Topic

Housing

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

Governments covering Nain · About Nain

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.

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 Nain. We have no power over housing on record for them. If one holds such a power, tell us.

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

Sources

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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