The ''Canadian National Exhibition Association Act'' is an Ontario provincial statute first passed in 1983 and amended in 1999 to establish the governance and operation of the
Canadian National Exhibition.
Changes and non-profit status
The 1999 amendments changed the composition of its membership and of the Board of Directors.
In 2013, the CNEA became an independent
non-profit corporation
A nonprofit corporation is any legal entity which has been Incorporation (business), incorporated under the law of its jurisdiction for purposes other than making profits for its owners or shareholders. Depending on the laws of the jurisdiction, a ...
and pays rent to the
City of Toronto government to use
Exhibition Place (a city-owned property and subject to the ''
City of Toronto Act''). As such CNEA members no longer sit on the Exhibition Place Board.
See also
* ''
Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act''
*
Royal Agricultural Winter Fair - which is held at Exhibition Place but operated by the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Association independent from the Exhibition Place
References
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Ontario provincial legislation
1983 in Canadian law
1983 in Ontario