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

Governments covering Schaltuuch 27 · About Schaltuuch 27

Schaltuuch 27 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.

Regional

Gambier Island Local Trust Committee

Governs Gambier Island Local Trust Area

  • Land use planning and zoning Report

    Regulates the development and use of land in the local trust area with official community plans, land use bylaws and permits, holding a regional district's Part 14 planning powers (Islands Trust Act ss.24, 29).

    Source: bclaws.gov.bc.ca, checked

Sunshine Coast Regional District Board

Governs Sunshine Coast Regional District

  • Regional growth strategy Report

    May adopt a regional growth strategy to coordinate growth, transportation, housing and services across the region (Local Government Act Part 13, ss.428-429).

    Source: bclaws.gov.bc.ca, checked
  • Land use planning in electoral areas Report

    Adopts official community plans and zoning bylaws and issues development permits for land in its electoral areas, except where a local trust committee does this (Local Government Act Part 14).

    Source: bclaws.gov.bc.ca, checked
  • Building regulation Report
    Related: Building permits, zoning and land use

    Where it provides the service, regulates construction and issues building permits in electoral areas (Local Government Act s.298).

    Source: bclaws.gov.bc.ca, checked

Indigenous

Squamish Chief and Council

Governs Squamish

  • 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

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

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

No power over housing recorded

Other governments covering Schaltuuch 27. We have no power over housing on record for them. If one holds such a power, tell us.

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Sources

  • bclaws.gov.bc.ca · checked Land use planning and zoning: Regulates the development and use of land in the local trust area with official community plans, land use bylaws and permits, holding a regional district's Part 14 planning powers (Islands Trust Act ss.24, 29). For: Land use planning and zoning (Gambier Island Local Trust Committee)
  • 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) (Squamish Chief and Council)
  • bclaws.gov.bc.ca · checked Regional growth strategy: May adopt a regional growth strategy to coordinate growth, transportation, housing and services across the region (Local Government Act Part 13, ss.428-429). For: Regional growth strategy (Sunshine Coast Regional District Board)
  • bclaws.gov.bc.ca · checked Land use planning in electoral areas: Adopts official community plans and zoning bylaws and issues development permits for land in its electoral areas, except where a local trust committee does this (Local Government Act Part 14). For: Land use planning in electoral areas (Sunshine Coast Regional District Board)
  • bclaws.gov.bc.ca · checked Building regulation: Where it provides the service, regulates construction and issues building permits in electoral areas (Local Government Act s.298). For: Building regulation (Sunshine Coast Regional District Board)
  • laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked 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)
  • 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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