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Heat pumps, solar, battery storage, insulation, windows, water heaters, thermostats, and appliances — every category explained plainly, sourced from the official Home Renovation Savings Program.
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Planning a heat pump installation in Kingston, or just trying to make your home more energy efficient? This page covers every energy rebate in Kingston in one place.
Take our quick 30-second assessment to see exactly what rebates your Kingston home qualifies for.
Start your assessment →In 2026, a Kingston homeowner can claim up to $12,000 for a heat pump, $10,000 for solar + battery combined, up to $1,250 for attic insulation, $125 for a smart thermostat, and up to $200 per appliance — on top of a separate assessment-required insulation/windows tier.
Kingston has an unusually local utility setup: most Central Kingston, CFB Kingston, and part-of-Barriefield-Village addresses are served by Kingston Hydro Corporation, a city-owned electric utility operated by Utilities Kingston — not one of the province's larger regional distributors. Beyond that boundary, the province's Home Renovation Savings Program (HRSP) is identical here to the rest of Ontario — the same categories and tiers as Toronto, Ottawa, and every other Ontario city on this site.
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 electricity provider — 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.
A typical household stacking a heat pump with solar or battery nets $4,000–$17,000 in direct rebates — identical to Toronto and Ottawa, 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.
Attic and cathedral-ceiling insulation are available on the no-assessment path above (up to $1,250 / $750), but the same work pays more if bundled into this assessment-required tier instead: up to $1,500 for attic and $780 for cathedral ceiling/flat roof.
The City of Kingston's Better Homes Kingston loan program is no longer accepting new applications as of this writing. When it was open, it offered eligible homeowners a low-interest loan of up to $50,000 or 20% of your home's assessed value (whichever was less) for energy-efficiency upgrades, repaid through your property tax bill.
Four repayment terms were offered when the program was active: 5 years at 3.25%, 10 years at 4.00%, 15 years at 4.50%, or 20 years at 4.75%. There was also a $450 administration fee, waived for eligible applicants under the city's Municipal Fee Assistance Program.
If you're a Kingston homeowner interested in this kind of financing, sign up for updates on the city's Better Homes Kingston page in case a future intake opens — don't assume the loan terms above will be unchanged if and when it does reopen.
Kingston Hydro Corporation (electricity), operated day-to-day by Utilities Kingston, serves roughly 28,000 customers across Central Kingston, CFB Kingston, and part of Barriefield Village — not the whole city boundary. Some areas outside that footprint are on a different electricity provider, so check your bill.
For natural gas, Kingston is unusual: Utilities Kingston operates its own local gas distribution system in parts of the city, rather than a single company serving the whole area. We could not independently confirm one gas provider for every Kingston address — check your gas bill to see who delivers to your specific home.
Mix of natural gas and electric
Given Kingston's local gas-distribution setup, some homes on Utilities Kingston's own gas network may see different account handling than homes elsewhere in Ontario served by a large provincial gas utility — the HRSP rebate tiers themselves are the same regardless of which company delivers your gas.
City of Kingston building permits and ESA electrical inspections apply the same way they do elsewhere in Ontario for a heat pump swap or solar install. Confirm current permit timelines with the City of Kingston's building department before booking an installer.
Everything above assumes you own your home outright and control the whole building. Here's what changes if you rent or live in a condo in Kingston — a city with a large student and rental population around Queen's University and the downtown core:
The structural rebates above — heat pump, insulation, windows, solar, battery — attach to the property, so they go to whoever owns it, not to you. If you want one of these upgrades, the ask has to go to your landlord; point them to this page and the official homerenovationsavings.ca program details. Some smaller rebates, like the smart thermostat rebate, may not require proof of ownership at purchase — but confirm eligibility for your specific situation with the program directly before assuming.
In-unit upgrades you control yourself — a heat pump water heater, in-suite windows — may qualify for the rebates above, but usually need your condo board's written approval first, especially for anything touching shared systems or exterior walls. Get that approval documented before applying; the HRSP program requires proof the work was authorized. Now that Better Homes Kingston is closed to new applications, condo boards planning a bigger retrofit shouldn't count on that financing being available — check the program's status again before budgeting around it.
A heat pump, insulation, or solar project for the whole building is a group decision that goes through your condo board or property manager, not individual owners, and the per-unit rebate math is likely different from the single-family figures on this page. This page doesn't have confirmed multi-unit numbers for Kingston — your board should contact the HRSP program directly at homerenovationsavings.ca to confirm what applies to a multi-unit building.
These are the real, published rebate amounts from this page, organized by category so you can jump straight to what you're planning. Filter below.
Depends what fuel you're switching from: switching from gas gets up to $2,000 (air-source) or $3,000 (ground-source); switching from electric, oil, propane, or wood gets up to $7,500 (air-source) or $12,000 (ground-source). Province-wide, same in every Ontario city.
$1,000/kW, capped at 50% of cost. Combined with battery, a typical Kingston household can net up to $10,000 for solar + battery together. You choose this or net metering, not both.
$300/kWh, capped at 50% of cost. Stacks with the solar rebate above.
Scales with starting R-value: up to $1,250 from ≤R-12, $1,000 from R-12–25, $800 from R-25–35. Cathedral ceiling/flat roof up to $750.
Exterior wall to at least R-20, up to $3,600. Plus foundation/basement wall up to $1,500, crawlspace up to $2,400, and exposed floor $300 as separate measures — needs a before/after energy assessment ($600, refunded as a rebate) plus 2+ qualifying upgrades.
Replaces a gas, electric, or oil tank. Part of the assessment-required tier.
Per rough opening replaced with an eligible ENERGY STAR window or door. Part of the assessment-required tier.
The province's Home Renovation Savings Program doesn't include a cash rebate for home EV charger installs in Kingston. Check with your electricity provider for a separate off-peak charging incentive.
Instant or mail-in. Eligible brands include ecobee, Nest, Honeywell, Mysa, and Sinopé.
It depends on the heat pump type and your current fuel. Households 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.
No. As of this writing, the City of Kingston's Better Homes Kingston loan program is no longer accepting new applications. When it was open, it offered up to $50,000 or 20% of your home's value (whichever was less) with four repayment options and a $450 administration fee, waived for eligible applicants under the Municipal Fee Assistance Program. Homeowners can sign up on the city's page for updates about a possible future intake.
Most Central Kingston, CFB Kingston, and part-of-Barriefield-Village homes are on Kingston Hydro Corporation for electricity, a city-owned utility operated day-to-day by Utilities Kingston — it covers roughly 28,000 customers, not the full city boundary, so check your bill if you're outside the core. For natural gas, Kingston has an unusual setup where Utilities Kingston runs its own local gas distribution in parts of the city rather than a single province-wide provider serving everyone — check your gas bill to see who actually delivers to your address.
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Guide • Foundations
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Guide • Stacking
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Guide • Decision
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Guide • Heat Pumps
Why your rebate depends on your heating fuel and heat pump type.
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