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.
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.
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.
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.
web2.gov.mb.ca· checked 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 (Municipality of Norfolk-Treherne Council)
laws-lois.justice.gc.ca· checked By-laws for the reserve (Indian Act s. 81).For: By-laws for the reserve (Indian Act s. 81) (Swan Lake First Nation Chief and Council)
laws-lois.justice.gc.ca· checked 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 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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