Canada/Kanata (Huron)

 

Canada is home to many rich, vibrant cultures, including our First Nations, Inuit, and Metis peoples who called this land home prior to First Contact. Canada's First Peoples speak many languages, many of which are at risk of becoming extinct.

Beside each proper name of Canada's provinces and territories, we have chosen to use a First Nations, Inuit, or Metis word that roughly translates into English as land or, in some cases, is the word chosen by local First Nations, Inuit, and Metis peoples.

This in no way excludes languages, but simply reflects our desire to honour the language and culture of Canada's first peoples.

• British Columbia

  • Power sense air source heat pump programs. Rebate, or up to $5000 over 10 years at 4.9 % fixed rate. Multiple incentives for upgrades to home. www.fortisbc.com/energy/efficiency/residential/heat_pump.html
  • Victoria: $125 rebate to purchase high-efficiency clothes washing machine. www.crd.bc.ca/water/conservation/rebates/smartwash.htm
  • Provincial tax exemption on Energy Star windows, skylights, doors, side lights. Purchases between Feb 21st 2007- Mar 31st 2009. 1-877-388-440

• Alberta

  • Detailed incentives for more energy efficient homes will be released Spring 2008.

• Saskatchewan

  • Provincial tax exemption on new Energy Star appliances.
  • $15 rebate for programmable thermostats.
  • Receive up to $5000 upgrade for your home to make it more energy efficient if the renovation is completed from within 18 months you apply. www.saskenergy.com

• Manitoba

  • $245 credit if you install a new Energy Star high-efficiency furnace or boiler.
  • $25-$100 rebate for Energy Star washer, fridge, and freezer. www.hydro.mb.ca
  • Up to $1000 certificates for Energy Star appliances when building new single-family homes.

• Ontario

  • New market hydro offering $100 rebate for Energy Star front-loading washer purchased after Sept 1st 2005. www.nmhydro.on.ca
  • $60 rebate on purchase of water efficient clothes washer. $60 rebate to replace toilet with water efficient toilet. www.toronto.ca/watereff/rebate_programs.htm
  • Non-profit organizations receive up to $5000 to put on renewable energy fair. www.energy.gov.on.ca/index.cfm?fuseaction-about.new

• Quebec

  • $30 rebate to purchase programmable thermostat.
  • $450 financial incentive to install Energy Star high efficiency hot air furnace.
  • Up to $600 for Energy Star boiler.
  • $5 per square foot rebate with purchase of Energy Star windows and sliding doors (up to maximum $500). www.fee.qc.ca/en/index.htm

• Nova Scotia

  • $175 if you receive less than 77 for your home on Energy Guide scale.
  • $350 for a rating between 77-79, and $500 if the rating is above 80. www.gov.ns.ca/energy/AbsPage.aspx?id=1495&siteid=1⟨=1

• New Brunswick

  • $1000 grant for 1st home owners that achieve ecoEnergy rating of at least 80. www.efficiencynb.ca/Promo/newhomeinfo-e.asp

• Newfoundland and Labrador

  • Federal home improvement grants. www.oee.nrcan.gc.ca/residential/personal/home-improvement.cfm?attr=0

• Northwest Territories

  • Up to $200 rebate if you purchase Energy Star refrigerator or front loading washer with diesel or natural gas.
  • $100 rebate if you use hydro. www.enr.gov.nt.ca/eps/EEIP.html

• Nunavut

  • Fuel tax rebate for hunters, fishers, trappers, outfitters, tourism operators, prospectors and quarrying.
  • Electricity subsidy program for residential and commercial customers. www.oee.nrcan.gc.ca/corporate/retrofit-summary.cfm

• Yukon

  • Mortgage financing up to $200,000 at a reduced interest rate for homes built or upgraded to Green Home standards. Green Homes must be constructed by Yukoners and Yukon businesses must supply at least 75% of building materials. www.housing.yk.ca/services/hop.html

• Federal Grants

  • http://www.oee.nrcan.gc.ca/residential/personal/home-improvement.cfm?attr=0

* All the information that was compiled for this research was done in January 2008 and is intended for basic information. Once going to the website there are more incentives offered. Since climate change is so important, provinces are always making updates and new incentives.