The Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) is an independent administrative board, operated as an adjudicative tribunal, in the province of Ontario, Canada. It hears applications and appeals on municipal and planning disputes, including appeals under the Planning Act (related to matters such as zoning, subdivision plans, official plans, consents and variances), land compensation matters under the Expropriations Act, specific heritage appeals under the Ontario Heritage Act, municipal financing proposals under the Municipal Act, and various other matters under other legislation. The tribunal is governed by the Ontario Municipal Board Act and reports to the Ministry of the Attorney General.
One of the oldest tribunals in the province, the OMB was established in 1897 as the Ontario Railway and Municipal Board to "oversee municipalities’ accounts and to supervise the then rapidly growing rail transportation system between and within municipalities". It assumed its current name in 1932.
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—Alfred E. Smith (1873–1944)
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)