The healthcare system across Prince Edward Island is currently facing significant overcapacity resulting in limited bed availability. With the onset of the cold and flu season, healthcare facilities are anticipating an increase in patient volumes, which will further challenge the...
Belfast Area Watershed Group, also known as BAWG, manages about 22,000 hectares within 7.5 watersheds, across the communities of Eldon to Wood Islands and Beach Point. “We conduct water quality testing and participate in estuary monitoring. We monitor bank swallows, amphibians...
To improve shoreline protection and prevent erosion along the Route 2 Souris Causeway, the provincial government has begun a coastal engineering adaption project. The initiative will include the installation of two armour stone groynes, a sandstone rock sill, and two sandstone...
The Government of Prince Edward Island is informing students, parents, guardians, teachers, and school administration that some of their personal information may have been part of PowerSchool’s recent North American cybersecurity incident. As a result of unauthorized access to...
The Government of Prince Edward Island is informing students, parents, guardians, teachers, and school administration that some of their personal information may have been part of PowerSchool’s recent North American cybersecurity incident. What happened? On January 7, 2025...
The Chief Public Health Office produces a report on provincially notifiable diseases and conditions for PEI each year. In previous years, the report was included in the Chief Public Health Officer’s Report which is released every 5 years, but the PEI Annual Report on Notifiable...
The numbers below provide a snapshot of Prince Edward Island’s population, and Health PEI’s staff and annual statistics for the period April 1, 2023 – March 31, 2024. For more statistics, view Health PEI's Annual Report 2023-2024 [PDF | 5.4 MB]. Our population statistics...