Topic

Housing

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

Governments covering Morell 2 · About Morell 2

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.

Indigenous

Abegweit Chief and Council

Governs Abegweit

By-laws for the reserve (Indian Act s. 81) Report
Related: Building permits, zoning and land use
Makes by-laws for its reserves: health of residents, traffic, law and order, nuisances, animals, roads, water supplies and other local works, zoning and buildings, allotment of reserve land, residence on the reserve, wildlife and fish on the reserve, and trespass. Fines of up to $1,000.
Source: laws-lois.justice.gc.ca, checked Oct 11, 2026

Provincial

Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island

Governs Prince Edward Island

Property and civil rights Report

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

Residential tenancy law (Residential Tenancy Act, administered by IRAC) and 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 Morell 2. We have no power over housing on record for them. If one holds such a power, tell us.

Provincial: Executive Council of Prince Edward Island
School board: Commission scolaire de langue française, Public Schools Branch

Sources

laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked Oct 11, 2026 By-laws for the reserve (Indian Act s. 81). For: By-laws for the reserve (Indian Act s. 81) (Abegweit Chief and Council)
laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked Oct 11, 2026 provincial: Constitution Act, 1867, ss. 92, 92A, 93, 95, applying to PEI under the Prince Edward Island Terms of Union (1873). For: Property and civil rights (Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island)
laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked Oct 11, 2026 provincial: Topic tag housing for a PEI legislature power. For: Property and civil rights as a housing power
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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