Topic

Housing

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

Governments covering Saagoombahlah 6 · About Saagoombahlah 6

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

Gwa'Sala-Nakwaxda'xw Chief and Council

Governs Gwa'Sala-Nakwaxda'xw

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 British Columbia

Governs British Columbia

Property and civil rights Report

Property and civil rights in the province: contracts, property, landlord and tenant, and most private law (Constitution Act, 1867, s. 92(13)).
Source: laws-lois.justice.gc.ca, checked Oct 11, 2026

No power over housing recorded

Other governments covering Saagoombahlah 6. We have no power over housing on record for them. If one holds such a power, tell us.

School board: Board of Education of School District No. 85 (Vancouver Island North)
Federal: House of Commons

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) (Gwa'Sala-Nakwaxda'xw Chief and Council)
laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked Oct 11, 2026 structure: Constitution Act, 1867, Part VI (ss. 92, 92A, 93, 94A, 95), Justice Laws Website; s. 45 of the Constitution Act, 1982 for amending the provincial constitution. For: Property and civil rights (Legislative Assembly of British Columbia)

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