Topic

Housing

Which governments hold powers over housing, and the laws that give them those powers.

Governments covering Sunnyside · About Sunnyside

Each power below comes from a law, agreement or official page, linked under it. This page lists the powers each government holds. It does not say how they are used.

Municipal

Sunnyside Town Council

Governs Sunnyside

Required by-laws Report
Related: Building permits, zoning and land use
Must adopt by-laws on council procedure, dangerous water sources, building standards (design, construction, lot size and occupancy), arrears sales, and fire prevention and the fire department (s. 7).
Source: assembly.nl.ca, checked Oct 11, 2026
Land use planning Report
Related: Building permits, zoning and land use
Prepares the municipal plan and development regulations and issues development permits for its planning area (Urban and Rural Planning Act, 2000).
Source: assembly.nl.ca, checked Oct 11, 2026

Provincial

House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador

Governs Newfoundland and Labrador

Property and civil rights Report

Property and civil rights in the province: contracts, property, labour relations, consumer protection, insurance, landlord and tenant, and most private law (s. 92(13)).

Residential tenancies law and NL Housing programs.
Source: laws-lois.justice.gc.ca, checked Oct 11, 2026

Federal

Parliament of Canada

Governs Canada

Currency and banking Report
Related: Money and banking
Exclusive: "Currency and Coinage" (s. 91(14)) and "Banking, Incorporation of Banks, and the Issue of Paper Money" (s. 91(15)), Constitution Act, 1867.

Currency, coinage and banking are federal (s. 91(14), (15)).
Source: laws-lois.justice.gc.ca, checked Oct 11, 2026

No power over housing recorded

Other governments covering Sunnyside. We have no power over housing on record for them. If one holds such a power, tell us.

Provincial: Executive Council of Newfoundland and Labrador
School board: Conseil scolaire francophone provincial de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador

Sources

assembly.nl.ca · checked Oct 11, 2026 municipal: Towns and Local Service Districts Act, SNL 2023 c. T-6.2, ss. 3-8 and Part VII; Urban and Rural Planning Act, 2000 (https://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/statutes/u08.htm). For: Required by-laws (Sunnyside Town Council), Land use planning (Sunnyside Town Council)
laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked Oct 11, 2026 provincial: Constitution Act, 1867, ss. 92, 92A, 95; Terms of Union of Newfoundland with Canada, Term 17 (education, Constitution Amendment, 1998); Canada-Newfoundland Atlantic Accord Implementation Act (offshore). For: Property and civil rights (House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador)
laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked Oct 11, 2026 Text quoted from the Constitution Acts (Justice Laws Website, current to 2026-09-21). For: Currency and banking (Parliament of Canada)

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