Topic

Housing

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

Governments covering Chester No. 125 · About Chester No. 125

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

RM of Chester No. 125 Council

Governs Chester No. 125

Land development and zoning Report
Related: Building permits, zoning and land use
Controls land development through an official community plan and zoning bylaw (The Planning and Development Act, 2007), and issues development and building permits.
Source: saskatchewan.ca, checked Oct 11, 2026

Provincial

Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

Governs Saskatchewan

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 (Office of Residential Tenancies) 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 Chester No. 125. We have no power over housing on record for them. If one holds such a power, tell us.

School board: Conseil des écoles fransaskoises, Board of Education of the Prairie Valley School Division No. 208
Provincial: Executive Council of Saskatchewan

Sources

saskatchewan.ca · checked Oct 11, 2026 municipal: Government of Saskatchewan, "About the Saskatchewan Municipal System": natural person powers and s. 4(2) purposes under The Municipalities Act, The Cities Act and The Northern Municipalities Act, 2010; council bylaw powers listed under Urban Municipalities. For: Land development and zoning (RM of Chester No. 125 Council)
laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked Oct 11, 2026 provincial: Constitution Act, 1867, ss. 92, 92A, 93, 95; Saskatchewan Act, 1905, s. 17; Constitution Act, 1930 (Natural Resources Transfer Agreement). For: Property and civil rights (Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan)
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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