Topic

Housing

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

Governments covering Witchekan Lake 117 · About Witchekan Lake 117

Witchekan Lake 117 Who governs this place

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

Witchekan Lake Chief and Council

Governs Witchekan Lake

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 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 Witchekan Lake 117. 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 Living Sky School Division No. 202
Provincial: Executive Council of Saskatchewan

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) (Witchekan Lake Chief and 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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