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

Governments covering Metepenagiag Urban Reserve 8 · About Metepenagiag Urban Reserve 8

Metepenagiag Urban Reserve 8 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

Metepenagiag Mi'kmaq Nation Chief and Council

Governs Metepenagiag Mi'kmaq Nation

  • 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

Municipal

Moncton City Council

Governs Moncton

  • Land use planning Report
    Related: Building permits, zoning and land use

    Adopts a municipal plan and zoning by-law and issues development and building permits under the Community Planning Act, directly or through the Regional Service Commission's planning service.

    Source: laws.gnb.ca, checked

Regional

Southeast Regional Service Commission

Governs Region 7 (Southeast Regional Service Commission)

  • Land use planning Report
    Related: Building permits, zoning and land use

    Provides land use planning, development and building permit services to member local governments that do not have their own planning service and to the rural district (s. 4(2)(c), s. 25).

    Source: laws.gnb.ca, checked

Provincial

Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

Governs New Brunswick

  • 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)).

    Residential tenancies law and the New Brunswick Housing Corporation.

    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 Metepenagiag Urban Reserve 8. We have no power over housing on record for them. If one holds such a power, tell us.

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Sources

  • 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) (Metepenagiag Mi'kmaq Nation Chief and Council)
  • laws.gnb.ca · checked councils: Local Governance Act, SNB 2017, c. 18 (as consolidated on laws.gnb.ca); Regional Service Delivery Act, SNB 2012, c. 37; Community Planning Act. For: Land use planning (Moncton City Council)
  • laws.gnb.ca · checked regional: Regional Service Delivery Act, SNB 2012, c. 37. For: Land use planning (Southeast Regional Service Commission)
  • laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked provincial: Constitution Act, 1867 Part VI; Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms; Local Governance Act. For: Property and civil rights (Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick)
  • 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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