Government Responsibilities

Federal

Provincial

Municipal

Armed Forces
Copyright
Immigration
National defence and
security
Passports
Postal services
Supreme Court of Canada
Relations with Aboriginal
Peoples
Royal Canadian Mounted
Police (RCMP)
War and peace
International development
and aid
Employment Insurance
Foreign policy
Criminal law
Treaty negotiations with
First Nations
International trade and
commerce
Money and banking
Old Age Pensions
Child tax benefits
Trans-Canada Highway
Shipping waterways
Social Insurance Numbers
Telecommunications and
Internet
Federal parks and heritage
sites
National health care funding

Courts and civil laws

Property laws
Highways
Education and schools
Drivers licences
Health services and
hospitals
Provincial parks and
heritage sites
Management of provinces
natural resources
Labour laws: minimum
wages, work conditions,
safety
Liquor licenses
Marriage licenses and
divorce decrees
Family courts, child custody
Child protection services
Legal names
Birth certificates

School boards
School taxes
Police and fire protection
Water and sewage services
Municipal parks
Swimming pools
Recreation and community
centres
Local public transportation
Libraries
Local roads
Snow removal
Boulevard and tree
maintenance
Street signs, traffic, parking
Garbage pick-up
Ambulance services
Local recycling programs
Property taxes
Zoning laws
Building permits

Federal Government
The federal government is the national government of Canada, centred in Ottawa . The term
can refer narrowly to the Canadian Cabinet, or more broadly to the Cabinet and the public
service. The federal government plays a huge role in Canadians' lives fromthe collection of
taxes to the delivery of social services, and from the supervision ofinternational trade to the
safeguarding of national
security.http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/federal-government/

Provincial Government
Under Canada's federal system, the powers of government are shared between the federal
government and 10 provincial governments. The provinces are responsible for public schooling,
health and social services, highways, the administration of justice, and local government.
However, overlapping and conflicting interests have stretched provincial concerns across
virtually every area of Canadian life. Provinces are free todetermine their own levels of public
services, and each province has been true to itseconomic and cultural interests in its own
fashion.http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/provincial-government/
Municipal Government
Municipal governments are local authorities created by the provinces and territories to provide
services that are best managed under local control. They raise revenue (largely from property
taxes and provincial grants) and impact peoples daily lives in numerous ways, from garbage
pick-up and public transit to fire services, policing and programs at community centres, libraries
and pools. Municipal governments include cities, towns,villages and rural (county) or
metropolitan
municipalities.http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/municipal-government/