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Three territories, three completely different answers.
The Yukon runs some of the largest home energy rebates in Canada. The Northwest Territories pays for insulation and wood stoves but not heat pumps. Nunavut’s help is almost all repair money from its housing corporation, some of it a six-figure forgivable loan. Here is all of it, read off each administrator’s own pages.
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Yukon
The Government of Yukon’s Energy Branch, under the Good Energy name, plus the Yukon Housing Corporation.
Affordable Heat Pump Program
100%, up to $24,000
For low-to-median-income homeowners, with pre-approval. The income lines reach $163,300 after tax for four.
Who qualifies →
Heating system rebates
50%, up to $10,500
Any income: air source or ground source heat pumps, and up to $2,500 for a clean wood system.
What it pays →
Insulation and air sealing
up to $12,000 for walls
Plus $10,000 for basement walls, $2,500 attic, $2,000 floors and $5,000 for air sealing. A $50 assessment first.
The targets →
Window rebate
$120 a window, up to $1,800
ENERGY STAR windows in a home at least five years old.
The conditions →
Home Repair Program
loan up to $70,000
The Housing Corporation's repair loan and grants, for households under $135,750. It stacks with the rebates.
Loans and grants →
The heat pump offer is the federal money, done properly
The Yukon co-delivers the federal Oil to Heat Pump Affordability Program, and its Affordable Heat Pump Program pays 100% of an air source heat pump, electrical upgrades included, up to $24,000. It is not limited to oil-heated homes, and its income lines are high: $163,300 after tax for a family of four.
Its retrofit loan is paused, and the other pages have not noticed
The Better Buildings program, which financed up to $50,000 through property taxes, has applications “paused until further notice”. The Energy Branch’s own heat pump, insulation and window pages still advertise it as funding you can use. What it was.
source · verified 23 September 2026
Northwest Territories
The Arctic Energy Alliance, a non-profit funded by the Government of the Northwest Territories.
Energy Efficiency Incentive Program
up to $8,000 for walls
Insulation, wood and pellet stoves, appliances, pumps and controls, at any income. No fossil-fuel heating.
Every rebate →
Renewable energy rebates
up to $30,000
Biomass heating up to $30,000, other projects up to $20,000, half the cost at most. No grid-tied solar in hydro communities.
The rules →
No fossil fuel, and no air source heat pump either
The Alliance stopped rebating anything that burns fossil fuel, on its funders’ requirements. It pays for insulation, wood and pellet stoves and biomass boilers, but publishes no rebate for an air source heat pump. The Northwest Territories does not co-deliver the federal oil-to-heat-pump money, and Natural Resources Canada closed the federal-only stream for the NWT on 31 July 2026.
Hydro communities get less
Behchokǫ̀, Dettah, Enterprise, Fort Resolution, Fort Smith, Hay River, Kátł’odeeche, Ndilǫ and Yellowknife run on hydroelectricity, so they get no LED rebate and no funding for grid-tied solar. Everywhere else, both are open.
source · verified 23 September 2026
Housing NWT also runs repair programmes for homeowners: preventative maintenance, emergency repairs and seniors’ repairs. Its application page still gives 2025 dates, so it has no record here yet.
Nunavut
The Nunavut Housing Corporation, and a solar grant it runs with the Climate Change Secretariat.
Home Renovation Program
forgivable loan up to $100,000
Scaled by income, for major repairs and energy upgrades. Or half the cost back, up to $20,000, for work you do yourself.
How forgiveness works →
Emergency Repair Program
up to $15,000
A grant for urgent repairs that threaten health or safety.
Who qualifies →
Energy comes third
The Home Renovation Program ranks work by priority: health and safety first, overcrowding second, energy efficiency third. Its forgivable loan is large, up to $100,000 for incomes up to $125,000, but none of it is forgiven for five years, and all of it falls due if you move out.
source · verified 23 September 2026
The Corporation’s Elders Housing Program adds grants of up to $5,000 for maintenance and $30,000 for repairs, and stacks with the Home Renovation Program.
A solar grant, if it is still funded
The Renewable Energy Homeowners Grant pays half the cost of a solar system on your home, up to $30,000, once Qulliq Energy has accepted you for net metering. Its guide is dated November 2021 and the Housing Corporation’s current homeownership page does not list it, so confirm with the Corporation that funding is available before getting quotes. Cabin owners can get up to $5,000 from the Climate Change Secretariat.
source · verified 23 September 2026
What closed, and what you will still be told to apply for
- Yukon Better Buildings program — paused until further notice, and still advertised on the Yukon’s other rebate pages.
- Oil to Heat Pump Affordability, federal-only stream — closed 31 July 2026 for the Northwest Territories.
- Canada Greener Homes Grant — closed 31 December 2025.
- Canada Greener Homes Loan — closed.
Questions people in the North actually ask
What home energy rebates are there in the Yukon?
The Government of Yukon's Good Energy rebates: the Affordable Heat Pump Program pays 100% of an air source heat pump up to $24,000 for households under its income lines; anyone else gets 50% up to $10,500. Insulation pays up to $12,000 for walls and $10,000 for basements, air sealing $5,000, windows $120 each up to $1,800, and wood heating half the cost up to $2,500. The Yukon Housing Corporation lends up to $70,000 for repairs.
Is there a heat pump rebate in the Northwest Territories?
Not for an air source heat pump. The Arctic Energy Alliance's rebates cover insulation, wood and pellet stoves, appliances and controls, and its renewable programme pays up to $30,000 for biomass heating and $20,000 for other projects, but nothing for an air source heat pump and nothing for fossil-fuel heating.
What help is there for Nunavut homeowners?
The Nunavut Housing Corporation's Home Renovation Program gives a forgivable loan of up to $100,000, scaled by income, or a rebate of half the cost up to $20,000, for major repairs including energy upgrades. Its Emergency Repair Program gives up to $15,000 for urgent health and safety repairs. A solar grant of half the cost, up to $30,000, exists for homes accepted into Qulliq Energy's net metering, but its guide dates from 2021, so confirm funding first.
Can people in the territories still get the Oil to Heat Pump Affordability grant?
In the Yukon, yes, through the Affordable Heat Pump Program, which the Government of Yukon co-delivers. The Northwest Territories was on the federal-only stream, which Natural Resources Canada closed on 31 July 2026. Nunavut is not a co-delivery partner either.
What are the income limits for the Yukon Affordable Heat Pump Program?
After-tax household income under $53,820 for one person, $110,400 for two, $139,150 for three, $163,300 for four and $184,000 for five or more.