Civics 10- Government Chart

Responsibilities
Gurdeep Rai
Definition

Examples:

Federal
Responsibilitie
s
Relates to
form of
government
where states
recognize
power of a
central
government
while still
keeping
certain state
level
governmental
power
National
Defense:
Canadian
government
department
responsible for
defending
Canadas
interests and
values at
home and
abroad.
Foreign

Provincial
Responsibilitie
s
Provincial
government is
responsible for
education,
health care,
natural
resources, and
roads

Municipal
Responsibilitie
s
Responsible
for areas such
as libraries,
parks,
community
water
systems, local
police,
roadways, and
parking

Education:
The process of
giving
systematic
instruction
(given at
schools)
Health Care:
The
maintenance
and
improvement
of physical

Public
Transit:
Shared
passenger
transport
service which
is available for
use by general
public.
Garbage
Collection: It
is the
collection of

Diplomacy:
Act of
considering
international
relations, as in
negotiating
alliances, etc.
International
Trade:
Exchange of
capital goods
and services
across
international
borders.
Aboriginal
Affairs:
Department of
Indian affairs
and Northern
development.
Postal
Service:
Public
department
responsible for
mail services.
Banking
System:
Structural
network of
institutions
that offer
financial
services within
a country.
Marriage and

and mental
health.
Natural
Resources:
Materials or
substances
such as
minerals,
forests, water,
and fertile
land.
Charity: The
voluntary
giving of help,
typically in the
form of money.
License: A
permit an
authority to
own or use
something
Highway: A
main road,
especially
connecting to
major towns
Provincial
Police:
Provincial
police service
for the
province of
Ontario,
Canada.
Provincial
Court:
Provincial

garbage put
out by the
public
Water and
Sewage:
Waste matter
that passes
through
sewers.
Snow
Removal: Job
of removing
snow after
snowfall to
make travel
easier.
Fire
Protection
Service:
Study and
practice of
mitigating the
unwanted
effects of
potentially
destructive
fires.
Zoned Land:
Describes the
control by
authority of
the use of
land.
Local Police
Services:
Department of
local

Divorce:
Divorce is the
termination of
a marriage or
marital union.
Marriage being
the formally
recognized
union of man
and woman.
Criminal
Law: Body of
law that
relates to
crime.

court in
Canada are
local trial
inferior or
lower courts
of limited
jurisdiction
established in
each of
provinces of
Canada.

government
concerned
with enforcing
the law
Collection of
Property
taxes: Annual
amount paid
by land owner
to local
government.