Canadian · Health numbers
PEI health card number format.
A PEI health card carries an eight-digit Personal Health Number. Check the shape here. No check-digit rule is published, so this cannot confirm that a number was issued.
Short answer: Eight digits. The Government of PEI says the provincial health card contains your eight-digit Personal Health Number, your name, birth date and the card expiry date.
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Result
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What the card contains
The Government of PEI states that the provincial health card contains an eight-digit Personal Health Number (health card number), the cardholder's name, birth date and the card expiry date. Cardholders can opt to include organ and tissue donation information and a preferred language for medical services.
Easy to mix up
Eight digits is shorter than most other provinces (nine digits in Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan, ten in Ontario and British Columbia), so a nine- or ten-digit number is not a PEI number.
What this page checks
Length and digits only. No checksum is published for the PEI number in the page cited here.
Sources
- Government of Prince Edward Island, PEI Health Card (retrieved October 2026)
Frequently asked questions
How many digits is a PEI health card number?
Eight. The Government of PEI says the health card contains your eight-digit Personal Health Number.
What else is printed on a PEI health card?
Your name, birth date and the card expiry date, plus optional organ and tissue donation information and preferred language.
Does the PEI health number have a check digit?
The cited page does not publish one, so only length and digits are checked.
Does a valid-looking number prove PEI coverage?
No. This page checks shape only and does not contact Health PEI.
Format check only — not a verification
This page checks the shape of a number only. It does not query, copy or proxy any provincial register, cannot confirm that a number was issued, belongs to anyone or is current, and does not verify identity or coverage. Anything you type stays in your browser. Rules change, so confirm against the sources cited above before relying on it.