Maritime Film Classification Board

Nova Scotia is the lead administrator of the program, which provides office space and employees through its Alcohol and Gaming Authority.

However, the New Brunswick ratings were usually identical to those provided by the Nova Scotia Film Classification Board, thus the decision to amalgamate services.

It was decided nationally that censorship of them was necessary in order to be suitable for a wide, general audience of varying ages, mental, and educational levels.

The following ratings were used from the late 1960s to the early 1980s: Films were still subject to editing by censors until the 1980s, when the boards slowly drifted towards classification.

In the late 1980s, the ratings were altered slightly and remained unchanged until December 31, 1993: It was around this time that the home video market began to increase in popularity and pornographic films were no longer rejected.