Vancouver Heat Pump Rebates in 2026 (Plus Burnaby, Richmond, New Westminster and Surrey)

If you own a house or townhouse in Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, New Westminster or Surrey, three things decide which heat pump rebate you get: how you heat your home, your household income and what your home is assessed at.

That last one matters a lot here, because the bigger income-based rebates stop at a $1.82 million assessment. The amounts run from $1,500 up to $13,000.

1. What you can get, by how you heat your home

• Natural gas: up to $13,000 through the Energy Savings Program if your income and home value qualify. Otherwise, FortisBC’s $4,000 dual fuel rebate is the one that’s left.
• Oil: up to $13,000 through the Energy Savings Program if your income and home value qualify. Otherwise there’s no heat pump rebate for oil-heated homes in southern BC right now.
• Electric (baseboards or an electric furnace): $4,000 from BC Hydro for a whole home heat pump or $1,500 for a partial one, at any income or home value. Some postal codes in Vancouver and Surrey get a BC Hydro top-up on top.

2. The Energy Savings Program (if your income qualifies)

The Energy Savings Program (ESP) pays the most, but it’s income-tested. For a family of four the limits are $94,900 for Level 1, $118,600 for Level 2 and $189,800 for Level 3 (the checker works it out for other household sizes). For a gas, propane or oil home switching to a central ducted or 3-head heat pump, ESP pays up to:

• $13,000 at Level 1
• $7,000 at Level 2
• $3,500 at Level 3

Smaller systems get less (a single mini-split is $5,500 at Level 1). If your home is heated with electricity, ESP pays $5,000 at Level 1 only, and Levels 2 and 3 use the standard electric rebate instead.

Two rules catch people out. You have to pre-register and get an eligibility code before the install, and the old gas, propane or oil heating has to come out. Your home’s assessed value matters too: over $1.2 million you can only get Level 3, and over $1.82 million ESP isn’t available at all.

3. How your home’s assessed value changes things

The Energy Savings Program looks at your BC Assessment value as well as your income:

• $1.2 million or less: all three ESP levels are open, depending on income.
• $1,200,001 to $1,820,000: Level 3 only, even if your income is lower. For a gas or oil home that’s up to $3,500 for a ducted or 3-head system.
• Over $1.82 million: no ESP. Gas homes can use FortisBC’s $4,000 dual fuel rebate, and electric homes the BC Hydro rebate.

FortisBC’s income-qualified dual fuel rebate (up to $8,000) also needs a home assessed under $1.2 million.

4. Gas homes: FortisBC’s $4,000 dual fuel rebate

If you heat with natural gas and your income is above the ESP limits, this is the main rebate left. FortisBC pays $4,000 at any income when you replace a gas furnace that’s at least 15 years old with a central ducted heat pump and a new high-efficiency gas furnace. In the Lower Mainland the furnace can only take over when it’s 5°C or colder outside, so the heat pump still does most of the heating.

It can’t be combined with other provincial or FortisBC rebates. Lower-income households can get up to $8,000 through FortisBC’s income-qualified version instead. Our furnace rebate guide has the full rules.

5. Electric homes: the BC Hydro rebate

If you heat with baseboards or an electric furnace, BC Hydro pays $4,000 for a heat pump that heats the whole home or $1,500 for one that covers at least half of it, with no income test. New Westminster runs its own electric utility, and its customers apply through BC Hydro like everyone else. The $4,000 has a few extra rules (a heat load calculation, and a multi-split or ducted system for homes over 1,200 sq. ft.), which our BC Hydro rebate guide goes through.

BC Hydro pays an extra top-up in parts of Vancouver (west of Cambie) and Surrey’s Campbell Heights neighbourhood. If your postal code is eligible and you switch from electric heat to a heat pump, you get another $4,000 for a whole home system or $1,500 for a partial one, on top of the standard rebate (so up to $8,000 or $3,000 in total). There’s nothing extra to apply for, since BC Hydro adds it based on the install address, but you can check your postal code on BC Hydro’s community offers page.

6. City top-ups in Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, New West and Surrey

Vancouver, Richmond and New Westminster all used to add a top-up to the provincial heat pump rebates. None of those are listed on the province’s rebate site now. The City of Vancouver points residents to the provincial rebates and says it doesn’t handle heat pump rebate applications itself, and Surrey’s and New Westminster’s energy pages only list provincial and utility programs. We couldn’t find a city top-up open in any of the five.

One rule that’s specific to Vancouver: homes in the City of Vancouver can’t get the Tier 2 window and door rebate, so check the window tier before counting windows towards the $300 Two Upgrade Bonus.

Thinking about solar panels as well? BC Hydro has separate rebates for solar and home batteries. Our sister site covers solar panel rebates in Vancouver.

7. How to get the rebate

1. Run the free checker to see which program you’re likely in.
2. If it’s ESP, pre-register on the Energy Savings Program portal and get your code before you book the install.
3. Get quotes from contractors registered for that program. For the BC Hydro, FortisBC and dual fuel rebates that means a Home Performance Contractor Network member (our HPCN guide shows how to check).
4. After the install, ESP pays your contractor directly and you pay the difference. BC Hydro and FortisBC rebates are applied for online within six months of the invoice.

If you want to combine a heat pump with insulation or windows, our rebate stacking guide covers what can and can’t be combined.

Somewhere else in BC? We also have pages for Greater Victoria, Kelowna and the Okanagan, the Fraser Valley and Nanaimo and the Mid-Island.

This page was checked against betterhomesbc.ca, BC Hydro, FortisBC and the City of Vancouver, Surrey and New Westminster websites on October 28, 2026. BC elected a new provincial government on October 24, 2026, and program rules could change. The federal government announced a National Heat Pump Rebate on October 8, 2026 (up to $10,000 for below-median-income households, $2,000 for others). Heat pumps installed from November 1, 2026 can count, and applications open in early 2027. We keep track of it on our National Heat Pump Rebate page at rebatecheck.ca.

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