Heat pumps, solar, battery storage, insulation, windows, water heaters, and thermostats — every category explained plainly, covering Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, and Clarington.
Updated August 2026 · Independent guide — we don't sell your info.
Planning a heat pump installation in Durham Region, or just trying to make your home more energy efficient? This page covers every energy rebate available across the region in one place.
Take our quick 30-second assessment to see exactly what rebates your Durham Region home qualifies for.
Start your assessment →In 2026, a Durham Region homeowner can claim up to $12,000 for a heat pump, $10,000 for solar + battery combined, up to $1,250 for attic insulation, $100 for a smart thermostat, and up to $200 per appliance — on top of a separate assessment-required insulation/windows tier.
Durham Region covers Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, and Clarington. Electric utilities vary by municipality (Oshawa Power in Oshawa, Elexicon Energy in Whitby), while most of the region uses Enbridge Gas for natural gas. The province's Home Renovation Savings Program (HRSP) is identical across the whole region — the same categories and tiers as Toronto and Ottawa.
Enbridge Gas customers switching from gas: up to $2,000 (air-source) or $3,000 (ground-source). Switching from electric, oil, propane, or wood: up to $7,500 (air-source) or up to $12,000 (ground-source).
$1,000/kW, capped at 50% of total cost. Choose this rebate or net metering with your local electric utility — not both.
$300/kWh, capped at 50% of cost. Stacks with the solar rebate for up to $10,000 combined.
Amount scales with your starting R-value: up to $1,250 from ≤R-12, $1,000 from R-12–25, $800 from R-25–35.
Instant rebate before you buy, or mail-in after. Eligible brands: ecobee, Google Nest, Honeywell Home, Copeland Sensi, Mysa, and Sinopé.
Heat pump dryer $200, induction cooktop/range $150, washer $75, fridge $50, freezer $50, dishwasher $25.
There's no direct HRSP cash rebate for a Level 2 home charger in Durham Region — this is the same across Ontario. A Durham Greener Homes Coach (see Local Programs below) can confirm whether an EV charger install fits within the region's loan financing options.
A typical household stacking a heat pump with solar or battery nets $4,000–$17,000 in direct rebates — identical across the region, since this is a provincial program.
We could not confirm a hard expiry date for these programs on the official site as of this writing — check homerenovationsavings.ca directly before relying on any deadline you see elsewhere.
Same structure as the rest of Ontario: a home energy assessment (about $600, refunded as a rebate), at least two qualifying upgrades, and an extra $500 bonus for completing three or more.
To at least R-20 across 100% of exterior wall area.
Plus Basement Slab (up to $500) and Foundation Header (up to $300) as separate, smaller sub-categories.
Crawlspace wall up to $1,200, plus crawlspace ceiling up to $1,200 — two separate measures.
Per rough opening replaced with an eligible ENERGY STAR window or door.
Replaces a gas, electric, or oil tank.
Draftproofing your home's envelope, verified by the before/after assessment.
A regional program covering the whole of Durham Region — Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, and Clarington — administered by Windfall Ecology Centre: free expert home energy coaching, a Deep Retrofit Rebate of up to $10,000 for cutting your home's greenhouse gas emissions, and loan financing options through local Rapport and Pathwise credit unions. Whitby residents who connect with a coach can access an additional $5,000 incentive not available elsewhere in the region.
Varies by municipality: Oshawa Power in Oshawa, Elexicon Energy in Whitby, plus Enbridge Gas for natural gas across most of the region.
Mostly natural gas
Most Durham Region homes heat with gas furnaces, putting a heat pump switch in the lower HRSP tier.
6–10 weeks quote to installation for solar, faster for a heat pump swap. Local building permit + ESA electrical inspection where required.
Most of the rebate figures above assume you own a detached or freehold home and control the whole building. That's not every Durham Region household. Here's what changes if you rent or live in a condo.
The structural HRSP rebates — heat pump, insulation, windows & doors, air sealing — are paid through a contractor application tied to the home and its owner, so those go to your landlord, not you. The smaller purchase-based items on this page, like the $100 smart thermostat rebate and the $25–$200 appliance rebates, are tied to buying the product itself — check the official homerenovationsavings.ca terms to confirm whether you personally qualify to claim one as a tenant. If you want the bigger upgrades, the ask has to go to your landlord — point them to this page.
In-unit upgrades you control yourself — a heat pump water heater, an in-suite heat pump, in-suite windows — may qualify for the rebates above, but anything touching shared systems or the building's exterior typically needs your condo corporation's written approval first, since HRSP applications require proof the work was authorized.
Durham Greener Homes (see Local Programs above) is delivered through Windfall Ecology Centre with an energy coach, a Deep Retrofit Rebate of up to $10,000, and loan financing through local credit unions — a condo board planning a whole-building retrofit should connect with a Durham Greener Homes Coach first to confirm whether the program can be applied at the building level rather than per household. Otherwise, a whole-building project goes through the standard provincial HRSP process, and your condo board or property manager would need to apply, not individual owners.
It depends on the heat pump type and your current fuel. Enbridge Gas customers switching from gas get up to $2,000 for an air-source unit or $3,000 for ground-source. Households switching from electricity, oil, propane, or wood get up to $7,500 for air-source or up to $12,000 for ground-source. This is the same provincial HRSP structure used across Ontario.
Yes — Durham Greener Homes covers the whole region: free energy coaching, a Deep Retrofit Rebate of up to $10,000, and loan financing through local credit unions. Whitby residents can access an additional $5,000 incentive on top of that.
It depends on the municipality. Oshawa is served by Oshawa Power, Whitby by Elexicon Energy, and most of Durham Region uses Enbridge Gas for natural gas. Check your bill to confirm your specific electric utility.
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