Heat Pump Rebates in Canada 2026: A Province-by-Province Breakdown

British Columbia has reshaped its heat pump support into an income-based structure under the CleanBC Energy Savings Program, administered through Better Homes BC. The amount you receive scales with your household income, and the gap between tiers is meaningful. A family of four earning under roughly $87,350 can qualify for up to $16,000 toward a heat pump, and once electrical upgrades are folded in, the income-qualified path can reach around $24,500 in total support. Higher-income households switching from gas, propane, or oil still qualify, just for more modest amounts.

There's one rule for 2026 that catches people off guard. For lower-income tiers registering on or after April 1, 2026, your home's assessed value has to sit at or under $1,200,000, and for the higher-income tier the cap is $1,820,000. The other rule is universal in BC: you must pre-register and receive an eligibility code before you buy equipment or start any work. Some municipalities, such as Kelowna, layer their own top-ups on top, so it's worth checking locally once you know your provincial amount.

This is the honest part of the map. Neither Alberta nor Saskatchewan runs a province-wide heat pump rebate, and with the federal oil-to-heat-pump program now closed, there's very little to claim today. The real change is coming from Ottawa: when the National Heat Pump Rebate opens, homeowners here will be eligible like anyone else, whether they're leaving oil, propane, electric baseboards or gas.

In the meantime, Alberta's main lever is municipal. Several Alberta municipalities offer a Clean Energy Improvement Program, which lets you finance an upgrade through your property tax bill and often includes a modest incentive. Utilities like ENMAX and ATCO also run periodic equipment rebates worth a quick phone call.

Saskatchewan is similar, with one wrinkle worth knowing. The SaskPower Home Efficiency Retrofit Rebate offers up to $1,800, but it covers building-envelope upgrades like windows, doors, insulation, and air sealing — heat pumps specifically are not eligible. SaskEnergy's residential rebates likewise focus on furnaces and water heating, not heat pumps. So in Saskatchewan, the realistic path to heat pump dollars is the upcoming federal rebate. Sign up for updates now so you hear when the portal opens — knowing that upfront saves you from chasing a provincial rebate that isn't there.

Manitoba does things a little differently, pricing its rebates by the size of your heated space rather than a flat amount. Through Efficiency Manitoba, an air-source heat pump earns $1.65 per square foot of heated space, while a ground-source (geothermal) system earns $2.50 per square foot. Ground-source projects can also tap an interest-free loan of around $13,500, repaid over 15 years right on your Manitoba Hydro bill, with the exact support varying by system size.

Manitoba also co-delivered the federal OHPA program for oil-heated homes, but that program stopped taking new applications on July 31, 2026, so check with Efficiency Manitoba on whether any provincial oil-conversion support continues. Because the per-square-foot amounts depend on getting your system sized correctly, it's worth understanding how that calculation works before you book an installer — our guide on how to properly size a heat pump for a Canadian home covers the basics so you don't end up under- or over-sized.

Quebec's main offer comes from Hydro-Québec's LogisVert program, which provides up to $6,700 for an eligible air-source heat pump and geothermal assistance equivalent to $750 per 1,000 BTU/h. It's a steady, broadly available program that isn't strictly income-tested, which makes Quebec one of the more accessible provinces for a typical homeowner.

There's an important change to flag, though. The provincial Chauffez vert grant, which helped homeowners convert away from oil or propane central heating, closed to new applications on March 31, 2026. For years it added up to $1,275 for a single-family home on top of LogisVert, so if you read an older article promising that combination, that piece of it is gone. Quebec's Rénoclimat program still offers grants for mechanical-system and envelope upgrades following an energy evaluation, and it can be combined with LogisVert when the work is distinct. Homes still on oil should watch for the new federal National Heat Pump Rebate, since the federal OHPA program closed on July 31, 2026.

The North runs its own programs, and they're surprisingly robust where the grid supports them. In the Yukon, the Good Energy program covers 50% of project costs up to $10,500 for a heat pump in an existing home, including electrical upgrades, and a new Dependable Grid Program launched in April 2026 covers 50% up to $15,000 for dual-fuel systems that pair a heat pump with a non-electric backup. Lower-income households have a dedicated stream as well. You can review the details on the Yukon government's Good Energy rebates page.

In the Northwest Territories, the Arctic Energy Alliance offers rebates of up to $20,000 for ground-source geothermal systems, along with air-source heat pump rebates, distributed first-come, first-served subject to funding. Nunavut is the exception: because its communities run on isolated grids rather than an integrated one, most heat pump incentives — including federal OHPA — generally don't apply, so residents there should contact territorial and utility offices directly about what limited support exists.

The programs differ, but the way to actually capture the money follows a familiar rhythm — and getting the order right is what separates homeowners who collect from those who miss out.

Start by confirming your eligibility and, crucially, registering before you buy anything. This is the rule people stumble on most. The vast majority of these programs will not pay you back for equipment you've already purchased or work that's already underway; they want you enrolled, and often holding an eligibility code, first. From there, the usual sequence is to complete a home energy assessment where one is required (single-measure heat pump rebates often skip this, while whole-home programs need it), choose an approved or registered contractor, keep every invoice and model number, and submit your claim with that documentation. Many provincial and utility programs can be combined, so ask each program whether the others stack rather than assuming you have to choose. Whether the new federal rebate will stack with provincial programs hasn't been announced, so don't count on combining them until the rules are published.

A practical note worth budgeting for: switching off oil or upgrading to a larger heat pump sometimes means your electrical panel needs more capacity. That cost is often partly covered by these programs, but it's smart to know what's involved ahead of time — our explainer on a 100A to 200A panel upgrade lays out the costs and permits so there are no surprises on installation day.