Canada is a confederation of 10 provinces and 3 territories. There are three levels of government. The federal and provincial levels were constituted under the British North America Act of 1867 (revised by the Constitution Act of 1982). Powers and responsibilities are assigned by these acts. Provincial governments may create municipalities, to which they may delegate some or all of their powers and responsibilities.

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	Canada	Nova Scotia	Halifax Regional Municipality
Level	Federal	Provincial	Municipal
Land Area	9,984,670 sq km	53,000 sq km
Population	32,805,041	936,025	aprox 380,000
Queen’s Representative	Governor-General: Her Excellency Michaëlle Jean	Lieutenant-Governor: Her Honour Mayann E. Francis	* * * * *
Assembly	Parliament: - Senate - House of Commons	Legislative Assembly	Regional Council
Head of Assembly	Prime Minister Stephen Harper (PC)	Premier Darrell Dexter (NDP)	Mayor Peter Kelly
Members of Assembly	104 Senators 301 Members of Parliament	52 Members of Legislative Assembly	23 Regional Councillors
Local Elected Representative	Megan Leslie (NDP)	Michèle Raymond, MLA (NDP)	District 17: Councillor Linda Mosher District 18:Councillor Steve Adams
Responsibilities	Banking & currency, taxation, immigration, employment, justice, defence, customs & revenue, interprovincial trade, transportation, communications, national parks, environment, fisheries, offshore resources	Education, health, safety, social services, consumer affairs, human rights, municipal government, highways, postsecondary education, natural resources, environment	Local roads, local schools, city police, public transit, garbage collection, water, sewers local bylaws: noise, nuisance, unsightly premises, flooding etc.