Ontario. License Branch

Zone d'identification

Type d'entité

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Forme autorisée du nom

Ontario. License Branch

forme(s) parallèle(s) du nom

    Forme(s) du nom normalisée(s) selon d'autres conventions

    • License Branch

    Autre(s) forme(s) du nom

    • Ontario. Liquor License Branch

    Numéro d'immatriculation des collectivités

    Zone de description

    Dates d’existence

    1876-1915

    Historique

    The License Branch was created in 1876 following the passage of the Crooks Act (as it was commonly known), which increased the restrictions on the sale of alcohol in the province. The Act required the creation of Boards of License Commissioners at the municipal level, and a License Branch at the provincial level to administer the act. The License Branch formed part of the Ontario Department of the Provincial Secretary.

    In 1915, the License Branch was replaced with the Board of License Commissioners for Ontario, which replaced the Local Boards of License Commissioners and centralized enforcement of laws regulating the sale of alcohol. The following year, the Ontario Temperance Act was passed which severely restricted the sale of alcohol in the province, and the Board of License Commissioners for Ontario took over responsibility for administration of the act.

    Lieux

    Statut légal

    Fonctions et activités

    The License Branch of the Ontario Department of the Provincial Secretary was responsible for the regulation of alcohol sales in Ontario, primarily by issuing licenses to establishments that sold alcohol.

    Adresse

    An Act to amend the Law respecting the Sale of Fermented or Spiritous Liquors, Statutes of Ontario 1875-76, Chap. 26.

    Organisation interne/Généalogie

    Contexte général

    Zone des relations

    Entité associée

    Ontario. Dept. of the Provincial Secretary (1867-1961)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA27

    Type de relation

    hiérarchique

    Type de relation

    Ontario. Dept. of the Provincial Secretary contrôles Ontario. License Branch

    Dates de la relation

    Description de la relation

    Entité associée

    Board of License Commissioners for Ontario (1915-1927)

    Identifier of related entity

    BA161

    Type de relation

    temporel

    Type de relation

    Board of License Commissioners for Ontario est le successeur de Ontario. License Branch

    Dates de la relation

    Description de la relation

    Zone des points d'accès

    Mots-clés - Sujets

    Mots-clés - Lieux

    Epithet

    Zone du contrôle

    Identifiant de notice d'autorité

    CA564

    Identifiant du service d'archives

    Règles et/ou conventions utilisées

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

    Statut

    Approved

    Niveau de détail

    Dates de production, de révision et de suppression

    2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

    Langue(s)

      Écriture(s)

        Sources

        Reports of the Hon. the Provincial Secretary on the Working of the Tavern and Shop Licenses Act, 1876- 1885.

        Reports on the Operation of Liquor License Acts, Ontario, 1876-1890.

        Reports on Inspection of Liquor Licenses, 1899-1905.

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

        Notes de maintenance

        Agency not found in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24. The form of name for this agency is derived mainly from the reports mentioned above, which in the late 1870's begin using the term "License Branch". Hazel MacTaggart has this listed as "Liquor License Branch", but I cannot find this form in the original reports.

        Archivist(s):
        Bob Krawczyk