Motion picture ratings in Canada are mostly a provincial responsibility, and each province has its own legislation regarding exhibition and admission.
[2] Similarly, the Manitoba Film Classification Board was dissolved in 2018 and now uses the ratings assigned by British Columbia.
[9] Yukon also does not have a compulsory rating system; the two Landmark Cinemas commercial theatres in Whitehorse "assign the average of film classification for Canada.
[citation needed] Canada also receives a great deal of American advertising that features MPA film ratings.
[19] The Régie does not cut sequences from movies; they are rated in the format provided by the production company.
Nonetheless, the Régie has the authority to deny classification, in which case the movie cannot be distributed in any format in the province of Quebec.