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If you want a rebate, you almost always need a cold-climate model: Home Renovation Savings, Efficiency Manitoba and the National Heat Pump Rebate all require one. It costs more: $10,000 to $19,000 (RBC, May 2024) vs about $9,000 (RBC, May 2024) for a standard unit.
Key facts
| Cold-climate | Standard | |
|---|---|---|
| Typical installed cost (Canada) | $10,000 to $19,000 (RBC, May 2024) | about $9,000 (RBC, May 2024) |
| Output in deep cold | Keeps more of its capacity | Drops off sooner; needs more backup |
| LogisVert (Québec) | $120 per 1,000 BTU/h at -8°C (advertised up to $6,700) | $50 per 1,000 BTU/h at -8°C |
| Home Renovation Savings (Ontario) | Required (NRCan cold-climate list) | Not eligible |
| National Heat Pump Rebate | Required (not open yet) | Not eligible |
Cold-climate vs standard heat pumps, from named cost sources and our program database
Program data last verified
RebateHub, “Cold climate vs standard heat pump: do you need one for rebates?”, https://rebatehub.ca/compare/cold-climate-vs-standard-heat-pump#key-facts (last verified October 12, 2026).
Add up your cold-climate heat pump rebates
The receipt uses the cold-climate rate wherever a program has one.
Your rebate stack
Québec · Heat pumps
2 programs
Could add up to
if you qualify for each program
$14,000
+ $2,000 when the National Heat Pump Rebate opens
Verified against official sources ·
How it adds up
- National Heat Pump Rebate+ $2,000
Cold-climate air-source heat pump (other eligible homeowners) · Rebate · Not open yet · not in the total
Heat pump added to a natural gas forced-air system (single-family home or condo) · Grant
- LogisVert Efficient Homes Programup to $6,700
Air-source heat pump (ENERGY STAR Cold Climate) · Rebate
- Programme de remplacement de systèmes de chauffage au mazout – Oil Heating Replacement Programup to $3,500
Oil furnace or boiler replaced with all-electric heating (e.g. heat pump or electric furnace) · Grant · Gatineau only
LogisVert top-up (e.g. heat pump) · Grant · Repentigny only
Grant · Montréal only
Rebate · Laval only
- Programme d'amélioration de l'isolation (PAI) – Rénoclimat Top-Up near the Saint-Hubert AirportVaries
Grant · Longueuil only
Program maximums for an air-source heat pump. Ground-source systems can get more. Your amount depends on your home and the equipment. City-only programs aren’t counted in the total.
1 income-qualified program hidden.
What makes a heat pump cold-climate
A cold-climate air-source heat pump is rated to keep delivering a set share of its heating capacity at low temperatures. Programs check this against a list: NRCan's cold-climate list for Home Renovation Savings, ENERGY STAR Cold Climate for LogisVert. Read the glossary entry for the details.
Which programs require it
In our data, Home Renovation Savings, Efficiency Manitoba and the National Heat Pump Rebate pay only for cold-climate air-source models. LogisVert pays both, at different rates: $50 per 1,000 BTU/h at -8°C for a standard ENERGY STAR model and $120 per 1,000 BTU/h at -8°C (advertised up to $6,700) for a cold-climate one.
Which one should you choose?
Choose a cold-climate model if you want a rebate or rely on the heat pump as your main heat. A standard model can make sense only where no rebate applies and you keep a furnace for cold days. Compare dual fuel and all-electric.
Frequently asked questions
Sources
Last updated . Amounts and rules come from the official program pages below. If something has changed, please tell us.