Ontario Film Review Board

Ontario Film Review Board
Agency overview
Formed27 June 1911
(as Board of Censors)
Dissolved1 October 2019
(operations suspended)
TypeCrown agency
JurisdictionGovernment of Ontario
Headquarters4950 Yonge Street, Suite 101B
Toronto, Ontario
Key document
Websiteofrb.gov.on.ca

The Ontario Film Review Board (French: Commission de contrôle cinématographique de l’Ontario) is an inactive agency of the government of the Canadian province of Ontario that was formerly responsible for that province's motion picture rating system. Until 2015, the board reported to the Minister of Consumer Services but as of 1 October 2015, the board was overseen by the Ontario Film Authority.[1] The board's activities were based on the Film Classification Act, 2005.

The Ontario Film Review Board ceased operation as of October 1, 2019, with responsibility for film classification being transferred from the Ontario Film Authority, which is to be wound down, and the Ontario Film Review Board to the Ministry of Government and Consumer Services. Films were briefly deemed to have the same classification as those given by the British Columbia Film Classification Office, and adult films will be cleared for screening in Ontario if they have been approved by any jurisdiction in Canada.[2][3] Ratings are now no longer required for movies to be shown in Ontario.[4]

  1. ^ "New Ontario Film Authority to Oversee Classification and Theatres" (Press release). Ministry of Government and Consumer Services. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  2. ^ Sanborn Memo ontariofilmauthority.ca [permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ "Ontario's film ratings board to be shuttered by Ford government | Bowen Island Undercurrent". Archived from the original on 27 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Film content information in Ontario". Government of Ontario. Retrieved 22 February 2023.