Government of Prince Edward Island - Department of Agriculture and Land

Helps connect Islanders looking for work in the farming industry with agricultural businesses that have job openings.

Provides financial assistance to Island seed potato producers impacted by the pandemic. Expenses and financial losses eligible for funding include:

Issues Development (Building) Permits when a property is located within a municipality that does not have an Official Plan and Land Use bylaws.

Provides Island farmers, immediate family and farm workers with up to 6 free, confidential, professional counselling sessions to help them with a wide range of issues and concerns, including:

Provides online information outlining the responsibilities of PEI home/property owners in maintaining their oil tanks to prevent spills. Includes:

The program prevents the development of land that is identified for non-development use by protecting and preserving resource land from being sub-divided or developed for commercial or industrial use, and to protect it against land speculation.

Provides online resources to access various types of GIS data and aerial photographs of PEI.

A subdivision approval is required when any parcel of land is divided (e.g., to create a new lot or lots). An approval is also required to add more land to an existing lot, or to join two or more lots.

Concerned residents living in jurisdictions that do not have their own unsightly property by-laws can file an unsightly property complaint against properties they think are in violation of the Unsightly Property Act. A department representative will inspect the site.