Topic

Housing

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

Governments covering The Pas · About The Pas

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

The Pas Town Council

Governs The Pas

Land use planning and building permits Report
Related: Building permits, zoning and land use
Adopts development plans and zoning by-laws, decides variances and conditional uses, and issues development and building permits, within planning districts where they exist (The Planning Act).

Zoning, subdivision comments, development and building permits.
Source: web2.gov.mb.ca, checked Oct 11, 2026

Provincial

Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

Governs Manitoba

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)).

Landlord and tenant law (Residential Tenancies Branch) and Manitoba Housing.
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 The Pas. We have no power over housing on record for them. If one holds such a power, tell us.

Provincial: Executive Council of Manitoba

Sources

web2.gov.mb.ca · checked Oct 11, 2026 councils: The Municipal Act, C.C.S.M. c. M225 (ss. 232, 264-270, 285-294.1, 311-312, Parts 6 and 10); The Planning Act, C.C.S.M. c. P80 for land use. For: Land use planning and building permits (The Pas Town Council)
laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked Oct 11, 2026 provincial: Constitution Act, 1867, ss. 92, 92A, 93, 95; Manitoba Act, 1870, ss. 22-23; Constitution Act, 1930 (Natural Resources Transfer Agreement). For: Property and civil rights (Legislative Assembly of Manitoba)
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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