Overview
- Federal ministers announced the expansion on Monday, June 29, 2026, rolling the rebranded Canada Greener Homes Affordability Program into Quebec, British Columbia, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
- The relaunch brings over $500 million in combined federal, provincial and utility funding, about $300 million from Ottawa, to support roughly 35,000 low- and median-income households with no-cost retrofits.
- Quebec received the largest allocation — about $243.5 million in combined funds to help roughly 25,000 households — while B.C. funding splits between BC Hydro and FortisBC to cover roughly 7,000 homes.
- The program expands eligibility to include renters as well as homeowners and covers measures such as heat pumps, insulation and air sealing, with expected household savings of $300 to $1,700 a year and roughly 1.5 tonnes of CO2e cut per home.
- Delivery responsibility shifts from Ottawa to Environment, Climate Change and Nature Canada with provinces, utilities and regional agencies running local rollouts, and advocates warn uneven uptake, unclear access dates and the need for stable long-term financing to avoid a repeat of the 2024 program lapse.