Oil to heat pump conversion · Verified September 22, 2026
The federal grant to get off oil is closed. Here is what still pays.
The Oil to Heat Pump Affordability program (OHPA) took its last applications on July 31, 2026. Already have your cheque? The clock is running. Never applied? LogisVert still pays a good part of the conversion. And your old furnace? Québec law already decides what can be repaired.
01 · Your path
Three situations, three different paths
Pick the one that fits: we show you the three sections to read first.
Your path in three steps
02 · Timeline
From the first dollar to the last receipt
Twelve dates that explain where OHPA and oil heating stand in Québec. Tap one.
03 · Approved file
Have your OHPA cheque? Here is your real deadline
The cheque comes before the work. What matters now: finish, pay, and upload the receipts and the contractor’s attestation on time.
Before January 31, 2027
0 of 7All set. Keep a copy of every receipt and of the attestation until March 31, 2028.
04 · Oil or heat pump
What oil costs you, compared with a heat pump
Enter your litres and your price. The math turns your oil into heat actually delivered, then into electricity for a heat pump giving the same heat. Every step is shown, and you can see the gap over five or ten years.
Add up the litres on your last 12 months of bills. Replace the 2,000 L example with your own.
Default: Montréal average per the Régie de l’énergie, week of September 14, 2026.
Your oil furnace
The heat pump
05 · Which system
What replaces your oil heating system?
It all depends on how heat moves through your home. Pick your system: the LogisVert amounts shown are calculated from the ENERGY STAR data of units sold at AirGreen.
Your ducts stay. The oil furnace comes out, and an electric furnace with a central heat pump goes in. Pick the size: the LogisVert amount follows.
Central thermal storage and central heat pump
$22,000 LogisVert, or $15,000 for the storage unit alone
The storage unit keeps heat in bricks and releases it into your ducts. Conditions: owner, existing forced-air central heating, an accessible basement with a concrete floor, and a Steffes installer authorized by Hydro-Québec.
Your radiators can stay. An electric boiler replaces the oil boiler, and wall-mounted heat pumps heat the main rooms more efficiently, with air conditioning as a bonus.
The electric boiler
It keeps your radiators working, but LogisVert does not subsidize it. Air-to-air heat pumps do qualify: once the oil is gone, the home’s main heating is electric.
What about geothermal?
LogisVert only pays to replace a geothermal heat pump at the end of its life, at $250 per 1,000 BTU/h and up to $18,000. A first geothermal installation does not qualify.
Warm air
Vents in the floor or low on the walls blow air when the heat comes on. In the basement, a furnace with metal ducts running from it.
Hot water
Cast-iron radiators or hydronic baseboards, warm to the touch. In the basement, a boiler connected to pipes, often with a circulating pump.
Still not sure?
Send us a photo of the oil unit and of a vent or radiator at 514 316-2973: we will tell you what you have.
06 · The programs
Who still pays, who no longer does
The seven programs to know when you heat with oil, with their status as of September 22, 2026.
OHPA: Oil to Heat Pump Affordability
Up to $10,000
Last day to apply: July 31, 2026. Approved files: work and receipts by January 31, 2027.
Chauffez vert
No longer offered
Ended March 31, 2026. No application received after that date is accepted.
Canada Greener Homes Grant and Loan
No longer offered
The interest-free loan ended October 1, 2025. The grant had already closed.
LogisVert: heat pump
$120 per 1,000 BTU/h at -8°C
New ENERGY STAR heat pump, cold climate for the $120 rate. Once installed, the home’s main heating must be electric.
LogisVert: central thermal storage
$15,000, or $22,000 with a central heat pump
Forced-air home with an accessible concrete-floor basement. Only through an authorized Steffes installer.
Rénoclimat
Depends on the work
Insulation, air sealing, doors and windows. No longer funds heating. Energy evaluation before and after.
No-cost heat pump for modest-income households
Wall unit installed at no cost
Aimed at homes heated with electric baseboards, so not an oil-heated home. 2026-2027 registration is over.
07 · The law
Repair or replace? The regulation already decided
Since December 31, 2023, an oil unit can no longer be replaced with another fossil-fuel unit. And past a certain age, some repairs are banned. Check your case.
The unit
Planned work
Off-grid power system?
Over 3 storeys or 600 m²?
08 · The steps
A conversion, from the visit to the cheque
Six steps, in order. Tap one for details, then get the documents LogisVert asks for ready.
Documents for the LogisVert application
0 of 609 · Pitfalls
Eight ways to lose money
Tap a card to see the rule that applies.
10 · By the numbers
What OHPA delivered
Natural Resources Canada data, as of March 2026.
The 205,000 households include 105,000 dual-energy homes, oil and electricity (Government of Québec regulatory impact analysis, 2018 data).
11 · Frequently asked questions
Your questions, our verified answers
No. The last day was July 31, 2026. Nobody can apply on your behalf or reopen the program: Natural Resources Canada required homeowners to apply themselves.
Finish and pay for the work, then upload the final receipts and the attestation form signed by the contractor, no later than January 31, 2027. The program also expects installation within six months of receiving the cheque. If the funds are not used as planned, the government can ask for repayment.
Up to $10,000, paid up front. The $15,000 amount and the one-time $250 payment only applied in partner provinces, such as Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
Not with a new oil or natural gas unit. Since December 31, 2023, that is banned in buildings of 600 m² or less and three storeys or less, such as bungalows, cottages, semi-detached homes, duplexes and triplexes.
Maintenance, the motor and electronic controls, yes. The combustion chamber or heat exchanger, no: those repairs are banned on a furnace or boiler installed more than 20 years ago (more than 10 years for a water heater).
Yes, if once the heat pump is installed the home’s main heating is electric: that is the condition in the LogisVert guide (version 1.10). A full conversion, electric furnace and heat pump, meets it. Keeping oil as the main heating does not.
OHPA did not require it, but the removal cost was eligible. In Québec, the professional who dismantles an oil unit must declare the removal work online.
Probably not. It targets modest-income households whose home is heated with electric baseboards, and 2026-2027 registration is over.
It depends on your litres, the oil price and your unit’s efficiency: the calculator on this page gives you an order of magnitude. Natural Resources Canada measured $1,377 a year on average among OHPA participants, mostly in Atlantic Canada where electricity costs more than in Québec.
Natural Resources Canada states that OHPA can be combined with other federal, provincial, territorial and utility programs. LogisVert then applies its own rules: electric main heating after the work, and assistance that cannot exceed 100% of the purchase and installation cost.
Hydro-Québec processes a complete application in 10 to 12 weeks and mails the payment. You apply online, no later than nine months after installation.
LogisVert does not fund the electric boiler. It funds air-to-air heat pumps, wall-mounted or central. A home with radiators can combine an electric boiler for the hot water and wall-mounted heat pumps for efficiency, all on electricity.
A unit that stores heat in bricks overnight and releases it into the ducts. Hydro-Québec pays $15,000, or $22,000 with a central heat pump, through an authorized Steffes installer, in a forced-air home with an accessible concrete-floor basement.
In the ENERGY STAR directory, using the system’s AHRI number. Every AirGreen product page shows that number. The LogisVert amount works out as: capacity ÷ 1,000 × $120 for a cold-climate model.
Not for OHPA or for the LogisVert heat pump. Rénoclimat, which funds insulation, requires one before and one after the work.
AirGreen · Montréal, Laval, South Shore, North Shore
Get off oil with no surprises on the grant.
An OHPA file to finish before January 31, 2027, or a conversion with LogisVert: call us with your last oil bill and the age of your unit, and we start from there.
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