Provides repayable loans up to $10,000 towards 100% of invoiced costs to help homeowners with upfront costs for equipment, materials, and installation for applicants approved under the following efficiencyPEI programs:

• Energy Efficient Equipment Rebate
• Home Insulation Rebate
• Energy Efficiency Loan Program for Solar Photovoltaic Equipment

Approved applicants can apply for one loan under this program. However, after the loan is paid off, they can apply for another loan.

Provides an English conversation circle for individuals who seek to improve English skills and connect with other English learners.

To register, email one of the locations below.

Eastern PEI: lindee.gallant@cbdc.ca and rachel.buell@cbdc.ca

Central PEI: marla.macdonald@cbdc.ca and kristi.petro@cbdc.ca

Western PEI: crystal.dumas@cbdc.ca and scott.smith@cbdc.ca

Provides drinking water testing services to measure bacteria levels and for chemical analysis.

Provides a 24/7 phone number for the public to report environmental emergencies. The Environmental Emergency Response Team responds to reports of emergencies. Includes:

• Air pollution problems
• Fish kills
• Oil, pesticide and chemical spills

• Asbestos-containing material
• Metal-containing or hydro-carbon contaminated soils
• Sharps (needles, broken glass or other sharp objects capable of causing cuts or punctures)
• Burnable waste from ships and aircraft from outside the province
• Oil-soaked materials
• Diseased potatoes from testing laboratories
• Empty ammonium nitrate fertilizer bags
• Screenings from a waste treatment plant
• Non-hazardous laboratory waste
• Creosoted or pressure-treated material
• Biomass wet with a solvent
• Absorbent materials and clothing contaminated with human or animal blood, tissue or bodily fluids produced from medical or veterinary procedures in hospital, medical centres or clinic, or veterinary hospitals or clinics
• Body-piercing procedures in tattoo or body-piercing establishments

• Boardwalk construction in a buffer zone
• Boardwalk construction in a wetland or sand dune
• Boat launch or shoreline access
• Dam or impoundment maintenance
• Dredging
• Landscaping
• New bridge
• New culvert
• Repair a bridge
• Repair a culvert
• Road construction
• Seaweed removal or relocation
• Shoreline protection
• Stairway to beach
• Temporary crossing
• Tree cutting (forest management)
• Tree cutting (water view)
• Watercourse enhancement or maintenance
• Water withdrawal for irrigation
• Wetland alteration
• Wetland enhancement or maintenance
• Wharf repair or construction (in-water work)
• Wharf repair or construction (no in-water work)
• Other activities

• Beaver dam notching or removal to prevent property damage
• Build a floating dock
• Stream enhancement
• Tree cutting for safety hazard(s) or cutting four trees or less

• Species at risk
• Water and the environment
• Migratory game bird hunting
• Wildlife habitat
• Biodiversity
• Acts and regulations
• International affairs and the environment
• Environmental science and technology
• Canadian environmental sustainability indicators
• Air pollution
• Managing and reducing waste

Tenants who have health-related concerns about their rental accommodations that have not been addressed in a reasonable period of time by their landlord or property owner can contact Environmental Health for information or to request an environmental health inspection. Concerns include:

• Potable water concerns (example: not hot water, no running water, etc.)
• Sewage or septic concerns (example: sewage back-up, clogged pipes, etc.)
• Pest infestations inside the dwelling
• Mould, as a result of water damage

Non-health related tenant issues/questions (rental agreement, evictions etc.) are addressed by the Office of the Director of Residential Property.