Topic
Schools
Which governments hold powers over schools, and the laws that give them those powers.
Governments covering Belfast · About Belfast
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.
Provincial
School board
No power over schools recorded
Other governments covering Belfast. We have no power over schools on record for them. If one holds such a power, tell us.
- Municipal: Rural Municipality of Belfast Council
- Provincial: Executive Council of Prince Edward Island
- Federal: Parliament of Canada
Other topics
Sources
- laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked provincial: Constitution Act, 1867, ss. 92, 92A, 93, 95, applying to PEI under the Prince Edward Island Terms of Union (1873). For: Education (Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island)
- laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked provincial: Topic tag schools for a PEI legislature power. For: Education as a schools and education power
- princeedwardisland.ca · checked Education Act, R.S.P.E.I. 1988, c. E-.02 (office consolidation current to May 29, 2026): s. 11 (French Language School Board, La Commission scolaire de langue française, continued), s. 12 (affairs of the French Language School Board and the Public Schools Branch conducted by boards of trustees elected or appointed; elections, zones and terms set by regulation), s. 39 (official trustee) For: Run French-language schools (Commission scolaire de langue française)
- psb.edu.pe.ca · checked Public Schools Branch, Board of Trustees page (checked 2026-10-11): eleven trustees, eight elected in seven zones (two in the Charlottetown Family of Schools), three appointed (two by Engage PEI, one by the Epekwitk Assembly of Councils); trustee names, zones, chair and vice-chair For: Run English-language schools (Public Schools Branch)
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