PEI rent increase calculator (allowable increase 2% in 2026, 2.1% in 2027)

Work out the most a Prince Edward Island landlord can raise rent under the annual allowable rent increase, the date the tenant must receive written notice (three months before), and whether 12 months have passed since the last increase. Everything runs in your browser; nothing you type is sent anywhere.

PEI allowable annual rent increase by year

The allowable increase is a maximum, not a required increase. It applies to all rental units, heated or unheated, including mobile home sites. No figure is shown for 2028 or later until the Director of Residential Tenancy publishes one.

The rules this calculator uses

From the Residential Tenancy Act (RSPEI 1988, c. R-13.11, sections 48 to 50), the Royal Gazette of September 27, 2025 (page 1228) and the PEI Rental Office pages 2026 rent increase, 2027 maximum annual allowable rent increase, Annual allowable rent increase and Rent increases. Sources checked: 2026-11-10.

• 2026 (Royal Gazette): "the maximum annual allowable rent increase for the period January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2026 shall be as follows: A 2% increase may be applied for all rental units."
• 2027 (PEI Rental Office): "The Director of Residential Tenancy has set the Allowable Annual Rent Increase, effective January 1, 2027 at 2.1% on all rental units, heated or unheated, including mobile home sites." (We used the Rental Office page for 2027; we have not yet seen the 2027 notice in the Royal Gazette.)
• s.48(1): "A landlord shall not impose a rent increase for at least 12 months after" the effective date of the last increase or, if the rent has never been increased, "the date on which rent was first payable."
• s.48(2): written notice "at least three months before the effective date of the increase where the rental unit is rented from month to month or for a fixed term", or "at least three weeks before" for week-to-week rentals.
• s.48(4): the notice must "be in the approved form", "be signed by the landlord", state the effective date, the amount of the increase and the rent payable after it, and be served in a manner set out in section 100.
• s.49(1): "No landlord shall increase the rent charged for a rental unit by more than the allowable annual increase, except in accordance with section 50." s.49(3): "The guideline for a calendar year shall not exceed 3 per cent."
• The Rental Office: "Rent increases are attached to the unit, not the tenant. Rent cannot be automatically increased between tenants."
• To go above the allowable increase, the landlord files "a Form 9- Landlord Application to Request Additional Rent Increase with the Rental Office and then provide a copy of this application to the tenant within 10 days." Under s.50(7), an approved increase cannot exceed 3% on top of the allowable annual increase in a calendar year.
• s.48(5): a tenant may treat the notice as a notice of termination, telling the landlord "not later than one month before the date on which the rent increase becomes effective."

How the dates are counted

• Maximum increase = rent × the year's allowable percentage, rounded down to the cent, so it never goes over the limit. The year is the year the increase takes effect.
• Notice-by date = the day before the same date three months earlier (for example, an increase on 1 December 2026 needs the notice received by 31 August 2026). This is the cautious reading; no extra time is added for how the notice is served.
• 12-month date = the same day one year after the last increase, or after rent was first payable (29 February rolls forward to 1 March).
• Weekly tenancies: week-to-week rentals need at least 3 weeks' notice instead. This calculator does not count that case.

Official notice form

The Act requires the notice to be "in the approved form", and the Rental Office says "Landlords must give a tenant notice of a rent increase on an approved form." Get the approved form from the PEI Rental Office's forms page (peirentaloffice.ca). The rent increase notice on that page is "Form 8 – Tenant Notice of Annual Allowable Rent Increase". To ask for more than the allowable annual increase, a landlord files "Form 9 – Landlord Application to Request Additional Rent Increase" with the Rental Office and gives the tenant a copy within 10 days. This calculator gives you the amounts and dates to put on it; it does not fill in or replace the form.

This is arithmetic and calendar counting only, not legal advice. The Rental Office (Director of Residential Tenancy) can answer questions about a specific tenancy.

Keeping track of renewals and notice dates

If you manage several units, a paid spreadsheet by Kyle Falk (Lease & Renewal Tracker) lists every lease with its renewal and notice dates in one place. The Small Landlord Records Bundle includes it with the other landlord record sheets. This calculator stays free either way.

Related workbook

To record rent received and expenses for each property over the year, see the Rental Property Income & Expense Tracker, a paid spreadsheet by Kyle Falk. The Small Landlord Records Bundle includes it with three other landlord record sheets. This page stays free either way.