Solar in Canada: Find Your Incentives and Compare Installer Quotes

Solenery helps you find relevant programs, understand how to apply and compare solar options. After property confirmation and upgrade selection, you can request installation quotes and compare them as installers respond; local availability varies.

Service guides, comparisons and program information on this page are public. Enter your full address to begin a property check. An account is needed to continue the property plan; personalized rebate matching requires premium access. This does not apply for a rebate or request quotes.

The administrator decides eligibility and stacking. Confirm who submits each application—you or your provider—and obtain any required approval before work. Keep itemized quotes, eligible model evidence, invoices and receipts. Solenery does not automatically apply or reserve funding, and program maxima cannot simply be added together.

Request the same scope from each provider: panel and inverter models, layout, production assumptions, roof/electrical work, interconnection and storage scope, plus labour, extras, permits, warranty, exclusions and who prepares rebate documents. Compare confirmed support separately from project cost and repayable loans.

For many homes and businesses, yes, but it depends on your electricity rate, your roof and the rebates where you live. NRCan estimates each kW of panels produces about 940 to 1,360 kWh a year across the 24 cities we track, and provincial rebates can cover up to 50% of the cost in BC and 40% in Quebec. Use the public guidance to compare assumptions, then check your property for the available next steps.

Businesses can claim the federal Clean Technology Investment Tax Credit: up to 30% of eligible solar and battery costs for equipment available for use by the end of 2033. Homeowners rely on provincial and utility programs, such as up to $10,000 for solar and batteries in Ontario, $1,000 per kW up to $5,000 from BC Hydro, $1,000 per kW up to 40% of cost in Quebec, and up to $5,000 in Manitoba. The federal Greener Homes Loan closed on Oct 1, 2025.

No. The Canada Greener Homes Loan closed to new applicants on Oct 1, 2025, and the Greener Homes Grant is also closed. Homeowners now rely on provincial and utility solar rebates.

No. The Clean Technology Investment Tax Credit is for taxable Canadian corporations, so it applies to business and commercial solar, not to solar on your own home. Homeowners should look at provincial and utility rebates instead.

NRCan estimates each kW of south-facing panels tilted at your latitude produces about 1,360 kWh a year in Regina, 1,291 in Calgary, 1,163 in Toronto, 1,073 in Halifax and 1,007 in Vancouver. A 5 kW system in Toronto would produce roughly 5,800 kWh a year. Shade, roof direction and tilt change the result.

Often, yes, but they interact. Government assistance, such as a provincial rebate, can reduce the cost the federal Clean Technology Investment Tax Credit is calculated on, so check the combined value with your accountant. Most provincial programs also cap rebates at a share of the cost, for example 50% for BC Hydro and 40% for LogisVert.

Most utilities credit you for it, but the rules differ by province. In Alberta, systems under 150 kW are credited monthly at your retail rate, or at hourly wholesale prices if you choose, and larger systems at wholesale prices. Ask your utility, or run Solenery's check, to see how credits work at your address.

No. Solenery is a marketplace: it helps you discover potentially relevant incentives, estimates your savings and connects you with vetted local installers so you can compare quotes. Public guides are available before sign-up. Continuing the property plan needs an account; personalized rebate matching requires premium access.