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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 Thunder Bay, or just trying to make your home more energy efficient? This page covers every energy rebate in Thunder Bay in one place.
Thunder Bay runs on Synergy North for electricity — the municipally-owned utility formed in January 2019 when Thunder Bay Hydro merged with Kenora Hydro, so it now serves both cities — and Enbridge Gas for natural gas. The province's Home Renovation Savings Program (HRSP) applies here exactly as it does in every other Ontario city.
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Start your assessment →In 2026, a Thunder Bay 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.
These are provincial HRSP amounts — the same categories and tiers apply in Thunder Bay as in Toronto, Ottawa, or any other Ontario city.
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 Synergy North — 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 every other Ontario city, 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.
Unlike Toronto's HELP loan, we found no Thunder Bay municipal home-energy loan or rebate program. Thunder Bay homeowners rely on the province-wide Home Renovation Savings Program and the federal Canada Greener Homes Loan — the same as most Ontario cities without a local top-up.
An older provincial program called HomeEnergySaver once offered rebates up to $10,000 for ground-source heat pumps and $5,000 for air-source, and it excluded Thunder Bay while including nearby Kenora — a real anomaly at the time. HomeEnergySaver's enrollment is now closed, and its heat pump rebates have been folded into the current Home Renovation Savings Program, which does not exclude Thunder Bay. If you've seen a claim that Thunder Bay is shut out of a provincial heat pump rebate, it's describing this closed program, not the one available today.
Synergy North (electricity) + Enbridge Gas (natural gas)
Synergy North is municipally owned, formed in January 2019 when Thunder Bay Hydro merged with Kenora Hydro — it's the same utility serving both cities today.
We didn't find a Thunder Bay-specific loan or rebate program to layer on top of the provincial HRSP amounts — unlike a handful of larger Ontario cities that run their own financing.
We don't have confirmed Thunder Bay-specific data on typical permit turnaround or contractor lead times. Confirm timelines directly with the City of Thunder Bay's building division and your chosen 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 Thunder Bay:
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.
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 Thunder Bay — 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: gas customers get 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 Thunder Bay 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 Thunder Bay. Check with Synergy North 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. 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 as the rest of Ontario.
No. We found no Thunder Bay municipal loan or rebate program like Toronto's HELP loan. Homeowners here rely entirely on the province-wide Home Renovation Savings Program and the Canada Greener Homes Loan.
Yes, historically. An older provincial program called HomeEnergySaver offered up to $10,000 for ground-source heat pumps and $5,000 for air-source, and it excluded Thunder Bay while including nearby Kenora. That program's enrollment is now closed, and its heat pump rebates have been folded into the current Home Renovation Savings Program, which does not exclude Thunder Bay. If you see this exclusion mentioned elsewhere, it's describing a program that no longer exists.
Thunder Bay's electricity comes from Synergy North, a municipally-owned utility formed in January 2019 when Thunder Bay Hydro merged with Kenora Hydro — it now serves both cities. Natural gas is supplied by Enbridge Gas.
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