BC Heat Pump Rebates

Rebate programs in B.C. have changed a lot in the last two years, and much of what you will read online is out of date. This page lists what is actually available today, what it is worth, and what has ended. We check it against the official program pages every month.

Last verified: 18 August 2026.

Right Now: Up to $1,000 Extra, Until October 31

BC Hydro is running a bonus on air source heat pumps. You could get up to $1,000 in bonus rebates on top of the standard amounts, plus entry into a draw for one of three $5,000 prizes.

To qualify, the work has to be completed, invoiced and paid by 31 October 2026, with the application in by 30 November. Bonus funding is limited and first come, first served. The bonus applies to the electric heating rebates below.

The Two Main Rebates

These come through the Home Renovation Rebate Program — BC Hydro, FortisBC and CleanBC together. There is no income test on these, and they are the ones we process most often.

These apply to homes currently heated by electricity — baseboards, an electric furnace, or similar.

To get the $4,000, the system has to be big enough to heat your home on a cold day on its own, not just take the edge off while your baseboards do the real work.

That is not left to opinion. There is a Canadian standard for calculating how much heat a house actually needs, and the program requires that calculation to be done properly: using approved, certified software, by a contractor registered with the Home Performance Contractor Network. We are registered, and we do the calculation as part of quoting the job.

It is a good rule, and it protects you. It is what stops a system being sold into a house it cannot keep up with — and equally, it is what stops you paying for more equipment than your home needs.

One practical note: if your home is over about 1,200 sq ft, it will need a multi-head or ducted system rather than a single indoor unit.

If You Heat With Gas, Oil or Propane

Here is the part most rebate pages will not tell you plainly: the general rebate for switching off fossil fuel heating ended in April 2025 for southern B.C. It still exists north of 100 Mile House. It does not exist here.

What is still available to you:

• The income qualified program below — the largest amounts in the province, up to $13,000. Worth checking even if you do not think you will qualify, because the thresholds are higher than most people expect.
• No PST on heat pumps. Heat pumps have been exempt from provincial sales tax since 2022. On a typical system that is over a thousand dollars you simply do not pay. Fossil fuel heating equipment, by contrast, is taxed at 12%.
• Interest free municipal financing, if you are in Saanich or Central Saanich. See below.

The Income Qualified Program

This is where the largest rebates are, and it is the only program that still pays for switching off gas, oil or propane. It runs through the CleanBC Better Homes Energy Savings Program.

It is income tested across three levels, and the thresholds are higher than people assume — Level 3 reaches $189,800 for a household of four. There are also limits on assessed home value: $1.2 million for Levels 1 and 2, $1.82 million for Level 3.

Amounts for switching from gas, propane or oil:

If you currently heat with electricity, this program now only pays at Level 1, and the amount is $5,000 regardless of system type. That changed on 6 July 2026.

Amounts depend on your household size, your income and what you are replacing. We will tell you the real number for your situation.

Interest Free Financing in Saanich and Central Saanich

If the rebates do not reach you, your municipality might.

Central Saanich lends up to $12,000 at 0% interest, repaid over ten years on your property tax bill, to replace an oil, propane or natural gas heating system with a heat pump. You need a pre-upgrade EnerGuide evaluation, which the District subsidises, and you have to apply before the work starts. Funding is very limited: the District has said current funding covers four homes for 2026. We are on their approved contractor list, so that route is open to you with us.

Saanich runs a similar program, also up to $12,000 interest free, with its own intake deadlines and its own approved contractor list. We work with both programs, so talk to us early either way and we will make sure the paperwork lines up.

Either way, ask early. These programs need the paperwork done before any work starts, and both fund only a small number of homes each year.

What Has Ended

We list this because out of date rebate information is the single most common reason people end up disappointed.

There are currently no federal heat pump programs accepting new applications. If a site is still advertising the $40,000 federal loan, it has not been updated in a year.

Why Your Installer Matters

Every rebate on this page requires the work to be done by a contractor registered with the Home Performance Contractor Network. Self installations do not qualify, and neither does an unregistered contractor.

We are registered, for both the standard and the income qualified programs. For the income qualified program we handle the pre-registration and submit the application, and the rebate comes off your invoice rather than arriving months later.

A few things are worth knowing early, because they have to happen before the work starts: income qualified applications need pre-approval first, and the municipal financing programs need an EnerGuide evaluation booked in advance. If you are considering either, tell us at the quote and we will sort out the order of operations.

You can confirm current amounts yourself at betterhomesbc.ca and BC Hydro, or just ask us — we track the changes because we file the paperwork.

Book a quote and we will give you the real number for your home

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