How much you get
Enbridge Gas customers (switching from gas)
Cold-climate air-source: capped at $2,000.
Enbridge Gas customers, ground-source
Flat rebate for ground-source systems.
Switching from electric, oil, propane, or wood
Cold-climate air-source, capped at $7,500.
Switching from electric, oil, propane, or wood, ground-source
Ground-source systems, capped at $12,000.
Most Niagara Falls homes heat with a gas furnace, which puts a heat pump switch in the lower tier ($2,000–$3,000) unless you're actually replacing electric baseboard, oil, or propane heat, in which case you land in the $7,500–$12,000 tier instead. Your electricity comes from Niagara Peninsula Energy Inc. (NPEI), your gas from Enbridge, and both matter for figuring out which rebate tier applies and who to call about a switch.
No local top-up in Niagara Falls
We checked the City of Niagara Falls directly and found no municipal loan or rebate program layered on top of this, unlike Toronto's HELP loan or Guelph and Peterborough's Better Homes financing. What's above is the whole picture: the same provincial Home Renovation Savings Program available to every Ontario homeowner.
How to claim it
- Complete the eligibility form on the Save on Energy portal
- Select a participating HVAC contractor
- Get mandatory pre-installation approval before work starts
- Installation is completed
- Contractor submits the post-installation application
- Rebate cheque arrives within 60 days of approval
Installer network
We're still building our verified installer network in Niagara Falls
We don't have vetted local installer profiles for Niagara Falls yet, and we won't invent names or reviews to fill the gap. In the meantime, browse our full directory of vetted installers across Ontario, several of which serve the Niagara region.
Browse the installer directory →What you'll actually save each month
Niagara Falls is served by Niagara Peninsula Energy (NPEI), not Alectra. Either way, the electricity commodity rate on your NPEI bill is set provincially by the OEB.
- Electricity (OEB RPP, Nov 2025–Oct 2026): 9.8¢/kWh off-peak, 15.7¢/kWh mid-peak, 20.3¢/kWh on-peak on time-of-use, a 12.8¢/kWh average; tiered pricing is 12.0¢/kWh then 14.2¢/kWh above the threshold. (OEB source report →)
- Natural gas (Enbridge): zone-dependent and revised quarterly, so no single number is trustworthy to quote. (Check the live Enbridge rate →)
Niagara Falls' comparatively mild winters, discussed above, mean a cold-climate heat pump spends most of the season in its efficiency sweet spot, moving 2.5 to 3.5 units of heat per unit of electricity it draws (its coefficient of performance), which makes it a clear win over electric baseboard heat here, and a strong contender against gas depending on the current Enbridge rate.
Get your real payback number: our free assessment tool uses your actual bill, not a regional average.
Common questions
How much is the heat pump rebate in Niagara Falls?
It depends on your current heating fuel. Enbridge Gas customers get up to $2,000 for an air-source heat pump or $3,000 for ground-source. If you heat with electric, oil, propane, or wood, you get up to $7,500 (air-source) or $12,000 (ground-source). This is the same provincial structure used across Ontario.
Does Niagara Falls add anything on top of the provincial heat pump rebate?
No. We checked the City of Niagara Falls directly and found no local top-up program, unlike Toronto's HELP loan or Guelph and Peterborough's Better Homes financing. Niagara Falls homeowners work with the standard Home Renovation Savings Program numbers above.
Same utility as Mississauga, different reason to know it
Niagara Falls is billed by Niagara Peninsula Energy (NPEI), a local utility, not Alectra. For homeowners here, the practical use of that fact is less about the utility's size and more about turnaround: confirm with NPEI early if your panel or service needs an upgrade, so it doesn't hold up the install. The rebate dollar amounts above are set provincially either way, and we haven't identified any NPEI top-up for heat pumps.
Why Niagara Falls' winters run mild for Ontario
Sandwiched between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, Niagara Falls sees some of the gentlest winter numbers of any Ontario city on this site: a 10-year average January low of just -6.1°C (2015-2024), with the coldest night on record reaching only -22.6°C. That's milder than Toronto and milder than Burlington's own lake-moderated winters, and well inside the operating range of a cold-climate heat pump, which is rated for -25°C and below. If any Ontario city makes the "will a heat pump keep up" question an easy yes, it's this one.
Next steps
View all Niagara Falls rebate programs → or check the official Home Renovation Savings Program site → for the current source of truth.