09/20/2025
In a few weeks, the federal government will close a program that encourages homeowners to retrofit their properties through energy efficiency upgrades, such as improved insulation, window replacement and purchasing a heat pump.
Homeowners involved with the program received an email on Wednesday from the federal government notifying them the Canada Greener Homes Loan would no longer receive applications after Oct. 1, 2025.
For those who apply before the deadline, they might not receive the loan since funding for the program is running out.
In the message sent to homeowners, the program is described as "successful" and the "funding will soon be fully allocated."
Since launching in May 2021, the program has offered interest-free loans between $5,000 and $40,000, and required a pre- and post-retrofit evaluation.
"Cutting a program like this quite abruptly really disrupts businesses, it kills jobs in the skilled trades, and it really breaks the trust of consumers who perhaps relied on this program," said Brendan Haley, the senior director of policy strategy with Efficiency Canada, an energy efficiency think-tank based out of Carleton University's Sustainable Energy Research Centre.
The Canada Greener Homes Loan helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions, address affordability concerns and creates job, said Haley.
In a few weeks, the federal government will close a program that encourages homeowners to retrofit their properties through energy efficiency upgrades, such as improved insulation, window replacement and purchasing a heat pump.
