{"id":2976,"date":"2025-04-10T17:32:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T17:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/2025\/04\/10\/prince-edward-island-budget-2025-entering-a-period-of-deeper-deficits\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T18:21:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T18:21:24","slug":"prince-edward-island-budget-2025-entering-a-period-of-deeper-deficits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/canadian-analysis\/provincial-and-fiscal-outlooks\/provincial-budgets-and-economic-statements\/prince-edward-island-budget-2025-entering-a-period-of-deeper-deficits\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Edward Island Budget 2025:\u00a0Entering a period of deeper deficits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-block  pos-rel\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-inner-block  section-inner pad-b-hlf mob-pad-b-hlf\" style=\"border-radius:0x\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-rbc-list is-style-black-disc\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-rbc-list-item\">\n<p>P.E.I. projects the largest deficit in province\u2019s history at $184 million in 2025-26 with no plans to return to balance.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-rbc-list-item\">\n<p>The budget includes new contingency funds and tax cuts to support businesses and workers amid trade uncertainty and aquaculture challenges.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-rbc-list-item\">\n<p>The debt burden is expected to stand at 35.9% of GDP by the end of the fiscal plan in 2027-28\u2014entirely reversing the easing over the past decade.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-light-grey-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-light-grey-background-color has-background is-style-wide wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"everviz-WR7p4ZAom\" class=\"everviz-WR7p4ZAom\" data-view=\"graph\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-light-grey-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-light-grey-background-color has-background is-style-wide wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.princeedwardisland.ca\/sites\/default\/files\/publications\/estimates_book_2025-26.pdf\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">P.E.I.\u2019s 2025 Budget<\/a>&nbsp;marks a departure from last year\u2019s plan in that it shows significantly deeper deficits. The province now projects a $184-million shortfall in 2025-26\u2014which would be the largest deficit in the province\u2019s history in nominal terms. It also revises up its 2024-25 deficit to $166-million shortfall, which is nearly twice what it had projected a year ago ($85 million).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government sees deficits persisting through the rest of the fiscal plan, hovering around record highs until easing to $120 million in the final year (2027-28).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New contingency funds and tax cuts for households and businesses are key factors weighing on the province\u2019s bottom line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-new-tax-cuts-introduced\">New tax cuts introduced<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>P.E.I. has introduced several tax cuts to support businesses and individuals. Among the most notable changes, the small business income threshold is set to rise by $100,000 to $600,000, and the corporate tax rate is being reduced by 1 percentage point to 15%. These tax reforms are expected to cost the government $9.3 million in lost revenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, the basic personal amount for income tax will increase to $14,650 in 2025, with further adjustments planned to $15,000 in 2026. These reductions are set to cost an additional $5.1 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tax reforms come at a time when slower rates of population growth and trade uncertainty are already adding risk to government revenues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-light-grey-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-light-grey-background-color has-background is-style-wide wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"everviz-table-tFnYohWoL\" class=\"everviz-table-tFnYohWoL\" data-view=\"table\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">New contingency reserve funds announced<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>EP.E.I. is the latest of the provinces to introduce a contingency reserve fund to support businesses and workers affected by tariffs ($32 million). The province has earmarked another $3.6 million contingency fund to support the aquaculture industry with challenges, including disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These new efforts come alongside a general increase across most spending programs, resulting in a 7.2% increase to overall expenditures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-light-grey-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-light-grey-background-color has-background is-style-wide wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"everviz-table-0FG3g73h1\" class=\"everviz-table-0FG3g73h1\" data-view=\"table\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-light-grey-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-light-grey-background-color has-background is-style-wide wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-province-reverses-progress-made-on-net-debt-to-gdp\">Province reverses progress made on net debt-to-GDP<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The deeper deficit is expected to result in a rising debt burden for the province. P.E.I.\u2019s net debt-to-GDP ratio is projected to increase to 32.6% by 2025-26 and continue climbing to 35.9% by the end of the fiscal plan. This will completely reverse the progress made on reducing the provincial debt burden over the last decade and leave less fiscal flexibility to adapt to new challenges<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-light-grey-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-light-grey-background-color has-background is-style-wide wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"everviz-RP7AiSLIG\" class=\"everviz-RP7AiSLIG\" data-view=\"graph\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-light-grey-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-light-grey-background-color has-background is-style-wide wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Rachel Battaglia<\/strong>\u00a0is an economist at RBC. 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