Topic

Housing

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

Governments covering Fredericton · About Fredericton

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

Fredericton City Council

Governs Fredericton

Land use planning Report
Related: Building permits, zoning and land use
Adopts a municipal plan and zoning by-law and issues development and building permits under the Community Planning Act, directly or through the Regional Service Commission's planning service.
Source: laws.gnb.ca, checked Oct 11, 2026

Regional

Capital Regional Service Commission

Governs Region 11 (Capital Regional Service Commission)

Land use planning Report
Related: Building permits, zoning and land use
Provides land use planning, development and building permit services to member local governments that do not have their own planning service and to the rural district (s. 4(2)(c), s. 25).
Source: laws.gnb.ca, checked Oct 11, 2026

Provincial

Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

Governs New Brunswick

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 the New Brunswick Housing Corporation.
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 Fredericton. We have no power over housing on record for them. If one holds such a power, tell us.

School board: Anglophone West District Education Council, Conseil d'éducation du District scolaire francophone Sud
Provincial: Executive Council of New Brunswick

Sources

laws.gnb.ca · checked Oct 11, 2026 councils: Local Governance Act, SNB 2017, c. 18 (as consolidated on laws.gnb.ca); Regional Service Delivery Act, SNB 2012, c. 37; Community Planning Act. For: Land use planning (Fredericton City Council)
laws.gnb.ca · checked Oct 11, 2026 regional: Regional Service Delivery Act, SNB 2012, c. 37. For: Land use planning (Capital Regional Service Commission)
laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked Oct 11, 2026 provincial: Constitution Act, 1867 Part VI; Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms; Local Governance Act. For: Property and civil rights (Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick)
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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