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Classes of Pesticides
2020-12-04
Any pesticide sold in Canada must be registered by Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA). When a pesticide is registered it is given a Pest Control Products Act number (or PCP number) that is unique to that product. Registered pesticides are also assigned to a ‘class’, depending...
Buying and Using Domestic (Home & Garden) Pesticides
2020-12-04
In Prince Edward Island, homeowners can purchase selected pesticides for home use. These are called domestic class pesticides. Two kinds of domestic class pesticides are sold in the province: , self select domestic pesticides:, These products contain lower risk active ingredients or require no...
Air Quality Monitoring
2020-12-04
What type of air monitoring does PEI do?, The quality of the air in PEI is influenced by two sources; the emissions we generate locally and those that come to us from provinces to the west and from the northeastern United States. To know what the current air quality is and whether there has been...
Efficiency incentives available to Islander farmers
2020-12-04
Investing in energy efficiency will reduce energy consumption and help manage farm operation costs. Farmers are eligible to receive rebates for upgrading to energy efficient LED lighting and energy efficient equipment like heat pumps. “Farming and agriculture are a large part of our Island...