Heat Green

• Proof of home ownership: property assessment roll, tax notice, or notarial deed.
• Electricity bill: last bill dated before work began, with all pages and the homeowner’s name, dwelling address, and invoice date.
• Fuel bill: complete copy of the last oil or propane bill or annual delivery statement, with all pages and the homeowner’s name, dwelling address, delivery date, and fuel details.
• Proof of purchase and installation of the new heating system, with the dwelling address, homeowner’s name, company name, RBQ licence number, work date, description of the work, and cost.
• If applicable, proof of purchase and installation of the new water heater, with the dwelling address, homeowner’s name, company name, RBQ licence number, work date, description of the work, and cost.

Who is eligible?

• Owners of the home or residential building where the work is carried out.
• The owner may be an individual, a company, a syndicate of co-owners, a band council, an estate, or a trust.

Who is not eligible

• Owners of commercial or mixed-use buildings.
• Buildings located in municipalities supplied by off-grid electricity systems.

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Conversion of a fuel water heater alone when the home is not heated with oil or propane.
• Installation of a natural gas heating system for this program component.

• Use the online form to submit your application for financial assistance.
• Have all the necessary supporting documents on hand before starting the form.

• Program administrators reviewed your application file and the supporting documents received.
• You were notified by email of your eligibility or ineligibility.
• Additional information and documents could be requested while your file was under review, and you had until June 30, 2026 to send them.
• If you qualified, you received instructions by email to securely transmit your Social Insurance Number, and this step was mandatory before payment.
• You received a cheque within 4 to 6 weeks after confirmation that your file was complete, and the work could be audited from the date your application was received until 12 months after payment.

• Financial assistance was generally tax-free.
• If you received the assistance for personal use, the amount was not taxable and you did not need to include the Relevé 27 statement on your income tax return.
• If you received the assistance to operate a business, organization, or asset, the amount had to be deducted from the capital cost of the asset for tax depreciation purposes.
• The participant’s guide and savings calculator were available online in French only.