Use PEI's current Children's Law Act framework
Prince Edward Island now addresses child support under the Children's Law Act and its Child Support Regulations. The regulations adopt the federal Schedule I as amended from time to time, bringing the 2025 table amounts into the provincial calculation.
What this calculator estimates
Enter the paying parent's annual gross income before tax, province or territory of residence, and number of children. The calculator returns the monthly Schedule I table amount from the 2025 Federal Child Support Tables, effective October 1, 2025.
The table amount is a starting point. The correct support amount depends on the law that applies, reliable income information, the parenting arrangement, and the facts of the family.
A straightforward table example
For one child and annual income of $80,000, the 2025 Prince Edward Island table returns $679 per month. This figure addresses the base table amount. Shared parenting at 40% or more of the time for each parent brings both table amounts, added costs, and the family's circumstances into the analysis.
Help from a Child Support Guidelines Officer
PEI's Child Support Guidelines Officers assist eligible self-represented parents with child support calculations, applications, consent orders, section 7 agreements, and interjurisdictional support matters. The service provides procedural help and calculations while legal advice remains the role of a lawyer.
For an application, gather current income disclosure, tax returns and notices of assessment, the parenting schedule, existing court documents, and records for claimed expenses. Complete information allows the officer or court to work from the family's actual circumstances.
Registration and enforcement
PEI's Maintenance Enforcement Program manages payments and enforcement for registered support orders and agreements. It works from the registered terms. A revised amount requires the appropriate agreement, recalculation, or court process before enforcement can proceed on the new figure.
Keep the registered document, payment record, and updated disclosure together. Those records help distinguish collection from a request to change the support obligation.
Look beyond the base amount where the facts require it
Section 7 expenses may include qualifying childcare, health, education, post-secondary, or extracurricular costs. The calculation usually starts with the net cost after subsidies, benefits, and tax consequences, followed by an allocation based on the parents' incomes. Receipts and proof of the available credits or reimbursements give the calculation a reliable foundation.
A consent order can record an agreed result where both parents have complete information and understand the terms. Where a material issue remains disputed, the court determines the support obligation from the governing legislation and evidence.
When the calculation needs more information
The table result answers one question: the monthly Schedule I amount for the three inputs entered. A fuller support calculation brings in:
- shared parenting time or split parenting arrangements
- section 7 special or extraordinary expenses
- undue hardship claims
- income that is disputed, imputed, self-employment income, or income that varies
- income above $150,000
- retroactive support or arrears
- any order, agreement, variation, or enforcement decision
Use the estimate as a starting figure. The enforceable amount comes from the applicable order or agreement, interpreted alongside the Guidelines and the evidence for the family.
Official sources and services
- 2025 Federal Child Support Tables (Department of Justice Canada, verified August 2, 2026)
- Federal Child Support Guidelines (Justice Laws Website, verified August 2, 2026)
- Children's Law Act (Government of Prince Edward Island, verified August 2, 2026)
- Child Support Regulations (Government of Prince Edward Island, verified August 2, 2026)
- Child Support Guidelines Officers and calculating child support (Government of Prince Edward Island, verified August 2, 2026)
- Applying for a child support order (Government of Prince Edward Island, verified August 2, 2026)
- Maintenance Enforcement Program enrollment (Government of Prince Edward Island, verified August 2, 2026)
