How much you get
Enbridge Gas customers (switching from gas)
Cold-climate air-source unit.
Enbridge Gas customers, ground-source
Flat rebate for ground-source systems.
Electric, oil, propane, or wood heat
Cold-climate air-source unit.
Electric, oil, propane, or wood, ground-source
The largest single rebate on the Timmins page.
The unit has to be on Natural Resources Canada's qualified products list for cold-climate air-source or ground-source heat pumps, a stricter requirement than a standard-climate model, but one that matters more in Timmins than almost anywhere else covered on this site.
Why the fuel-switch tiers matter more here
Hydro One serves Timmins' electricity and Enbridge Gas serves natural gas, under Enbridge's Northeastern Ontario rate zone. A meaningful share of Timmins housing dates to the city's mining-boom decades, and older homes on this older stock are more likely to be switching off oil, propane, or wood than off gas, which is exactly the tier that pays up to $12,000 instead of $3,000.
What you'll actually save each month
Given Timmins' climate, the equipment sized for the job matters as much as the rebate tier. Whether it's worth the switch at all still comes down to the monthly electricity cost against whatever you're paying now, though, and that needs Hydro One's actual current rate rather than a rough number.
- Electricity (OEB Regulated Price Plan, Nov 2025–Oct 2026): Hydro One bills Timmins directly, and this provincial rate applies whether you're on time-of-use or tiered pricing. Time-of-use: off-peak 9.8¢/kWh, mid-peak 15.7¢/kWh, on-peak 20.3¢/kWh, averaging 12.8¢/kWh. Tiered: 12.0¢/kWh then 14.2¢/kWh above the monthly threshold. (See the OEB rate report →)
- Natural gas (Enbridge Gas, Northeastern Ontario zone): if you're one of the fewer Timmins households on gas rather than oil, propane, or wood, Enbridge's rate for this zone changes quarterly, so there's no single figure honest enough to lock into this page. (Check Enbridge's current rate →)
A cold-climate heat pump moves roughly 2.5–3.5 units of heat per unit of electricity it uses in normal conditions, its coefficient of performance. But Timmins' average January low of -18.6°C and recorded low of -39.3°C run well past the roughly -25°C mark where even a cold-climate unit's output starts to taper. On those nights, which happen most winters here, expect a backup heat source to carry real load and the effective savings for that stretch to shrink accordingly.
Size it for your actual house and climate: our free assessment tool estimates real payback from your current bill and system.
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
Finding an installer in Timmins
We're still building our verified installer network in Timmins, so we don't have profiles to show you here yet. Browse our full directory of vetted installers across Ontario instead — several serve the broader Northeastern Ontario region.
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Common questions
How much is the heat pump rebate in Timmins?
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 electricity, oil, propane, or wood, you get up to $7,500 (air-source) or $12,000 (ground-source). This is the same structure across all of Ontario, so Timmins homeowners get exactly the same tiers as Toronto or Ottawa.
Is a heat pump worth it in Timmins' winters?
It's a harder case to make than in southern Ontario, but the rebate requires a cold-climate model built to keep working through much colder weather than Toronto sees. Timmins' winters are more severe than most cities on this site, and its older mining-era housing stock often needs insulation and air-sealing work first. Pair the heat pump rebate with the attic insulation or air-sealing rebates on the main Timmins page for a bigger combined return.
Does Timmins have its own heat pump incentive on top of the provincial one?
No. We could not find a Timmins-specific municipal rebate or loan program for heat pumps. The province-wide HRSP figures above are what's actually available; if you're switching off oil, the federal Oil to Heat Pump Affordability Program may also apply.
Timmins runs on Hydro One, not a local utility
Unlike most cities on this site, Timmins doesn't have its own municipal or regional electric utility: it's served directly by Hydro One, the provincial transmission and distribution company that covers much of rural and northern Ontario. That's a genuinely different setup from the Alectras and Elexicons further south, though it doesn't change your rebate math, which is fixed provincially regardless of who's on your bill. Hydro One is who to call about panel capacity or service upgrades tied to your install.
Timmins is in a different climate category entirely
Don't compare Timmins to the rest of this site's Ontario cities. It doesn't belong in the same bucket. The 10-year average January low here is -18.6°C (2015-2024), and the coldest night on record hit -39.3°C, more than three degrees colder than Sudbury's worst night and roughly ten degrees below anything Mississauga has recorded. A cold-climate heat pump rated to around -25°C will still carry most of a Timmins winter, but on the genuinely brutal nights — which happen most winters here, not just as rare outliers — expect it to lean on a backup heat source, and make sure whoever installs it sizes that backup for real northern Ontario cold, not a GTA winter.
Next steps
View all Timmins rebate programs → or check the official Home Renovation Savings Program site → for the current source of truth. You can also browse the Ontario hub for other cities.