Review Board became part of the Entertainment Standards Branch. In 1988 the board was removed from the jurisdiction of the Entertainment Standards Branch, and reported directly to the Deputy Minister of Consumer and Commercial Relations. In June 1994, the board was moved to the Agency Relations Branch within the Policy, Agencies and Corporate Affairs Division.
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The Ontario Film Review Board is responsible for the review and classification of all movies and videos shown in public places in Ontario, and advertisements associated with them. The board assigns classifications for movies and has the power to order the removal of scenes offensive to community standards, or to ban films outright.
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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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KWIC Indexes to services of the Ontario Goverment.
Government of Ontario Telephone Directories.
Canadiana Name Authorities.
Maintenance notes
Canadiana has this as "Ontario. Film Review Board". In most published sources, however, the board is known as the "Ontario Film Review Board" and this is the chosen form of name for this heading.
Archivist(s):
Steve Billinton