Royal Ontario Museum Act

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• 1Definitions

  1 In this Act, “Board” means the board of trustees of the Museum; (“conseil”) “Museum” means The Royal Ontario Museum; (“Musée”) “Unincorporated Institutions” means the institutions known before the 1st day of July, 1968 as The Royal Ontario Museum and The R. S. McLaughlin Planetarium, whose assets and rights were before that date vested in The Governors of the University of Toronto. (“établissements sans personnalité morale”) R.S.O. 1990, c. R.35, s. 1.

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• 2Museum corporation continued

  2 (1) The corporation without share capital known as The Royal Ontario Museum, consisting of the trustees for the time being of the Board, is continued under the name of The Royal Ontario Museum in English and under the name Musée royal de l’Ontario in French. R.S.O. 1990, c. R.35, s. 2 (1). Fiscal year (2) The fiscal year of the Museum shall be as follows: 1. Until June 30, 2005, the fiscal year begins on July 1 in each year and ends on June 30 of the following year. 2. For the year beginning July 1, 2005, the fiscal year runs nine months and ends on March 31, 2006. 3. Beginning April 1, 2006, the fiscal year begins on April 1 in each year and ends on March 31 of the following year. 2006, c. 19, Sched. H, s. 1. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2006, c. 19, Sched. H, s. 1 - 22/06/2006

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• 3Objects of Museum

  3 The objects of the Museum are, (a) the collection and exhibition of objects, documents and books of any kind to illustrate and make known to the public the natural history of Ontario, Canada and the world; (b) the collection and exhibition of objects, documents and books of any kind to illustrate and make known to the public human history in all the ages; (c) the operation of a planetarium; (d) the promotion of education, teaching, research and publication in any or all fields related to the objects of the Museum referred to in clauses (a), (b) and (c). R.S.O. 1990, c. R.35, s. 3.

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• 4Board of trustees

  4 (1) The affairs of the Museum shall be managed and controlled by a board of trustees, consisting of no fewer than 13 and no more than 21 trustees. R.S.O. 1990, c. R.35, s. 4 (1); 2025, c. 24, Sched. 21, s. 1 (1). Trustees, by virtue of office (2) The chair of The Governing Council of the University of Toronto and the President of the University of Toronto are, by virtue of office, trustees of the Museum. R.S.O. 1990, c. R.35, s. 4 (2); 2023, c. 9, Sched. 31, s. 1 (1). Appointment and election (3) The remaining trustees shall consist of, (a) four elected by the members of the Museum; and (b) not fewer than seven and not more than 15 appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council. 2025, c. 24, Sched. 21, s. 1 (2). Term (3.1) The trustees elected under clause (3) (a) shall each hold office for a term of three years. 2025, c. 24, Sched. 21, s. 1 (2). Same (3.2) The trustees appointed unde…

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• 5Powers of Board

  5 The Board has all the powers necessary or convenient to achieve the objects of the Museum and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, may, (a) make by-laws, rules and regulations, (i) for the administration of the affairs of the Museum, (ii) governing the use by the public of the facilities, property and equipment of the Museum and requiring the payment of fees for the admission of the public or any class thereof to such facilities and property, and prescribing the amounts of such fees, and (iii) providing for membership in the Museum and prescribing the qualifications and terms of membership and the fees, if any, to be paid therefor, and providing for and regulating meetings of the members; (b) appoint a Director of the Museum; (c) appoint, promote, transfer or remove an Associate Director or Associate Directors and all curators, officers and staff as are necessary for the …

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• 6Duties and powers of Director

  6 The Director is the chief executive officer of the Museum and has general supervision over and direction of the operations of the Museum, and the Associate Director or Directors, curators, officers and staff thereof, and has such other powers and shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be conferred upon or assigned to him or her by the Board, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) shall make recommendations to the Board as to all appointments to and all promotions in, and removals from the staff of the Museum including the Associate Director or Directors, curators and officers; (b) may suspend the Associate Director or Directors, any curator, officer or member of the staff of the Museum, and, forthwith, after suspending any person, shall report his or her action to the Board with a statement of the reasons therefor; and (c) shall report annually to t…

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• 7Transfer of assets

  7 (1) All property, real and personal, and the undertaking and assets, with all the rights, powers, privileges and immunities vested in, owned, held, possessed or enjoyed by The Governors of the University of Toronto on the 1st day of July, 1968 and which relate to the Unincorporated Institutions, including but not limited to the real property described in the Schedule hereto, are hereby vested in the Museum without the necessity of any other grant, conveyance, transfer, assignment or vesting thereof subject to the provisions of this Act, and the Museum shall assume, satisfy and perform all debts and obligations relating to such property, undertaking and assets and shall indemnify The Governors of the University of Toronto from such debts and obligations. R.S.O. 1990, c. R.35, s. 7 (1). Rights to other assets (2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), all gifts, devises, deed…

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• 8Property

  8 (1) The Museum has, in addition to the powers, rights and privileges mentioned in section 92 of Part VI (Interpretation) of the Legislation Act, 2006, power to purchase or otherwise acquire, take or receive by gift, bequest or devise and to hold and enjoy, any estate or property whatsoever, whether real or personal, and to sell, grant, convey, mortgage, lease or otherwise dispose of the same or any part thereof from time to time and as occasion may require, and to acquire other estate or property in addition thereto or in place thereof without limitation as to the period of holding. R.S.O. 1990, c. R.35, s. 8; 2006, c. 21, Sched. F, s. 131. Restriction, acquisition of real property (2) Despite subsection (1), the Museum shall not acquire a freehold interest in real property without the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council. 2024, c. 7, s. 9. Restriction, disposal of real prope…

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• 9Exemption from taxation

  9 The Museum and its real and personal property, business and income are exempt from all assessment and taxation made, imposed or levied by or under the authority of any Act of the Legislature. R.S.O. 1990, c. R.35, s. 9.

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• 10Property of Museum not liable to expropriation

  10 Real property vested in the Museum is not liable to be entered upon, used or taken by any corporation, except a municipal corporation, or by any person possessing the right of taking real property compulsorily for any purpose, and no power to expropriate real property conferred on or after the 1st day of July, 1968 shall extend to such property unless in the Act conferring the power it is made in express terms to apply thereto. R.S.O. 1990, c. R.35, s. 10.

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• 11Borrowing powers

  11 (1) The Board may borrow money upon the credit of the Museum, and may issue bonds, debentures or other securities of the Museum, and may pledge or sell them for such sums or at such prices as may be considered expedient or necessary, and may hypothecate, mortgage or pledge all or any of the real or personal property, rights or powers of the Museum to secure any bonds, debentures or other securities and any indebtedness of or money borrowed for the purposes of the Museum. R.S.O. 1990, c. R.35, s. 11 (1). Limitation (2) The amount that may be borrowed under subsection (1) together with the total amount of any such borrowings that remain unpaid shall not exceed at any one time $100,000 without the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, but a lender is not bound to inquire as to the compliance by the Museum with this subsection and where any loan is made it shall be deemed to hav…

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• 12Application of property

  12 The property and the income, revenues, issues and profits of all property of the Museum shall be applied solely to achieving the objects of the Museum. R.S.O. 1990, c. R.35, s. 12.

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• 13Investment of funds

  13 The funds of the Museum not immediately required for its purposes and the proceeds of all property that come to the Museum, subject to any trust or trusts affecting the same, may be invested and reinvested in such investments as the Board considers meet. R.S.O. 1990, c. R.35, s. 13.

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• 14Audit

  14 The accounts and financial transactions of the Museum shall be audited annually by an auditor or auditors appointed by the Board. R.S.O. 1990, c. R.35, s. 14. Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010

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  15 (1) The Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010 applies to the Museum, except as prescribed by regulation under subsection (2). 2017, c. 20, Sched. 8, s. 128. Regulations (2) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations prescribing provisions of the Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010 that do not apply to the Museum. 2017, c. 20, Sched. 8, s. 128. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2009, c. 33, Sched. 11, s. 8 - 15/12/2009 2017, c. 20, Sched. 8, s. 128 - 19/10/2021

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• 16Trust property

  16 Nothing in this Act authorizes the Board to alienate, hypothecate, mortgage or pledge any real or personal property given, devised or bequeathed with a condition annexed to such gift that the property shall not be alienated, hypothecated, mortgaged or pledged. R.S.O. 1990, c. R.35, s. 16. SCHEDULE All and singular that certain parcel or tract of land and premises situate, lying and being in the City of Toronto, in the County of York and Province of Ontario, being composed of Lots 50, 53 and part of Lot 70 according to a Plan filed in the Registry Office for the Registry Division of Toronto as No. D-178 the part of a Road closed by a Plan filed in the said Registry Office as No. 207E, Block B according to a Plan filed in the said Registry Office as No. 211E, Block A according to a Plan filed in the said Registry Office as No. 225E, and parts of Lots 1 and 2 according to a Plan filed in…

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