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# Canada (Prince Edward Island)

> Identifiers, data sources, and integration details for entities formed or registered in Prince Edward Island

## Start here

This guide contains public integration notes for `CA-PE`, the Prince Edward Island register. The live source of truth for coverage, pricing, data sources, legal forms, roles, and status values is the pricing page.

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  Open the current catalog for supported datapoints, sources, identifiers, and availability.
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<Warning>
  Canada (Prince Edward Island) is in beta. Check the live pricing page or contact support before relying on it in production.
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<Info>
  **`CA-PE` covers entities formed or registered in Prince Edward Island.** A federal corporation registered in the province is a [Canada (Federal)](/essentials/canada-federal) company: use `countryCode: "CA-FED"` and its corporation number for the company itself. `CA` on its own is not a jurisdiction.
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## Data Sources

| Source | Role | What it provides |
| - | - | - |
| Corporate/Business Names Registry (Prince Edward Island) | **Primary**, read live | Search, the entity record (company data, directors and officers) |

The register keeps two systems: its current one, and the original one, which still holds non-profit corporations and co-operative associations and the records made before the register moved. We read both and return one record per entity.

## Company Identifiers

| Identifier Type | Format | Example | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| **Registration number** (`registrationNumber`) | 1 to 6 digits | `15854` | The register's own number, kept in the company identifiers. Current records use their printed Business Number as the company id. |
| **Business Number** (`businessNumber`) | 9 digits | `102535762` | Issued by the Canada Revenue Agency and printed by the register. A trade name is printed as its owner's Business Number, a hyphen and its own registration number (`102535762-130724`). |

Search and company data use the printed Business Number as the id for current records, including the registration suffix for a trade name. The native registration number remains in the company identifiers. Non-profit corporations, co-operatives and older records use their registration number as the id.

## Search Capabilities

Search is live, by name, registration number or Business Number. A name search covers both systems of the register and lists corporations, co-operatives, non-profits, partnerships, sole proprietorships, trade names and extra-provincial registrations, active and inactive. A Business Number search returns the business and the trade names registered under it.

Each system returns at most 20 matches, exact names first. Rarely, a search can take up to a minute.

## Quirks & Gotchas

| Quirk | Details |
| - | - |
| **Prefill and verification read the same record** | `company` and `legalRepresentatives` are read live from the register in both modes, and the answer is the same. A prefill request usually takes a few seconds. Rarely, the register cannot be reached within the time limit of prefill mode: the request then fails with a retryable `source_unavailable` error. Retry after a minute, or use verification mode, which waits for the register. |
| **People** | Directors and officers are returned by name, with the office as filed. The owner of a sole proprietorship is returned as owner. The register prints the partners of a partnership and the owner of a trade name as bare names, without saying whether each is a person or a company: they are not returned. |
| **Extra-provincial registrations** | Returned as registrations, with their home jurisdiction in the status details. A corporation incorporated under federal law is pointed to Canada (Federal). |
| **Former records** | A corporation that moved to the current system is read there. When its current record cannot be matched, the original record is returned with its status explained. |
| **Unknown number** | If the register has no entity with the number, the request ends as not found and is not charged. |

## Data Availability

| Datapoint | Available | Notes |
| - | - | - |
| `company` | Yes, live (prefill and verification) | Name, former and trade names, type, status, registration date, address, nature of business |
| `legalRepresentatives` | Yes, live (prefill and verification) | Directors and officers, or the owner of a sole proprietorship |
| `shareholders` | No | The register prints shareholder names on some records, without holdings |
| `ultimateBeneficialOwners` | No | No public register |
| Documents | No | The register issues no downloadable document; its record is returned as company data |


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