Current as of September 2026. Programs open, close and change their rules mid-year, so every figure here is confirmed against the live rules before we issue a proposal.
| Technology | What is available | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Solar PV | 30% refundable credit on qualifying property including balance of system. Net metering credits against the commodity portion of the bill, to 500 kW. | Federal ITC + O. Reg. 541/05 |
| Battery storage | 30% refundable credit, claimable independently of any generation. | Federal ITC |
| Air-source heat pumps | Up to $18,000 per unit prescriptive, or custom at $1,800/kW or $0.20/kWh — whichever is higher — to 50% of eligible project cost. Plus the 30% federal credit. | Save on Energy + ITC |
| Packaged terminal heat pumps | Up to $1,100 per unit. | Save on Energy Retrofit |
| Advanced rooftop controls | Up to $5,780. | Save on Energy Retrofit |
| Demand-controlled ventilation | $27 per ton of cooling, interior spaces. | Save on Energy Retrofit |
| Ground-source heat pumps | 30% refundable credit on the full system, loop field included. | Federal ITC |
| Lighting | Moved out of the Retrofit Program on 30 June 2026. Now delivered through Instant Discounts. | Save on Energy Instant Discounts |
The Retrofit Program publishes semi-annual updates each spring and autumn, adding and retiring measures. A proposal quoting figures from a previous cycle is not necessarily wrong, but it is worth asking when it was last checked.
The full 30% requires a written election covering prevailing wage and documented effort toward 10% of Red Seal trade hours by registered apprentices. Without it the rate is 20%.
It is decided at contract stage, not at filing. The detail is here.
The Ontario Home Renovation Savings Program is open. It publishes no end date, and the IESO has budgeted it into 2027 inside a framework that runs to 2036. A 30 November 2026 closing date circulates widely in the trade; we have not found it published by the programme or by the IESO, so we do not repeat it.
Eligibility runs through registered participating contractors, and registration has been paused. We confirm the position project by project rather than promising a rebate we have not verified.
As things stand, nothing general. The federal Canada Greener Homes Affordability Program — the direct-install successor to the Greener Homes Grant — is running in Manitoba, British Columbia, Quebec, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. There is no Ontario agreement, no named delivery organisation and no announced launch.
What remains for Ontario households is the income-tested Energy Affordability Program, and net metering for solar, which is not an incentive but a billing arrangement.
We would rather tell you that now than after you have signed something.
Where a residential project stands on its own economics — a failed system being replaced, a high-consumption home, a site with good solar exposure and daytime load — it still makes sense without a rebate. Financing is available on qualifying projects.
Several provinces run materially better residential programs than Ontario does, and the commercial federal credit is national. If your building is elsewhere in Canada, tell us where — we deliver through affiliated contractors in other provinces and will tell you honestly whether we are the right party for it.
Generally yes — they are separate programs from different bodies. The utility incentive may reduce the cost base the credit is calculated on, so the two should be modelled together rather than simply added.
Not as far as anything published says. No end date appears on the programme's own pages, and the IESO has budgeted it for 2027. A 30 November 2026 date circulates in the trade without a source, and we do not repeat it. The change that is real is that several measures no longer require an energy assessment at all.
For commercial projects we file the utility application and assemble the documentation package the federal credit requires. We do not file your corporate return — that is your accountant's work, and we give them what they need.
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