Government Roles
This person is the head of the Canadian government.
Who is the Prime Minister?
This type of government allows citizens to vote and have a say in decisions.
What is a Democracy?
This branch creates laws in Canada.
What is the Legislative Branch?
This government level is responsible for local roads.
What is Municipal Government?
This leader is chosen by the people of a First Nation to represent them.
What is an Elected Chief?
This role represents the King at the provincial level in Canada.
What is the Lieutenant Governor?
Canada’s supreme law, guiding how the government operates.
What is the Constitution?
This branch is responsible for enforcing and applying laws.
What is the Judicial Branch?
This is responsible for health and hospitals.
What is Provincial Government?
This form of government is important to First Nations, Inuit, and Indigenous Peoples as it allows them to govern their own communities.
What is Self-Governance?
These are elected officials who debate and vote on laws in Canada.
What are Members of Parliament (MPs)?
This type of government covers the entire country of Canada.
What is Federal Government?
This branch decides which should be made.
What is the Executive Branch?
This is the branch that manages relations with other countries.
What is the Federal Government?
This leader is chosen through family lineage rather than by election.
What is a Hereditary Chief?
This role leads the government at the provincial level.
Who is the Premier?
The level of government responsible for local issues, like garbage pickup.
What is Municipal Government?
This branch includes the Prime Minister and Cabinet, responsible for passing and making the laws.
What is the Executive Branch?
Responsible for negotiating fishing and hunting rights with First Nations.
What is the Federal Government?
This responsibility includes negotiating Aboriginal land rights with the federal government.
What is the Federal Government?
This official is appointed to represent the King at the federal level in Canada.
Who is the Governor General?
This type of government system is led by elected officials who represent the people.
What is a Democracy?
This court is the highest in Canada and handles major cases.
What is the Supreme Court of Canada?
This level of government is responsible for managing natural resources in Manitoba.
What is Provincial Government?
This group works with the federal government on fishing and hunting rights.
What are First Nations or Indigenous communities?