Home Renovation Savings: heat-pump purchase or rental rebates

You must own the Ontario home and be responsible for the eligible equipment and installation costs; landlords apply for rented homes. Each property must qualify separately. The home must have an active Enbridge residential account and primarily use a natural-gas furnace or boiler, or primarily use electric resistance, oil, propane or wood heating while connected to the IESO-controlled Ontario grid. Cornwall Electric does not qualify for the grid route; an eligible Enbridge gas-heated home can still qualify.

Detached, semi-detached and row houses, townhouses and mobile homes on permanent foundations qualify after at least six months of occupancy. An individual unit in a stacked townhouse, duplex or triplex can qualify if you apply only for your unit, it has independent heating and, for Enbridge customers, its own gas meter. That building must contain two or three units, be no more than three storeys high and have a building area no greater than 600 m².

The home must not already have a heat pump used for space heating: replacements, including very old systems, are excluded. Install a complete system with compatible indoor and outdoor components; replacing one component or adding an indoor unit does not qualify. The contractor must size it and any ducts correctly, comply with applicable codes and permits, and distribute heat throughout all temperature-controlled rooms, including the basement where applicable.

Air-source systems: central ducted, partly ducted and ductless mini/multi-split systems can qualify. Split systems connect one or several indoor units to an outdoor unit. Air-to-water systems, which take heat from outdoor air and deliver heated water to the home’s heating system, cannot qualify under this air-source route. The model must be active on Natural Resources Canada’s eligible cold-climate list, available in Canada and have variable output with at least three speeds or continuous adjustment. It must meet the programme’s efficiency tests: HSPF2 Region V of at least 6.6 and SEER2 of at least 15.2 (seasonal heating/cooling efficiency ratings); at least 12,000 BTU/hour rated heating at 8.3°C; a coefficient of performance of at least 1.8 at −15°C at maximum output (heat delivered relative to electricity used); and at least 70% maximum heating-capacity retention at −15°C compared with its rated capacity at 8.3°C.

For gas- or propane-heated homes, Natural Resources Canada’s sizing options A–D are allowed, ranging from cooling-focused sizing with mild-weather heating to almost the full seasonal heating need. For oil, wood or electric-resistance homes, only options C or D qualify: heating-focused sizing providing most heating in mild-to-cold weather in most climate regions, or sizing for all or nearly all heating over the season. Components normally must share the same AHRI certified combination number. Listed “Coils Only” systems may instead pair their listed indoor/outdoor units with an existing furnace; you and the contractor must consider furnace and thermostat compatibility. The guide’s additional blower, control and airflow recommendations remain recommendations.

Ground-source systems: these take heat from the ground or groundwater through a fluid circuit. Water-to-air models deliver heated air to the home; water-to-water models deliver heated water for a water-based heating system. Both ground-source categories can qualify, subject to their separate requirements. Water-to-air models must be active on Natural Resources Canada’s ground-source list; water-to-water models must be on the ENERGY STAR geothermal list, available in Canada and accompanied by their AHRI performance certificate. Install the full system, meeting Canada’s Energy Efficiency Regulations and/or Ontario Regulation 509/18, with the ground loop and capacity suited to the home’s heating demand. Direct-expansion systems, which circulate refrigerant through the ground loop, are excluded. For oil, wood or electrically heated homes, the system must cover the full heating demand. A signed contractor statement confirming installation to ANSI/CSA/IGSHPA C448—the standard for designing and installing ground-source systems—is strongly recommended, rather than mandatory.

New or existing backup heating may be used but is not rebated. Gas and propane homes can retain a compatible furnace; wood and electric-resistance homes can retain that backup. Oil-heated homes must switch to electric heat-pump heating, with electric-resistance backup if needed to cover the oil heating demand. Oil-equipment removal is not automatically required: use a contractor registered with the Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA) to maintain, empty and/or remove tanks and piping as the law requires. Propane homes may keep a hybrid system; if not, the same lawful tank-handling obligation applies.

Use a licensed, trained contractor on this stream’s participating list. The same equipment cannot receive another Enbridge, IESO Save on Energy or Ontario-government incentive. Other funding may be combined up to 100% of supply and installation costs. Maintain the equipment in working order; during its useful life, do not sell, lease, transfer, dispose of or damage it, except when selling or transferring the home as allowed by the agreement.

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Doorlopend open

Beperkingen per ronde

• Ontario homes only. Written pre-installation approval required; contractor submits final application within 30 days after installation.

Use the official homeowner form to receive the participating heating-and-cooling contractor list. The contractor prepares a pre-installation application with an itemized work order, photos of existing heating equipment, your signed participant agreement and the Natural Resources Canada sizing-tool form for each air-source outdoor unit. Oil and propane applicants must also sign the tank-removal attestation form; its name does not itself require every tank to be removed.

You must not already have made a binding purchase or installation commitment outside this programme’s requirements. Both you and the contractor must receive the administrators’ written pre-installation approval before installation. Work installed before approval is ineligible; preapproval alone does not guarantee payment.

Within 30 days after installation, the contractor submits the post-installation application, including the itemized final invoice or signed rental agreement, installation and thermostat photos, and other required information. Payment requires written approval of both applications. After post-installation approval, the published expected cheque delivery is 60 days. Keep eligibility records for at least two years from the pre-installation application.