Home Renovation Savings, Homes Heated with Electricity, Oil, Propane or Wood
by IESO / Enbridge, Home Renovation Savings Program
Also known as: HRS non-gas stream · Save on Energy Home Renovation Savings
If your home is heated with electricity, oil, propane or wood, common across rural Northern Ontario, Home Renovation Savings pays its top rebate tier: up to $7,500 for a cold-climate air-source heat pump, up to $12,000 for ground-source, and up to $10,000 for solar panels plus battery storage. No home energy assessment is required for these standalone rebates. Delivered by Save on Energy (IESO) with Enbridge; launched January 28, 2025.
Key facts
- Amount
- Up to $12,000 Cold climate air source heat pump up to $7,500; ground source heat pump up to $12,000 (rebate sized by installed heat-pump capacity); solar panels + battery storage up to $10,000 combined; attic insulation $1,250 (boosted from $1,000); smart thermostat $100 instant (boosted from $75); select appliances up to $200. No home energy assessment required for these standalone rebates.
Against all tracked amounts, $1,000 to $500,000,000, logarithmic.
homerenovationsavings.ca · Last verified Oct 1, 2026 · Auto-checked against official source
Cold climate air source: Up to $7,500 back ... Ground source: Up to $12,000 back ... A home energy assessment is not required.
- Instrument
- Rebate
- Status
- Open, continuous intake no fixed deadline; approvals on the funder's cycle
- Who qualifies
- Property owners and developers
- homeowner
- Province-wide (all Northern Ontario districts included)
- Home primarily heated with electricity, oil, propane or wood, this is THE hook: these homes get the enhanced heat-pump tier (up to $7,500/$12,000) vs $2,000/$3,000 for gas-heated homes
- Home connected to the Ontario electricity grid
- Existing home; rebate amount determined by size of heat pump installed
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homeowners heating with electricity, oil, propane, or wood who are connected to the Ontario electricity grid
- Where
- Algoma District · Cochrane District · Greater Sudbury (single-tier census division) · Kenora District · Manitoulin District · District Municipality of Muskoka · Nipissing District · Parry Sound District · Rainy River District · Sudbury District (excl. Greater Sudbury) · Thunder Bay District · Timiskaming District
11 of 11 Northern Ontario districts are eligible for this program. A filled dot is eligible, an outline is not.
- Built for
- Homeowners, energy retrofits
How do you apply?
- Confirm your primary heating fuel (electricity, oil, propane or wood) and grid connection
- Get quotes from a participating contractor for the heat pump / solar / battery install (no energy assessment needed for standalone rebates)
- Install the upgrade
- Apply for the rebate through homerenovationsavings.ca
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officially launched on January 28, 2025
Can you combine this with other funding?
- Home Renovation Savings, Natural Gas Heated Homes (Enbridge Stream), Mutually exclusive heat-pump tiers by primary heating fuel: a natural-gas-heated home takes the Enbridge tier ($2,000/$3,000), not this enhanced tier. One home cannot claim both tiers.
Common questions
My home heats with a wood stove, do I actually qualify?
Yes. Wood is explicitly listed alongside electricity, oil and propane as a qualifying primary heating fuel for the enhanced heat-pump tier, provided the home is connected to the Ontario electricity grid.
Do I need a home energy assessment first?
No, heat pump, solar and battery rebates in this stream are standalone: 'A home energy assessment is not required.' The assessment path (with $600 back) is only needed for bundled envelope upgrades like insulation and windows.
Is this the replacement for the Canada Greener Homes Grant?
Functionally yes for Ontario homeowners: the federal Greener Homes Grant closed to new applicants in 2024, and Home Renovation Savings (launched Jan 28, 2025 under Ontario's 2025-2027 energy-efficiency plan) is now the main retrofit rebate route in the province.
Why is my rebate less than $7,500?
The rebate amount is determined by the size (capacity) of the heat pump installed, the published figures are maximums, not flat payments.
Other streams of Home Renovation Savings Program
Funders publish these as one program with several streams. The terms differ by stream.
Guides that cover this program
Notes on this record
Figures verified on homerenovationsavings.ca and saveonenergy.ca 2026-08-17. The $10,000 solar+battery figure is the combined published cap; the per-component split (commonly cited as $5,000 + $5,000) was not confirmed on the pages fetched, left out of the envelope deliberately. Predecessor context: Canada Greener Homes Grant (federal) is CLOSED to new applicants; no slug exists for it so it is noted here rather than linked.
Apply
Apply on the funder’s site and confirm current terms there: