Programs, rebates and incentives

Making your home more energy efficient can help you save money on your monthly utility bills, but there are also an assortment of rebates, programs and initiatives in Canada that reward efficient energy and product use. See the list below for a selection of these regional, provincial and federal programs.

Canada

• Canadian Housing and Mortgage Corporation: offers a 10 percent refund on its mortgage loan insurance premium when a borrower buys or builds an energy-efficient home.
• Citizens Bank Clean Air Auto Loan
• ecoENERGY Retrofit
• EnerStar, EnerGuide and R-2000
• Environment Canada (NRCan) Incentives and Rebates
• Grants and Incentives

British Columbia

• BC Hydro Power Smart Lighting Rebate
• Victoria, BC: Rebate offer for purchase of energy efficient, high efficiency clothes washers

Alberta

• Car heaven Alberta
• Lethbridge, AB: SunRidge development rebates for houses
• Calgary, AB: Residential Toilet Replacement Program
• Energy Solutions Alberta

Saskatchewan

• Provincial Sales Tax (PST) exemption for ENERGY STAR qualified appliances

Manitoba

• Manitoba: Green and Growing
• Manitoba Hybrid Electric Vehicle Rebate Program
• Manitoba Hydro Power Smart Appliance Program
• Manitoba Hydro Power Smart Furnace and Boiler Replacement Program
• Manitoba Hydro Power Smart Home Insulation Program
• Manitoba Hydro Power Smart New Home Program
• Power Smart Furnace/Boiler Replacement Program
• Manitoba R-2000 Home Program
• Power Smart Home Insulation Program

Ontario

• Consumer Statistics - IESO
• Office of Energy Efficiency Residential programs
• Car Heaven Ontario
• Hamilton, ON: Subsidized Composters
• Kingston, ON: Subsidized Composters
• Toronto, ON: rebate offer on water-efficient clothes washers
• 2007, June 20: Hydro One offers loans for home renewable power retrofits

Quebec

• Agence de l'efficacité énergétique Community Program (for low-income households)
• Saint-Jérôme. QC: free parking for hybrid and electric vehicles
• Programs and tools to be energy wise-Hydro Quebec

New Brunswick

• Grant for new homes with an EnerGuide rating of 80 or higher
• New Brunswick Energy Efficient New Homes Program
• New Brunswick Lung Association Vehicle Scrappage Program

Nova Scotia

• Car Heaven Atlantic Provinces

Prince Edward Island

• Car Heaven Atlantic Provinces
• Alternative Heating Loan Program
• Home Energy Low-income Program
• Renewable Heat Loan Program

Newfoundland and Labrador

• Car Heaven Atlantic Provinces
• Newfoundland Power Electric Heat Financing Program
• Newfoundland Power High-Performance Thermostat Rebate
• Newfoundland Power Wrap Up For Savings Program
• Financing to cover the cost difference between a conventionally constructed home and high-efficiency registered R-2000 homes

Northwest Territories

• Arctic Energy Alliance programs

Yukon

• Yukon Housing Corporation Green Mortgage
• Yukon Housing Corporation Home Repair Programs
• 2007 Residential Energy Programming

Nunavut

• Nunavut Energy Management Program Policy