Topic

Public transit

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

Governments covering Whonnock 1 · About Whonnock 1

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

Kwantlen First Nation Chief and Council

Governs Kwantlen First Nation

By-laws for the reserve (Indian Act s. 81) Report
Related: Potholes, roads and snow clearing
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

Local works and undertakings Report
Related: Potholes, roads and snow clearing
Works and undertakings within the province, such as provincial highways, other than interprovincial or international lines of transport and communication and works Parliament declares to be for the general advantage of Canada (Constitution Act, 1867, s. 92(10)).
Source: laws-lois.justice.gc.ca, checked Oct 11, 2026

No power over public transit recorded

Other governments covering Whonnock 1. We have no power over public transit on record for them. If one holds such a power, tell us.

School board: Board of Regional Trustees of the Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique, Board of Education of School District No. 42 (Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows)
Regional: Metro Vancouver Regional District Board
Provincial: Executive Council of British Columbia
Federal: Parliament of Canada

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) (Kwantlen First Nation 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: Local works and undertakings (Legislative Assembly of British Columbia)

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