| Program Name | Recipient | Incentive Type | Purpose or Intent | Funding Level | Repayable | Application Process | Notes |
| Home Energy Efficiency Retrofit Grants - NRCan / OEE |
Homeowner | Grant | Assist home energy efficiency retrofits. | Up to $3,348 | No | Must undergo EnerGuide for Houses evaluation and follow up on recommendations. Application made by authorized EGH service organization on behalf of the homeowner. | |
| Power Smart™ Home Incentive for New Homes in Manitoba - NRCan / Energuide and Manitoba Home Builders' Association |
Residential customers of Manitoba Electric | Certificate | Energy efficiency in newly constructed residential homes. Certificate for the value of up to $1000 towards the purchase of a front-loading clothes washer or a $600 rebate on their Manitoba Hydro electric account. | Certificate for the value of up to $1000 or a $600 rebate | No | Power Smart New Home Program enrollment, 1-888-MBHYDRO (1-888-624-9376) | |
| Energy Star - NRCan / OEE and several partners | Consumers of Energy Star products, builders and developers | Multiple types: rebate, account credit, prime-rate loan, incentives | Adoption of Energy Star, energy efficient products | Varies | Typically no, but see details | Varies | Qualification is geographically dependent |
| New Housing - NRCan / OEE | Builders of energy efficient homes.
Install Heating/Ventilating Systems with Energy Efficient Motors in New Homes. |
Grant- Financial Incentive | $200 financial incentive to builders of energy efficient homes to encourage the installation of furnaces, air handlers and heat recovery ventilators with energy-efficient motors. These new homes must be built under one of the following programs: R-2000 Standard ENERGY STAR® qualified (Ontario only) Built Green Alberta Gold level(Alberta only) Power Smart New Home (Manitoba only) NovoClimat (Quebec only) GreenHome (Yukon only) and/or any home built to the EnerGuide for New Houses level of 77 or higher (across Canada) |
$200/house | No | Further information can be found by contacting one of the programs named. | Homes must be certified between April 1, 2004 and October 31, 2006. |
| Canadian Industry Program for Energy Conservation (CIPEC) - NRCan / OEE | Industrial companies | Grant | Help industrial companies identify ways to increase energy efficiency, improve production processes and cut costs. | Up to 50 percent of the cost of an energy audit, to a maximum of $5,000 | No | Application form and short technical proposal prepared by the contractor selected to conduct the audit. Registration with NRCan's Industrial Energy Innovators. | |
| Program Name | Recipient | Incentive Type | Purpose or Intent | Funding Level | Repayable | Application Process | Notes |
| Commercial Building Incentive Program (CBIP) - NRCan / OEE | Owners of new commercial and institutional buildings, retail food stores and arenas | Grant | Encourage energy-efficient design practices. | Up to $60,000 | No | Demonstrate a reduction in energy use by at least 25% when compared to the requirements of the MNECB | Until March 31, 2007 |
| Commercial Transportation Energy Efficiency and Fuels Initiative - NRCan / OEE / Fleetsmart | Owners of Class 6, 7 or 8 diesel-powered trucks or buses. | Rebate | Rebate for the installation of pre-qualified equipment that provides truck-cab or bus-interior heating and/or cooling. | Up to $1,400 | No | Application form | |
| Energy Retrofit Assistance (ERA) for Commercial and Institutional Buildings | Commercial businesses and public institutions such as universities, hotels and multi-unit residential buildings | Rebate | Encourage commercial businesses and public institutions to invest in existing buildings. | Varies | No | Join / membership and then application. | |
| Industrial Buildings Incentive Program (IBIP) - NRCan / OEE | Industrial buildings with new designs / Industrial Energy Innovators | Incentive | Energy efficiency in the designs of industrial buildings by fostering the integration of industrial building design and process design. | Up to $80,000 | No | Designs assessed against a reference generated from MNECB. | Until March 31, 2006 |
| Wind Power Production Incentive (WPPI) - NRCan / REED / ERB | Electric utilities, independent power producers and other stakeholders | Financial support of installations | Develop wind energy in Canada | Covers about half of the current estimated cost premium for wind energy in Canada. | No | Negotiate a contribution agreement with NRCan. | |
| Program Name | Recipient | Incentive Type | Purpose or Intent | Funding Level | Repayable | Application Process | Notes |
| Renewable Energy Deployment Initiative (REDI) - NRCan / REED | Private sector, federal departments and public institutions | Refund | Stimulate the demand for renewable energy systems for water heating, space heating and industrial process heating. | Refund of 25 percent of the purchase and installation costs of a qualifying system, to a maximum refund of $80,000 per installation and a maximum of $250,000 per corporate entity. | No | Application form | |
| Market Incentive Program (MIP) - NRCan / REED / ERB | Energy distributors | Contribution | Encourage electricity distributors to experiment with projects to stimulate sales of electricity from Emerging Renewable Energy Sources, that have low environmental impact, to their residential and small business customers. | Up to 40% of elligible expenditures | No | Requires an "Invitation to Proponents" and a proposal by Jan 30, 2004 | Until March 31, 2006 |
| Government Purchase of Electricity from Renewable Resources (PERR) - NRCan / REED | Energy distributors | Purchase agreement | Federal government purchases some of its electricity from Emerging Renewable Energy Sources (ERES); promote renewable energies | Unspecified | No | Not applicable | Future purchasing agreements unspecified. |
| Class 43.1 - CRA and NRCan | Taxpayers who either generate and sell electricity or use energy in other industrial sectors. | Tax incentive; accelerated capital cost allowance (CCA) | Business Investments in Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy | Capital cost allowance (CCA) rate of 30 per cent for certain types of renewable energy and energy efficiency equipment. | No | File taxes | |
| Program Name | Recipient | Incentive Type | Purpose or Intent | Funding Level | Repayable | Application Process | Notes |
| Canadian Transportation Fuel Cell Alliance (CTFCA) - NRCan / CETC-Ottawa | Unspecified | Varies | Promote fuel cells by demonstrating and evaluating fuelling options for fuel cell vehicles in Canada. | Unspecified | Unspecified | Contact Program Manager | |
| Emerging Technologies Program - NRCan / CETC-Ottawa | Canadian industry | Contribution | Identifies technical barriers to increasing the energy efficiency of Canadian industries. Supports industrial R&D. | Up to 50% funding assistance for technical assessments, prototype development and field trials. | Yes | Contact secretariat | |
| Industry Energy Research and Development (IERD) program - NRCan / CETC-Ottawa | Canadian industry | Contribution | Supports the development and use of new energy-efficient processes, products, systems and equipment proposed by industry. | Typically 35 percent of total project costs. | Yes | Contact secretariat | |
| Technology Early Action Measures (TEAM) / NRCan, interdepartmental | Municipal, provincial, or federal programs, small, medium, and large businesses, and international companies or foreign governments. | Contribution | Supports projects that are designed to develop technologies that mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. | Unspecified | Possibly | Initial contact, concept paper, proposal | |
| Program Name | Recipient | Incentive Type | Purpose or Intent | Funding Level | Repayable | Application Process | Notes |
| ENFOR (ENergy from the FORest) - NRCan / CFS | Federal government, chiefly the five CFS research centres | Unspecified | Generate sufficient knowledge and technology to realize a marked increase in the contributions of forest biomass to Canada's energy supply. | Unspecified | Proposal submission | ||
| Program of Energy Research and Development (PERD) - NRCan / OERD | Canadian federal departments | Transfers | Funds research and development designed to ensure a sustainable energy future for Canada in the best interests of both our economy and our environment. | Unspecified | MOUs | Qualification is geographically dependent | |
| Innovative Research Initiative - NRCan / OERD | Canadian government scientists in the provincial, territorial, and federal scientific community | Transfers | Stimulate the initiation of high-risk, exploratory scientific and technical ideas in natural sciences and engineering. Climate change mitigation. | Unspecified | Unspecified | 3 page proposals | |
| Technology and Innovation (T&I) Research and Development (R&D) - NRCan | Canadian federal departments, with partners from the provinces, academia and the private sector | Transfers | Advancement of promising greenhouse gas (GHG) technologies | Unspecified | No | Unspecified | |
| Atlantic Innovation Fund | Universities, colleges, other post-secondary educational institutions, business associations, research institutions and private sector firms | Contribution | Increase activity in and to build capacity for innovation, and Research and Development (R & D) which leads to technologies, products, processes or services that contribute to economic growth in Atlantic Canada. | Unspecified towards each project $300-million, 5-year program, towards eligible cost | No | Request for Project Proposals (RFPP) process | |
| Program Name | Recipient | Incentive Type | Purpose or Intent | Funding Level | Repayable | Application Process | Notes |
| Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency Business Development Program | Most business sectors are eligible except retail/wholesale, real estate, government services, and services of a personal or social nature. Both commercial and not-for-profit applicants are eligible. | Repayable contributions | Program offers access to capital in form of interest-free, unsecured repayable contributions, focusing on small and medium sized enterprises. | Costs eligible for up to 50%-75% financing depending on elgibility criteria. | Yes | Electronic Application Form available on their site. | |
| Canadian Foundation for Innovation - Innovation Fund | Universities, colleges, hospitals, and not-for-profit | Contribution | Independent corporation created by the Government of Canada to fund research infrastructure research institutions. Strengthen the capacity of Canadian universities, colleges, research hospitals, and non-profit research institutions to carry out world-class research and technology development that benefits Canadians. | CFI will provide funding for up to 40% of the eligible costs. Project costs should be a minimum of $150,000 | No | Next Call for Proposals for the Innovation Fund will likely be announced in 2005 | |
| Green Municipal Funds | Municipal governments. All municipalities, large and small, can benefit from the financial services and technical expertise of the GMF. | Grants and low-interest loans | Support municipal government action to cut pollution, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve quality of life. Offer grants and low-interest loans for innovative environmental infrastructure initiatives that generate measurable environmental, economic and social benefits. | Grants cover up to 50% of eligible expenses, to a maximum of $350,000. Funds offer loans, covering 15% to 25% of the eligible capital costs of qualifying projects. $250 Million endowment - 2005 Budget, the Government of Canada contributed an additional $300 million. | Yes | New Intents to Apply will be accepted in Autumn 2005. Review the GMF Applicant's Guide. | |
| Program Name | Recipient | Incentive Type | Purpose or Intent | Funding Level | Repayable | Application Process | Notes |
| IRAP/Technology Partnership Canada (IRAP-TPC) | Innovative small and medium enterprises (SMEs) | Contribution | Environmental Technologies component encourages and supports the development and application of innovative technologies that contribute to the achievement of sustainable development, or that have significant environmental benefits. Enabling Technologies component supports the development, application and diffusion of those critical technologies that will have major impact and benefits within and across industry sectors. | Contributions will not normally exceed 33% of total eligible project costs. | Yes | Contact the IRAP regional office nearest to you by calling our toll-free number (1-877-994-4727). | |
| Sustainable Development Technology Canada | Experts in sustainable development technology and part of a project consortium that is: for-profit corporation, a partnership, a limited partnership or a business trust that has entered into a contract relating to the execution of the applicant’s project; a for-profit corporation, a partnership, a limited partnership or a business trust that has entered instead into a collaborative arrangement; and a not-for-profit corporation, with one of its purposes being to undertake or fund the development or demonstration of sustainable development technology. | Contribution | Bridging the funding gap for the support of clean-technology projects to increase project's chance of success to market and help Canadian entrepreneurs. Support technologies that have demonstrated their ability to meet market demand and help achieve Canada's environmental goals for reducing climate change effects and improve air quality. | Up to 33 percent of eligible project costs and never more than 50 percent of eligible project costs for any given project. | No | On-line Application System process available | |
| Technology Partnerships Canada - for Industry | Firms, organizations or institutions established in Canada, which are prepared to conduct research, development and innovation activities in the eligible areas such as environmental technologies, enabling technologies and areospace and defence, and which can demonstrate their ability to achieve the stated objectives of the proposed project. | Contribution | Provide funding support for strategic research and development, and demonstration projects that will produce economic, social and environmental benefits to Canadians. | Companies must regularly submit claims substantiating eligible expenses, which have been incurred and paid as the project progresses. TPC validates these claims and only issues payments reflecting its share of the incurred eligible costs. | Yes | Review all of the TPC strategic objectives, eligibility and information requirements. Info available on-line. |
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