Quebec Home Energy Rebates 2026: LogisVert, Rénoclimat, the Federal Rebate and What Stacks

Quebec Home Energy Rebates 2026: LogisVert, Rénoclimat, the Federal Rebate and What Stacks

By EnergyBS Editorial Team | November 13, 2026

The Short Answer

A Quebec homeowner in November 2026 has two provincial programs and one coming federal one. Hydro-Québec's LogisVert pays $120 per 1,000 BTU/h of heating capacity at -8°C for an ENERGY STAR cold-climate heat pump, so an 18,000 BTU/h unit earns $2,160. Rénoclimat pays for insulation, air sealing ($400 to $800) and windows ($150 each) after an energy evaluation. The federal National Heat Pump Rebate adds $2,000, or up to $10,000 below the median income, from early 2027. Chauffez vert has ended.

Every amount below was checked against the official Hydro-Québec, Quebec government and Government of Canada pages on November 13, 2026, unless the line says otherwise. Program rules in Quebec are published in French first; where an English page was thinner than the French guide, we say what we could and could not confirm.

What Is Open, What Has Closed

The single most common error in Quebec rebate articles still online is counting money that no longer exists. Clear that first.

The federal line deserves one more sentence. Hydro-Québec's own LogisVert page acknowledges the October 8, 2026 announcement and says "details about this offer are not yet known." That is the honest status: announced, funded, not yet open. Our federal rebates update tracks what ended federally and when.

The Stacking Table

This is the table to keep while you collect quotes. "Combines with" means the published rules we could read do not bar it. It is not a guarantee, and Quebec's two provincial programs have a long-standing rule of thumb: the same measure is not paid twice.

Three rules decide most outcomes.

Rule 1: LogisVert pays after, Rénoclimat pays after an evaluation that comes before. LogisVert is a post-installation claim through a portal (in French only), and the heat pump amount is fixed by the installation date. Rénoclimat requires a pre-retrofit energy evaluation by an authorized advisor before any work and a post-retrofit evaluation afterwards. A window replaced before the first evaluation is a window with no grant.

Rule 2: the roof can only be paid once. LogisVert's $1,500 roof offer is for electrically heated houses that reach R-50 over the whole roof and caulk a listed set of openings. Hydro-Québec itself points to Rénoclimat if the work does not meet that spec. Pick one program for the roof before the contractor arrives.

Rule 3: the multi-unit bonus excludes everything else. In an eligible multi-unit building, the $220 rate is the richest heat pump offer in the province, but it cannot be combined with the 5% multi-measure bonus or with any other Hydro-Québec or government offer. That may include the federal rebate; read the participant guide before you assume both.

Upgrade by Upgrade

Heat pumps

LogisVert pays on heating capacity at -8°C, not on the nameplate size or the price. That one detail changes which unit to buy.

Two practical points follow. First, ask the installer for the model's capacity at -8°C in writing, from the ENERGY STAR or AHRI listing, because the grant is computed from it. Second, a cold-climate unit earns well over twice the grant of a standard one at the same capacity, which usually covers much of the price gap between them. Only ENERGY STAR certified heat pumps qualify, and the outdoor unit must have at least 12,000 BTU/h of cooling capacity. Hydro-Québec's headline says "up to $6,700" for heat pumps; the conditions we read did not explain how that ceiling is reached, so do not budget above it for a single home.

For how cold-climate units actually perform at Quebec temperatures, see our cold-climate heat pump performance data. In a house heated by electric baseboards with no ducts, a wall-mounted ductless unit is the usual first step; our mini-split installation cost guide and indoor head placement guide cover price and layout.

The federal rebate is flat by income, not by size. For Quebec, the higher tier applies at or below these after-tax household incomes (2025 dollars):

Above those lines the federal amount is $2,000. Below them it is "up to" $10,000; the federal page does not yet say how the amount inside that range is set. The heat pump must be on the federal eligible product list, bought from and installed by an HVAC contractor, and one rebate is paid per household.

Geothermal and electric thermal storage

These are Quebec's large tickets. A new geothermal system earns $750 per 1,000 BTU/h, taken off the installer's invoice, so a 36,000 BTU/h system would carry $27,000 in LogisVert support at that rate. A replacement geothermal unit earns $250 per 1,000 BTU/h, capped at $18,000. Electric thermal storage (a central unit that heats a ceramic core off-peak and releases heat later) earns $15,000 alone or $22,000 paired with a central heat pump, again off the invoice through an authorized installer. ETS matters most to households on a peak-sensitive rate, which is the subject of the rate section below. Our air-source vs ground-source comparison covers whether geothermal makes sense for a given lot.

Insulation and air sealing

Two routes, and you choose per measure.

LogisVert roof offer: $1,500 flat, once per home, for an owner of an electrically heated house who brings 100% of the roof to at least RSI 8.8 (R-50) and caulks windows, doors, the attic hatch, range hood, bathroom fans, outlets and fireplaces. No energy evaluation is needed.

Rénoclimat: the grant for each assembly depends on the share of the area insulated and on the before and after insulating values in your evaluation report, inside these published ranges:

Semi-detached and corner row houses receive 75% of the wall and foundation amounts, and other row houses 50%, because their shared walls are not eligible. Duplexes, triplexes and larger buildings get a multiplier by number of units. The post-retrofit values must meet the targets in your evaluation report, so ask the advisor for those targets in writing and give them to the contractor. Air sealing pays $400 to $800, depending on the airtightness gain the post-retrofit test measures.

The decision rule is simple. If the attic is the only job and the house is electrically heated, LogisVert's flat $1,500 is the easier money. If you are also doing walls, foundations or windows, the Rénoclimat evaluation is worth booking, and the roof goes through whichever program pays more for your starting level. For the physics of sealing before insulating, see our air sealing guide; for whether the next R-value pays, see insulation payback by climate.

Windows and doors

Rénoclimat pays $150 for each ENERGY STAR certified window or door replaced, inside the evaluation process. Ten windows earn $1,500. That is a small share of what windows cost, so replace them because they have failed, not for the grant. Our interior storm windows comparison covers the cheaper fix, which neither program pays for.

Water heaters

Neither LogisVert's residential measure list nor Rénoclimat's English financial-assistance page listed a heat pump water heater grant when we checked. Rénoclimat lists "certain mechanical systems" without amounts on its English page, so confirm with your evaluator before assuming nothing is available. Our heat pump water heater installation cost guide covers the install itself.

Smart thermostats

No thermostat grant appears in either program's lists. Electric baseboard homes typically use line-voltage thermostats, and the savings come from setbacks, not from a rebate.

Solar panels and batteries

LogisVert pays $1,000 per installed kW, up to 40% of purchase and installation costs, for systems installed on or after June 30, 2025, with Hydro-Québec connection authorization. The 40% cap matters: a 6 kW system quoted at $14,000 earns $5,600 at 40%, which is less than the $6,000 the per-kW rate would give. No battery grant appeared on the residential page.

Solar is the measure where Quebec's low electricity price bites hardest. A kilowatt-hour from your roof is worth what it saves you on your bill, and Rate D charges 7.065 cents for the first 40 kWh a day. The rate section below works the arithmetic. Our solar ROI timeline shows the method.

EV chargers

Neither LogisVert nor Rénoclimat listed a home EV charger grant on the pages we read on November 13, 2026, and no federal program covered here pays for one. Our EV charger installation cost breakdown covers the cost side.

Appliances

$250 for a complete induction range (at least four induction elements and a forced-convection oven; cooktops alone are excluded) and $250 for a heat pump dryer (condenser dryers excluded), one each per address. Tenants can claim these two.

How Hydro-Québec Rates Change the Payback

Quebec's residential electricity is inexpensive, with the higher Rate D tier at 11.142 cents per kWh from April 1, 2026, and that changes the payback on every measure. Many Quebec houses already heat with electricity, so a heat pump here is not a fuel switch that swaps an expensive fuel for a cheap one, as it is in an Ontario oil home. It is an efficiency gain on the same cheap fuel, and the savings in dollars are smaller.

How Rate D bills you. Rate D, the standard residential rate, has two tiers plus a daily access charge. From April 1, 2026, per Hydro-Québec's rate grid:

A house heated by baseboards in January can use several times 40 kWh a day, so most of its winter heating is billed at the higher second-tier price. That is the price a heat pump saves. For the same reason, insulation and air sealing in an electrically heated house save second-tier kilowatt-hours first.

The 2026 rate change. The Régie de l'énergie approved a 3.0% residential increase from April 1, 2026 to March 31, 2027, another 3.0% from April 2027 and 2.6% from April 2028. It specified that the second-tier increase is twice the first-tier increase, and froze the access charge at its April 1, 2025 level. Each year, then, the kilowatt-hours a heat pump removes become a little more valuable relative to the base load, which shortens payback slowly. The grid bears that out: the second tier rose 4.6% (10.652 to 11.142 cents) and the first tier 2.3% (6.905 to 7.065 cents).

A worksheet that uses your own bill. Take last winter's bills and subtract 40 kWh a day for each billing day: what is left is your second-tier consumption. A heat pump cuts the heating share of that by a fraction set by its seasonal efficiency and by how much of the house it reaches; our cold-climate performance data gives measured efficiencies by outdoor temperature. Multiply the kilowatt-hours saved by 11.142 cents. Divide your net cost after grants by that yearly saving to get a simple payback. Run it twice, with and without the federal rebate.

An illustration with a stated input: if two wall-mounted heat pumps cut 6,000 kWh a year of second-tier consumption, the saving is 6,000 × $0.11142 = $669 a year. On Worked Example 1 below, the heat pumps cost $10,000 less $4,320 from LogisVert, or $5,680, a simple payback of about 8.5 years; with the federal $2,000 it is $3,680, about 5.5 years. Halve the kilowatt-hours saved and the payback doubles, which is why the installer's coverage plan matters more than the grant.

The same worksheet shows why solar is a hard sell in Quebec even with LogisVert's grant: each kilowatt-hour a panel produces in summer, when a heated house sits mostly in the cheaper first tier, is worth the 7.065-cent first-tier price, not the 11.142-cent second tier. Take the 6 kW example above: $14,000 less the $5,600 grant leaves $8,400. To repay that, the panels must displace about 75,000 kWh priced at the second tier, or about 119,000 kWh at the first tier. Over 25 years that is roughly 3,000 to 4,760 kWh a year, every year, used in the house. Compare that with your installer's production estimate and with how much of it your home actually uses as it is produced.

Rate Flex D and peak events. Hydro-Québec's Rate Flex D changes the winter prices around announced peak events. From April 1, 2026:

Summer prices are the same as Rate D. The break-even is stark: each kilowatt-hour used during an event costs 35.321 cents more, and each second-tier kilowatt-hour outside events saves 2.039 cents, so you need about 17 off-event kilowatt-hours for every event kilowatt-hour just to stay level. It rewards households that can cut use during those hours. A heat pump alone does not do that well, because heat pumps lose capacity and lean on backup heat in exactly those conditions. Electric thermal storage does: it heats its core off-peak and releases heat during the event. That is why LogisVert pays $15,000 to $22,000 for an ETS system and why the combination of ETS and a central heat pump makes most sense for a household willing to move to a peak-sensitive rate. Read the current Flex D prices and event rules on Hydro-Québec's Flex D page before switching; the trade only pays if your consumption during events falls.

Low-Income Households

LogisVert for modest-income households installs a heat pump at no cost, with support from registration to installation. Hydro-Québec says this component is financially supported by the Government of Canada, the Gouvernement du Québec and Hydro-Québec, which fits Quebec's place on Natural Resources Canada's October 2026 list of Canada Greener Homes Affordability Program partners, although the federal participating-provinces page we read on November 13 does not list Quebec. When we last read the component's rules (October 2026), it required participation in the Éconologis program after September 30, 2025 and was open to low-income tenants. Our CGHAP guide compares it with the other provinces' versions.

Check both the provincial and the federal income tests. The federal heat pump rebate uses after-tax income (line 23600 minus line 43500 of the 2025 return): $107,865 for a household of three in Quebec. A household that does not qualify for the free LogisVert install may still be below the federal line and eligible for "up to $10,000" once the portal opens. A household that gets the free install should assume the federal rebate does not also pay on the same unit.

Worked Example 1: Electric Baseboard Bungalow, Above the Federal Line

The house. A 1970s bungalow in the Montreal region, about 1,200 square feet, heated by electric baseboards, attic at roughly R-20, eight original windows. A couple with $120,000 after tax, above the Quebec two-person line ($82,097), so the federal amount is $2,000.

The plan. Two ENERGY STAR cold-climate wall-mounted heat pumps rated 18,000 BTU/h each at -8°C. The roof to R-50 with caulking through LogisVert's flat offer. Air sealing and the eight windows through Rénoclimat.

Quote amounts below are illustrative inputs to make the arithmetic concrete, not market prices. Replace them with your own. The grant lines are the published amounts.

The 5% bonus: ($4,320 + $1,500) × 5% = $291. Confirmed provincial money: $7,711 to $8,111. With the federal $2,000, if its terms allow it alongside LogisVert: $9,711 to $10,111. Net cost: $13,989 to $14,389, or about $2,000 more if the federal rebate does not pay.

The Rénoclimat evaluation carries a fee that is not in these totals; our October 2026 record of the program showed $150 plus taxes for the pre-retrofit evaluation and a free post-retrofit evaluation, so confirm the current figure on the Rénoclimat page when you register.

Two notes on this plan. The roof goes through LogisVert because its flat $1,500 needs no evaluation and the house is electrically heated; if the Rénoclimat evaluation shows the roof would pay more there, move it, but never claim it in both. And the windows again carry the weakest ratio: $9,600 of spend for $1,200 of grant.

Worked Example 2: Ducted Home With a Central Heat Pump, Below the Federal Line

The house. A two-storey detached house with an electric forced-air furnace and ducts, attic at R-12, unfinished basement. A family of four with $125,000 after tax, under the Quebec four-person line ($134,232), so eligible for the federal "up to $10,000".

The plan. A ducted ENERGY STAR cold-climate central heat pump rated 36,000 BTU/h at -8°C, keeping the electric furnace as backup. Attic and basement insulation through Rénoclimat. An induction range bought this year anyway.

On the heat pump alone, LogisVert's $4,320 plus a full $10,000 federal rebate would be $14,320 against a $14,000 quote. Neither the federal page nor the LogisVert page we read sets an explicit 100%-of-cost cap, but no program is likely to pay out more than the equipment cost, so treat a heat pump net of roughly zero as the best case and expect the federal amount to adjust. The realistic planning figure is the $4,799 confirmed from LogisVert plus the Rénoclimat insulation grant, with the federal rebate as upside.

Sequencing for this house: book the Rénoclimat evaluation before any insulation work, install the heat pump after November 1, 2026 so the federal rebate can apply, file the LogisVert claim with both measures in one application to get the 5% bonus, and keep the invoice showing the AHRI number for the federal portal in 2027.

Swap the central heat pump for an electric thermal storage unit paired with it and the LogisVert line jumps to $22,000, taken off the invoice. That changes the economics entirely for a household on a peak-sensitive rate, which brings us back to the rate section.

Mistakes That Cost Quebec Homeowners Their Grant

• Counting Chauffez vert or the federal oil program. Both are closed to new applicants. Any quote that still lists them is out of date.
• Buying a standard heat pump to save a few hundred dollars. At the same capacity, the cold-climate grant is 2.4 times larger.
• Starting envelope work before the Rénoclimat evaluation. It cannot be documented after the fact.
• Claiming the roof twice. LogisVert or Rénoclimat, not both.
• Missing the pool pump cutoff. That measure ends November 30, 2026, with applications due before March 1, 2027.
• Answering a door knock. Hydro-Québec does not solicit for LogisVert by phone or door to door, and the federal government says it never goes door to door or makes marketing calls for the heat pump rebate. Our scam guide lists the warning signs.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much is the LogisVert heat pump grant in 2026?

$120 per 1,000 BTU/h of heating capacity at -8°C for an ENERGY STAR cold-climate model, and $50 per 1,000 BTU/h for a standard ENERGY STAR model. An 18,000 BTU/h cold-climate unit earns $2,160. Eligible multi-unit buildings can get $220 per 1,000 BTU/h for installs from June 15, 2026.

Is Chauffez vert still available?

No. The Quebec government says assistance for converting oil or propane central heating is no longer available as of March 31, 2026, and no application received after that date is accepted.

Can I combine LogisVert and Rénoclimat?

Yes, on different measures. The same measure is not paid twice: the roof, for example, goes through one program or the other. LogisVert's multi-unit heat pump bonus is the exception that combines with nothing.

Can I get LogisVert and the federal heat pump rebate on the same heat pump?

The federal page does not address provincial stacking, and Hydro-Québec says the federal offer's details are not yet known. Budget on LogisVert alone and treat the federal amount as upside until the portal opens in early 2027.

Can tenants get Quebec energy grants?

Tenants can claim LogisVert's induction range and heat pump dryer grants, and low-income tenants can qualify for the no-cost heat pump component. The heat pump, roof and solar grants are for owners.

Is there a Quebec grant for solar panels?

Yes, through LogisVert: $1,000 per installed kW, up to 40% of total costs, for systems installed on or after June 30, 2025 with Hydro-Québec connection authorization.

Does the federal heat pump rebate apply to a heat pump I install now?

The federal page says eligible installs from November 1, 2026 may qualify once the program launches in early 2027. No payment is made until an application is approved.

Related Reading

• Home energy rebates by province and state, 2026
• Hydro-Québec LogisVert grants summary
• Rénoclimat (Québec) summary
• National Heat Pump Rebate (Canada)
• Oil to Heat Pump Affordability Program (closed)
• Canada Greener Homes Affordability Program summary
• CGHAP: How to Apply, Province by Province
• Cold Climate Heat Pump Performance Data
• Home Energy Audit and Rebate Documentation Checklist