{
  "dataset": "Canadian Home Energy Rebate Programs",
  "publisher": "RebateStack",
  "url": "https://rebatestack.ca/",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "last_audit": "2026-08-23",
  "method": "Every figure is checked against the administering body's own page. Entries whose source is not yet confirmed are marked source_verified:false and carry no dollar amount. Where sources conflict, both readings are recorded rather than resolved silently. Closed programs are retained and flagged.",
  "disclaimer": "Planning estimates, not approvals.",
  "programs": [
    {
      "id": "on-hrs",
      "name": "Home Renovation Savings Program",
      "tier": "Provincial · Ontario",
      "provinces": [
        "ON"
      ],
      "status": "active_sources_conflict",
      "notes": "Delivered by Save on Energy and Enbridge Gas with Ontario government support. Paid per ton of installed capacity. A heat pump counts as a single upgrade, so no full home energy assessment is required for it alone.",
      "before_you_install": "A participating contractor and written pre-approval are mandatory BEFORE installation. Installing first is the most common way people lose this rebate. Replacing an existing heat pump is not eligible for the air-source incentive. Gas-heated homes need an active Enbridge residential account; other homes must be connected to Ontario's electricity grid.",
      "conflict": "An earlier program page showed a November 30, 2026 end date. A review of the official pages on July 29, 2026 found that deadline no longer stated. Treat the end date as unconfirmed and check before ordering equipment.",
      "source_verified": true,
      "source_url": "https://www.homerenovationsavings.ca/",
      "source_label": "homerenovationsavings.ca",
      "last_checked": "2026-08-23"
    },
    {
      "id": "on-hydroone",
      "name": "Hydro One Energy Savings for Homes",
      "tier": "Utility · Ontario",
      "provinces": [
        "ON"
      ],
      "status": "active",
      "notes": "Hydro One delivers residential efficiency incentives in partnership with the IESO, covering insulation, thermostats, heat pumps, windows and solar. Overlaps with the provincial program rather than stacking cleanly on top of it.",
      "before_you_install": null,
      "conflict": null,
      "source_verified": true,
      "source_url": "https://www.hydroone.com/saving-money-and-energy/residential",
      "source_label": "hydroone.com",
      "last_checked": "2026-08-23"
    },
    {
      "id": "fed-ohpa",
      "name": "Oil to Heat Pump Affordability (OHPA)",
      "tier": "Federal",
      "provinces": [
        "ON",
        "BC",
        "NB",
        "NL",
        "NS",
        "PE",
        "QC",
        "AB",
        "MB",
        "SK"
      ],
      "status": "closed",
      "notes": "Closed. July 31, 2026 was the last day to apply. Homeowners who applied before that date have until January 31, 2027 to upload documents, and all work must be completed and paid for before that deadline. Many pages published earlier in 2026 still present this as open.",
      "before_you_install": null,
      "conflict": null,
      "source_verified": true,
      "source_url": "https://natural-resources.canada.ca/energy-efficiency/home-energy-efficiency/canada-greener-homes-initiative/oil-heat-pump-affordability-program",
      "source_label": "natural-resources.canada.ca",
      "last_checked": "2026-08-23"
    },
    {
      "id": "fed-loan",
      "name": "Canada Greener Homes Loan",
      "tier": "Federal",
      "provinces": [
        "ON",
        "BC",
        "AB",
        "QC",
        "NS",
        "NB",
        "PE",
        "NL",
        "MB",
        "SK"
      ],
      "status": "closed",
      "notes": "Closed to new applicants. Multiple 2026 sources now report this, including guides updated in July and August 2026. Older pages describing $40,000 interest-free with no income test refer to the program while it was open.",
      "before_you_install": null,
      "conflict": null,
      "source_verified": true,
      "source_url": "https://natural-resources.canada.ca/energy-efficiency/home-energy-efficiency/canada-greener-homes-initiative",
      "source_label": "natural-resources.canada.ca",
      "last_checked": "2026-08-23"
    },
    {
      "id": "fed-cghap",
      "name": "Canada Greener Homes Affordability Program",
      "tier": "Federal",
      "provinces": [
        "AB",
        "MB",
        "SK",
        "QC"
      ],
      "status": "active_sources_conflict",
      "notes": "Direct-install model. A provincial delivery partner manages the work and eligible households pay nothing out of pocket. A pre-install assessment decides which upgrades happen.",
      "before_you_install": null,
      "conflict": "The application deadline reported for federally-delivered provinces (AB, MB, SK, QC, NWT) was July 31, 2026, which has now passed. Whether intake continues under provincial delivery partners is unconfirmed. Verify before relying on this.",
      "source_verified": true,
      "source_url": "https://natural-resources.canada.ca/energy-efficiency/home-energy-efficiency/canada-greener-homes-initiative",
      "source_label": "natural-resources.canada.ca",
      "last_checked": "2026-08-23"
    },
    {
      "id": "fed-grant",
      "name": "Canada Greener Homes Grant ($5,000)",
      "tier": "Federal",
      "provinces": [
        "ON",
        "BC",
        "AB",
        "QC",
        "NS",
        "NB",
        "PE",
        "NL",
        "MB",
        "SK"
      ],
      "status": "closed",
      "notes": "Closed to new applications on January 20, 2026. Listed here only because it still appears as active on many contractor pages and in older AI answers. Pre-registered applicants may still be paid out for completed work.",
      "before_you_install": null,
      "conflict": null,
      "source_verified": true,
      "source_url": "https://natural-resources.canada.ca/energy-efficiency/home-energy-efficiency/canada-greener-homes-initiative",
      "source_label": "natural-resources.canada.ca",
      "last_checked": "2026-08-23"
    },
    {
      "id": "on-enbridge",
      "name": "Enbridge Home Efficiency Rebate Plus",
      "tier": "Utility · Ontario",
      "provinces": [
        "ON"
      ],
      "status": "closed",
      "notes": "Closed to new applicants. Superseded by the Home Renovation Savings Program, which Enbridge now co-delivers. Older guides still list HER+ separately.",
      "before_you_install": null,
      "conflict": null,
      "source_verified": true,
      "source_url": "https://www.homerenovationsavings.ca/",
      "source_label": "homerenovationsavings.ca",
      "last_checked": "2026-08-23"
    },
    {
      "id": "ns-ens",
      "name": "Efficiency Nova Scotia heat pump rebate",
      "tier": "Provincial · Nova Scotia",
      "provinces": [
        "NS"
      ],
      "status": "active_sources_conflict",
      "notes": "Requires the Home Energy Assessment path. Income-qualified households may instead be routed to HomeWarming, which covers upgrades at no cost.",
      "before_you_install": null,
      "conflict": "Reporting from late 2025 indicated Nova Scotia's heat pump support is winding down ahead of other provinces. These figures come from secondary sources and have not yet been confirmed against the administrator's own page.",
      "source_verified": false,
      "source_url": null,
      "source_label": null,
      "last_checked": "2026-08-23"
    },
    {
      "id": "pe-pause",
      "name": "P.E.I. provincial heat pump rebate",
      "tier": "Provincial · P.E.I.",
      "provinces": [
        "PE"
      ],
      "status": "closed",
      "notes": "Paused to new applications as of the spring 2026 provincial budget.",
      "before_you_install": null,
      "conflict": null,
      "source_verified": false,
      "source_url": null,
      "source_label": null,
      "last_checked": "2026-08-23"
    },
    {
      "id": "bc-hydro",
      "name": "CleanBC / BC Hydro heat pump rebate",
      "tier": "Provincial · B.C.",
      "provinces": [
        "BC"
      ],
      "status": "active_sources_conflict",
      "notes": "Amounts vary by system installed and by whether you are switching off fossil heating. Income-qualified households can access enhanced tiers.",
      "before_you_install": null,
      "conflict": "Our secondary source for the figure was truncated mid-sentence. Rather than publish a number we cannot stand behind, this entry carries no amount until verified.",
      "source_verified": false,
      "source_url": null,
      "source_label": null,
      "last_checked": "2026-08-23"
    },
    {
      "id": "qc-logisvert",
      "name": "LogisVert (Hydro-Québec)",
      "tier": "Provincial · Quebec",
      "provinces": [
        "QC"
      ],
      "status": "active",
      "notes": "Runs on a post-install application path for single upgrades, so an assessment is not necessarily required first.",
      "before_you_install": null,
      "conflict": null,
      "source_verified": false,
      "source_url": null,
      "source_label": null,
      "last_checked": "2026-08-23"
    },
    {
      "id": "ab-muni",
      "name": "Municipal heat pump incentives",
      "tier": "Municipal · Alberta",
      "provinces": [
        "AB"
      ],
      "status": "active",
      "notes": "Alberta's provincial program was paused in 2023 and has not returned. What remains is patchy municipal coverage in Calgary, Edmonton, Banff and Canmore. Several municipalities also run a Clean Energy Improvement Program that finances upgrades through the property tax bill.",
      "before_you_install": null,
      "conflict": null,
      "source_verified": false,
      "source_url": null,
      "source_label": null,
      "last_checked": "2026-08-23"
    }
  ]
}