Ontario Temperance Act

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Ontario Temperance Act was a law passed in Ontario in 1916 to prohibit the sale of alcohol, a period known as Prohibition. This meant the province remained dry in legal terms, but smugglers continued to import alcohol into the province. The act was repealed in 1921, but one part of Toronto, The Junction, remained "dry" until the late 1990s largely due to the efforts of Reverend William Temple.