Topic

Housing

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

Governments covering Belfast · About Belfast

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

Rural Municipality of Belfast Council

Governs Belfast

Land use planning and building Report
Related: Building permits, zoning and land use
Municipalities with an official plan and bylaws provide planning services under the Planning Act (Municipal Government Act, s. 14(2)) and may regulate the construction, demolition and alteration of buildings and signs (s. 180(g)); elsewhere the Province is the planning authority.
Source: princeedwardisland.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 Belfast. 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

princeedwardisland.ca · checked Oct 11, 2026 municipal: Municipal Government Act, RSPEI 1988, c. M-12.1 (office consolidation current to 29 Nov 2023), ss. 14, 160, 180, 208. For: Land use planning and building (Rural Municipality of Belfast Council)
princeedwardisland.ca · checked Oct 11, 2026 municipal: Topic tags for a PEI council power, from the Municipal Government Act sections cited in the power. For: Land use planning and building as a building permits, zoning and land use power
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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