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In 1965 a special act of the Ontario legislature established the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), an institute of education for the province of Ontario. OISE issued degrees through the School of Graduate Studies at the University of Toronto but it had its own board of governors, received funding directly from the provincial government, and had its own admission procedures, program regulations, financial awards and degree requirements.

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Ontario Hydro was a printer active in Cornwall, ON.

The Ontario Gymnastic Federation was incorporated in 1974 for the purpose of promoting the sport of gymnastics, the training of coaches, the organization of competitions, and the training of judges and officials. The origins of the Ontario Gymnastic Federation date to the formation of gymnastic clubs at the German Harmonie Club and at the Sokol Club in Toronto, which initiated the formation of the Central Ontario Branch of the Amateur Athletic Union. Around 1967 the gymnasts of Ontario began to put together their own association, the Central Ontario Gymnastic Association. By November of 1968 the name was changed to the Ontario Gymnastic Association.

The Ontario Film and Video Appreciation Society (OFAVAS) was formed in April 1982 to specifically challenge the rights and authority of the Ontario Board of Censors under the 1982 Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The group was formed by independent producers and distributors David Poole, Anna Gronau and Cyndra MacDowall who became the Board of Directors. There was also a prominant Board of Advisors which included Renee Baert, Janic Baudrihaye, Pierre Berton, Jackie Burroughs, Varda Burstyn, June Callwood, David Cronenberg, Malcolm Dean, Barbara Emmanuel, John Friendly, Allan King, Joyce Mason, Carol McBride, Ross McLaren, Michaella McLean, Laura Sabia, Michael Snow, and Joyce Weiland. OFAVAS worked in concert with the Film and Video Against Censorship (FAVAC) group.

The Ontario Federation of Agriculture was renamed from the Canadian Chamber of Agriculture (Ontario branch) in 1940. The OFA is a producer-led organization based in Guelph, Ontario that works to represent and champion the diverse interests of Ontario’s agri-food sector and rural communities. Their work includes government relations, farm policy development, research, lobby efforts, community representation, media relations and more.

In 1949, the Federation started Co-operators Insurance Association of Guelph (CIAG) as a service to farmers. It started as a wholly-owned subsidiary of OFA. The development of Co-operators was due in large part to OFA’s reaction to growing member concerns regarding a need for insurance protection for farmers. OFA identified (through member concerns) a significant need to establish an insurance company that could meet the unique insurance needs of farmers, starting with automobile coverage.

In 1968, OFA reorganized its structure to allow for individual farmers to become members of OFA. The OFA board of directors was comprised of individual service members (ISM), annually elected from their region and member organizations (county federations). Member organizations were county federations, commodity boards, provincial co-operatives and provincial educational groups. The Ontario Farm Machinery Agency was established as a subsidiary of OFA in 1970 to provide a wide variety of farm implements and parts at a substantial discount for OFA members.

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The land registry system was set up in Upper Canada under John Graves Simcoe through An Act for the Public Registering of Deeds, Conveyances, Wills and Other Incumbrances which shall be made or may affect any Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments within the Province (35 Geo.III c.5, 37 Geo.III c.8, and 58 Geo.III c.3) in 1795. A subsequent revision to these acts through An Act to Consolidate and Amend the Registry Laws of that part of this Province which was formerly Upper Canada (9 Vic. c.34) required the establishment of separate registers for each village, township, town and city.

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