Heat pump rebates
Heat Pump Rebates in BC, and How to Actually Get One
There's real money available for a heat pump in BC right now, and depending on what you're replacing and what your household earns, CleanBC can be worth up to $13,000. The catch is that one step has to happen before anything gets installed, and doing it in the wrong order is what stops most people from ever claiming.
Read this first
The CleanBC rebate approval process
The CleanBC Energy Savings Program runs in the opposite order to most rebates. Rather than paying for the work and claiming the money back afterwards, you register, the program confirms you qualify and sends an eligibility code, and the installation goes ahead after that.
There's no way to register a heat pump that's already in, so this is the one part of a rebate nobody can fix after the fact.
Approval comes with an eligibility code that's good for three months, and the claim has to be in within six months of the invoice date.
If you haven't booked anything yet, nothing has been lost. Tell us a rebate is part of the plan and we'll make sure your registration is approved before we put you on the schedule. The rest of this page is the money: what each program pays, who qualifies, and how the two of them fit together.
CleanBC Better Homes is the BC government's own home energy rebate program. It runs two heat pump rebates: the Home Renovation Rebate, which is open to any household, and the Energy Savings Program, which is income tested and pays a good deal more. The tables in the next section are the Energy Savings Program amounts. For the full details on either one, or to apply, start at the link below.
Find your rebates at betterhomesbc.ca (opens in a new tab)CleanBC Better Homes
What the Energy Savings Program pays
The amount of rebate you qualify for really depends on three factors:
- What you heat with now
- What equipment we're putting in
- And your household income
Replacing oil
| System | L1 | L2 | L3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single-head mini-split | $7,000 | $5,000 | $3,000 |
| Two-head multi-split or dual mini-split | $11,000 | $5,500 | $3,000 |
| Central ducted or three-head multi-split | $13,000 | $7,000 | $3,500 |
Replacing natural gas or propane
| System | L1 | L2 | L3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single-head mini-split | $5,500 | $4,500 | $1,000 |
| Two-head multi-split or dual mini-split | $11,000 | $5,500 | $1,000 |
| Central ducted or three-head multi-split | $13,000 | $7,000 | $3,500 |
Replacing wood or electric
| System | L1 | L2 | L3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Any qualifying system, split or ducted | $5,000 | $4,000 | not eligible |
Electric heat qualifies at the L1 level only. The L2 amount is for wood.
L1 is the lowest income level and L3 the highest. Every amount above is a maximum for a qualifying system. Verified 21 September 2026, and they apply to invoices dated on or after 6 July 2026.
CleanBC Better Homes
The Home Renovation Rebate
If your household income is above the Energy Savings Program limits, this is the CleanBC rebate for you. It's open to every household, whatever the income.
For a heat pump in a home that's mainly heated by electricity: baseboards, radiant ceilings or floors, or an electric furnace.
In our part of the province it's for electrically heated homes only. The program's amounts for oil, gas and propane are reserved for northern BC, from 100 Mile House north. Three things to know before you count on it:
- It can't be combined with the Energy Savings Program, so you claim one or the other. On an electrically heated home the Energy Savings Program only pays at the lowest income level, up to $5,000. Unless your household is at that level, this is the one to claim.
- The heat pump has to be installed by a member of the program's Home Performance Contractor Network. We're a registered contractor.
- The application is due within six months of the invoice date.
Verified 30 September 2026 against the program requirements (opens in a new tab), for invoices dated on or after 15 May 2026.
Also worth knowing
Registered contractors and qualified equipment
The installer has to be registered. CleanBC wants the upgrade purchased, supplied and installed by a contractor registered with the program, so an installer who isn't registered voids the rebate outright. It's a costly way to save a few hundred dollars on a quote. Ecoflow is a Registered Contractor under the CleanBC Energy Savings Program, so on our jobs that box is already ticked.
The equipment has to be on the list. That's not something we'll ask you to check. Our job is to recommend a heat pump that suits your house and appears on CleanBC's Qualified Heat Pump Product List, and the quote you get will satisfy both requirements.
The order it has to happen in
From first call to money back
We look at the job
We come out and look at what you're heating with now, what the house actually needs, and which programs the work can claim. You get the equipment and the rebate figures together, so it's part of the quote rather than a maybe.
You pre-register
This half is yours, and it has to happen before anything gets installed. We'll give you everything you need to do it, and your approval comes back with an eligibility code that's good for three months.
We install it
Inside the window your code gives you, with equipment from the qualified list, done by a Registered Contractor. All three of those matter to the claim and not just to the job, so we keep an eye on the dates as well as the work.
The paperwork goes in
We fill in the contractor portion as part of the job. You submit the homeowner portion, with everything you need for it already in your hand, and the whole claim has to be in within six months of the invoice date.
FAQ
What people ask about rebates
Can I install the heat pump first and apply for the rebate after?
No, and this is the one that costs people the most money. The CleanBC Energy Savings Program wants you to pre-register and have your eligibility confirmed before anything is installed. If it goes in first the rebate is gone, however well the job was done and however clearly you'd have qualified otherwise.
Once you're approved you'll get an eligibility code, and it's good for three months. The claim itself has to go in within six months of the invoice date, so there's a bit of runway but not a lot.
Does it matter who installs it?
It does, more than people expect. Every part of the upgrade has to be purchased, supplied and installed by a Registered Contractor under the program, so an installer who isn't registered voids the rebate outright. That's a painful way to save a few hundred dollars on a quote.
Ecoflow is a Registered Contractor under the CleanBC Energy Savings Program.
How much will I actually get?
It comes down to what you're heating with now, what you're putting in, and your household income. Coming off oil pays the most, natural gas and propane are close behind, and coming off electric baseboards pays the least, simply because the energy saving is smaller.
The table above is the full CleanBC picture, and we'll tell you which line you land on when we quote the job, because by then we know both the equipment and what's already in the house.
Does any heat pump qualify?
No, and this catches people out when they've already picked something. The system has to appear on the Qualified Heat Pump Product List, which is maintained separately from the rebate programs and changes as models come and go. When a rebate is part of the plan, we only quote equipment that's on it.
Do you fill in the paperwork for me?
We fill in the contractor portion as part of the job, and that half is genuinely ours to deal with. The homeowner portion has to be submitted by you, because it asks for things only you can supply and because it's your claim.
What we do is hand you everything you need for your half and walk you through it, and if you get stuck part way through we're a phone call away. What we won't do is tell you we've handled something we can't actually submit on your behalf.
Are these numbers current?
They were verified on 21 September 2026 against the programs themselves, and they apply to invoices dated on or after 6 July 2026. Both programs revise independently of each other, and neither gives much notice when they do.
So treat this page as a guide rather than a quote. We confirm the current figures for your particular job when we give you the estimate, which is really the only point at which the number is worth anything to you.
Next step
Find out what your job qualifies for
We'll tell you which programs apply to your house, what the equipment needs to be, and what the rebate is actually worth, all before you commit to anything.
- The estimate is free, and the rebate figures come with it
- We complete the contractor portion of the paperwork
- Registered Contractor under the CleanBC Energy Savings Program
Ask about a heat pump and the rebates
Tell us what you heat with now and we will tell you what is available.
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