You cannot start a new Canada Greener Homes Grant application: NRCan states the program is closed, applications ran from May 2021 to February 2024, and December 31, 2025 was the last day to submit documents. This guide states that closed status plainly, describes how the NRCan portal worked when applications were open, how an existing file was managed in the portal, and what to check instead.
Applies in: CA
Do not start a new application for the Canada Greener Homes Grant. The program is closed. Step 5. Request and receive your grant opens with the notice "Closed: Canada Greener Homes Grant. December 31, 2025, was the last day to submit your documents." Greener Homes Initiative progress update: January 2026 states the same position in full: "This program is closed. Applications were open from May 2021 to February 2024, and the deadline for participants to submit documentation was December 31, 2025."
This guide therefore does the honest job the title requires and no more. It states the closed status with the portal pages as evidence, describes how the Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) portal worked when applications were open so that anyone with an existing file, an old confirmation email, or a stale bookmark can recognize what they are looking at, describes how an existing application was managed inside the portal, and points to the separate programs NRCan names instead. It gives no advice on whether any retrofit is worth doing, no recommendation of a contractor or product, and no financial advice beyond the published process. Do not book an evaluation, sign a contract, or pay for work in expectation of a grant under this program.
One warning belongs before anything else, because the stale page is easy to find. The Step 1. Apply page, date modified February 12, 2025, still describes logging in to the Canada Greener Homes portal and starting an application, and carries no closed notice. Do not take program status from that page, and do not take it from the parent Greener Homes Initiative overview page either. Take it from the program-specific pages that state it directly: the Step 5 page and the January 2026 progress update linked above. A page that describes a process is not evidence the process is still open.
Check the two pages that state the status, in this order. First, open Step 5. Request and receive your grant and read the closed notice at the top: December 31, 2025, was the last day to submit documents. Second, open Greener Homes Initiative progress update: January 2026 and read the Greener Homes Grant section: the program is closed, applications were open from May 2021 to February 2024, and the documentation deadline was December 31, 2025. Those two statements, from NRCan's own program-specific pages, are the whole status position this guide relies on. If either page changes, the status changes with it; until then, there is no new application to start, and no portal step in the sections below is a live route to a grant.
The historical scale of the closed program is worth one paragraph, so the closure reads as a finished program rather than a pause. The January 2026 progress update reports that 404,956 households had completed retrofits and received a grant, 25,186 applications were being processed, the average grant received per household was $4,439, and $1.8B in grants had been issued to date, with heat pumps the most common retrofit at 228,000 installations, followed by windows and doors at 145,110, home insulation at 73,603, air sealing at 71,677, and solar panels at 38,424. Those are completed-program totals as of January 2026, reported on the progress update page. They are not amounts available now, and the $4,439 average must not be used to budget a retrofit: it is an average of grants already issued, not a promised amount.
The portal distinguished an account from an application, and the distinction decides what, if anything, you still have. Technical assistance for the Canada Greener Homes Initiative states that having an account meant only creating an account and registering, while having an application meant applying and receiving an application number, such as AP123456 or OHPA123456. A successful submission was confirmed by an automatic email notification confirming the application number. If you cannot find an application number in your email, and you never received that confirmation, the technical assistance page's own test says you did not have an application live in the system; you had, at most, a registered account.
If you do have an application number, keep it with the email address you registered with and the credential you used, because the portal treated a different credential as a different user. The technical assistance page repeats that warning in several places: always use the same log-in option and credentials, and if you use different credentials you will be treated as a different user. If you have an existing file and a question about it, the grant contact email published on that page is canadagreenerhomesgrant-subventionmaisonsvertes@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca, and the call centre number published there is 1-833-674-8282. Contacting NRCan about an existing file is different from applying: it does not create a new application, and no contact route described in this guide reopens the program.
This section states the credential exactly as NRCan's portal pages state it. It does not promise the portal will still accept a sign-in for a new purpose after the documentation deadline, and it is included because an existing applicant who needs to check a file, or to recover access to one, must use the credential the file was created under.
Step 1. Apply states that applying through the Canada Greener Homes portal offered two sign-in options: sign in with a Sign-In Partner account, which used the log-in information for online banking, with no financial information requested; or sign in using a GCKey, which the page states is different from a CRA GCKey, with a technical-difficulties number of 1-855-438-1102 or TTY 1-855-438-1103. The page warns applicants to log in the same way each time to avoid technical issues with the application, and, for a GCKey, to keep the username and password somewhere safe because usernames could not be recovered later.
Technical assistance for the Canada Greener Homes Initiative explains why the credential mattered: both tools allowed the Government to safeguard the information provided in the account once created, and the GCKey used for the Canada Greener Homes portal was different from the GCKey used by the Canada Revenue Agency, so the right GCKey had to be used for this portal. The same page states that a GCKey could be revoked if it was not used at least once every two years, or if the username and password had been compromised, and that regaining access then meant creating a new GCKey and having a program officer link the existing application to the new username, with an instruction not to try logging in before receiving the confirmation email. If you created a new GCKey, the page required a different email address from the one previously registered, a validation email to verify it, and an emailed table linking the old and new details with the application number in the subject line. Do not create a second account in the hope of starting over: the portal treated different credentials as a different user, and a second account was not a second chance at a grant.
For practical access, the technical assistance page also advised using Google Chrome rather than older versions of Microsoft Edge, clearing cookies or history before retrying a failed sign-in, and checking a spam or junk folder for the email verification message, adding the sender to trusted senders so later messages reached the inbox. Those are the page's own troubleshooting steps for reaching an existing portal account, not a route to a new application.
This section is in the past tense on purpose. It describes the application mechanics exactly as Step 1. Apply published them, so a reader can recognize the process from an old guide, an old confirmation, or a family member's account. None of it is a current instruction, and no step below can now be completed to obtain a grant.
First, the applicant logged in using one of the two credentials in section 3. Second, the applicant started the application and provided name, telephone number, email address, type of house, and the address of the primary residence, together with proof of ownership in the form of a property tax bill number, found on municipal property documents, and proof of residence in the form of government-issued identification with the matching address, such as a driver's licence. The technical assistance page added that the address on the identification had to match the address in the application, and that an application could not be completed unless the proof-of-primary-residence document was uploaded. Third, the applicant selected a service organization, which would work with the applicant to book the pre-retrofit EnerGuide evaluation, the next step in the retrofit journey. The Step 1 page also set out conditions for some residents: Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec were listed under conditions for residents of those provinces, and New Brunswick, Rossland in British Columbia, Nelson and the Regional District of Central Kootenay in British Columbia were directed to go through the respective provincial or municipal program first, to take advantage of the network of energy advisors already established for those regions. Those routing conditions belonged to the open program; they do not create a current application route through a province for this grant.
Eligibility for the grant itself is not restated in this guide, because no eligibility page for the closed grant could be verified, and no eligibility rule is stated here from a secondary source. The Step 1 page states only that, to be eligible, an applicant had to complete the entire retrofit journey. Anything beyond that sentence would be unverified, and it is cut rather than guessed. See the unverified-figures paragraph at the end of this guide for everything that was cut on that basis.
This section describes the end of the journey for applicants who were already in the program, as Step 5. Request and receive your grant published it, in the past tense the closed notice requires. It is included so an existing applicant can recognize the stages their file passed through, and so no reader mistakes a description of the old process for a process still running.
After the post-retrofit EnerGuide evaluation, the applicant reviewed the results and confirmed the grant amount. The evaluation included an EnerGuide home rating and label and an updated Homeowner Information Sheet listing improvements to the home's energy efficiency and its EnerGuide rating. Energy advisors confirmed which retrofits were undertaken and provided an estimate of the grant amount the applicant might be eligible for, and were required to provide the reports by mail or email, taking at least 14 business days to reach the applicant. The service organization was also required to submit the reports to the portal, where they were accessible to homeowners, and it could take a minimum of 30 days after the post-retrofit evaluation for the service organization to submit that information.
Next, the homeowner uploaded receipts and documents in the portal, after being notified that the service organization had submitted the necessary information. The mandatory documents were receipts for the pre- and post-retrofit EnerGuide evaluations and all receipts and invoices, marked paid in full, for products purchased and installation costs. Recommended documents, where applicable, included a copy of the letter of approval or permission for interconnection for grid-connected solar photovoltaic systems, and an attestation form confirming, as applicable, that a mechanical system had been installed by a trained and licensed professional, that a ground source heat pump system had been installed in accordance with CSA standards, or that an air source or cold climate air source heat pump system was capable of distributing heat to the entire home.
Then the applicant requested the grant in the portal by clicking the green button marked "Receipts have been uploaded, and I am ready to request the grant". Program officers reviewed the file and documents to confirm the total grant amount for the retrofits completed, contacting the applicant directly about any outstanding documents or questions. The review could take up to 40 business days. The grant amount depended on which retrofits were completed and the total of qualifying expenses, and in no case would the grant exceed qualifying costs. Finally, officers reviewed the file, an email was sent from NRCan with the funding decision, and the applicant logged in to the portal and clicked "Accept Payment" to confirm the grant total and receive the grant. Payment processing could take up to 30 business days, and then the grant cheque was mailed to the applicant's address. The Step 5 page states that NRCan did not ask for banking information, and that homeowners needed to keep copies of their documents until March 31, 2028, and that federal grants were not taxable and did not have to be declared as income. Keep those copies until that date even though the documentation deadline has passed: the retention date is the last standing instruction on the page for existing files.
The portal's account-management screens, as published in Technical assistance for the Canada Greener Homes Initiative, were reached after logging in, and they are described here for an existing file only. After the documentation deadline, do not assume that changing a detail in the portal reopens a file or restarts a review; a change that matters to an existing file should be confirmed with NRCan at the contact in section 2.
To change a service organization, the page directed the applicant to log in, click "My applications", click the application number, click "Manage Application", and select "Change Service Organization for this Application". To delete an extra application where there were multiple applications, the same route led to "Manage Application", then "Opt-out", then "I am cancelling this Application and will return or already have another Application". To leave the initiative altogether, the same route led to "Opt-out" and then "I would like to delete my account and end all communications". To upload documents, the page directed the applicant to log in, click their name in the top right corner, click "My Account", and click "Upload files". To change a property tax roll number, address, or property type, the applicant clicked their name and then "My Account"; to change a name, email, or phone number, the applicant clicked "My Profile". The page noted that tax roll numbers usually ranged between 16 and 20 numbers, and that an invalid format could produce an "already an existing account" error.
Two evaluation-status corrections were also published on that page, and they show how tightly the portal tied the application to the evaluation record. An applicant who had accidentally clicked "Already Evaluated" before having a pre-retrofit evaluation could log in, open "My Account" from the name menu, click "Edit", and uncheck the "Already Evaluated" box. An applicant who had completed a pre-retrofit evaluation after submitting the application could follow the same route, check the box, and upload the Renovation Upgrade Report and EnerGuide label. Both corrections belonged to a live application journey. After closure, treat them as a record of how the portal worked, not as steps that will move a closed file.
Two separate programs sit under the same Greener Homes Initiative umbrella, and neither is a reopening of the grant. Keep them distinct, because mixing their routes is how a closed-program search goes wrong.
The Canada Greener Homes Affordability Program is the federal program for new applicants that NRCan describes as current. Canada Greener Homes Affordability Program states that the program provides low-to-median-income homeowners and tenants with no-cost home retrofits, such as insulation and heat pumps, that delivery began in 2025 through participating provinces and territories, with additional support for Indigenous organizations, and that it uses a direct-install approach in which selected organizations deliver the program directly to participants and handle logistics and costs. Critically, the same page states that residents of British Columbia, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Quebec can now apply through their provincial program, that links to more provincial and territorial programs will be listed as they become available, and that households must submit applications to the relevant program in their province or territory because the Government of Canada is not accepting applications from households to participate in the program. The page also states the program is currently transitioning to Environment and Climate Change Canada, with enquiries to enviroinfo@ec.gc.ca, and warns that NRCan has not approved third parties to make unsolicited contact with homeowners to register for or participate in the program. Start with your province or territory's program page, not with the Greener Homes portal, and do not hand personal or banking details to anyone who calls or knocks claiming to register you.
The Oil to Heat Pump Affordability program is also closed to new applications, and must not be mistaken for an open alternative. How the process works states "You can no longer apply" and that July 31, 2026, was the last day to apply to that program through the Canada Greener Homes portal, with applications submitted by the deadline continuing to be processed. Its remaining portal dates belong to existing applicants only: January 31, 2027, is the deadline to upload all required final documents, with all work completed and paid for before that date, and March 31, 2027, is the closure date of that program. Do not carry those dates into the Greener Homes Grant, whose document deadline was December 31, 2025.
No successor grant, reopening, amount, or launch date is stated in this guide, because none was verified on the NRCan program-specific pages. If a future federal grant is announced, it will need its own program page, its own eligibility rules, and its own application route, and this guide should be rechecked against that page before anyone relies on it. Until then, the correct first step for a homeowner who wants help with a retrofit is the provincial or territorial program named on the Affordability Program page, or a provincial energy-savings program, checked on that province's own official page.
No. [Step 5. Request and receive your grant](https://natural-resources.canada.ca/energy-efficiency/home-energy-efficiency/canada-greener-homes-initiative/step-5-request-receive-your-grant) opens with the notice 'Closed: Canada Greener Homes Grant. December 31, 2025, was the last day to submit your documents.' [Greener Homes Initiative progress update: January 2026](https://natural-resources.canada.ca/greener-homes-initiative-progress-update-january-2026) states the program is closed, that applications were open from May 2021 to February 2024, and that the deadline for participants to submit documentation was December 31, 2025. Do not start work, book an evaluation, or pay a contractor in expectation of a new grant under this program.
The [Step 1. Apply](https://natural-resources.canada.ca/energy-efficiency/home-energy-efficiency/canada-greener-homes-initiative/step-1-apply) page, date modified February 12, 2025, still describes logging in and starting an application, and carries no closed notice. That page is stale for program status. Take the status from the program-specific pages that state it directly: [Step 5. Request and receive your grant](https://natural-resources.canada.ca/energy-efficiency/home-energy-efficiency/canada-greener-homes-initiative/step-5-request-receive-your-grant), which carries the closed notice, and [Greener Homes Initiative progress update: January 2026](https://natural-resources.canada.ca/greener-homes-initiative-progress-update-january-2026), which states the program is closed with its application dates and documentation deadline.
A Sign-In Partner credential or a GCKey, exactly as [Step 1. Apply](https://natural-resources.canada.ca/energy-efficiency/home-energy-efficiency/canada-greener-homes-initiative/step-1-apply) states it. The Sign-In Partner option used the log-in information for online banking, with no financial information requested, and the GCKey option was different from a CRA GCKey. The same page warned applicants to log in the same way each time to avoid technical issues, and to keep a GCKey username and password somewhere safe because usernames could not be recovered later. [Technical assistance for the Canada Greener Homes Initiative](https://natural-resources.canada.ca/energy-efficiency/homes/canada-greener-homes-initiative/canada-greener-homes-grant/canada-greener-homes-grant/technical-assistance-for-the-canada-greener-homes-grant/23953) adds that the GCKey for this portal was different from the GCKey used by the Canada Revenue Agency, and that a GCKey could be revoked if it was not used at least once every two years.
By the application number. [Technical assistance for the Canada Greener Homes Initiative](https://natural-resources.canada.ca/energy-efficiency/homes/canada-greener-homes-initiative/canada-greener-homes-grant/canada-greener-homes-grant/technical-assistance-for-the-canada-greener-homes-grant/23953) states that having an account meant only creating an account and registering, while having an application meant applying and receiving an application number such as AP123456 or OHPA123456, and that a successful submission was confirmed by an automatic email notification confirming the application number. If you had no application number, the same page directed you to complete the application online through the portal, or to request an offline homeowner kit by calling 1-833-674-8282. That direction belonged to the period when applications were open; it does not reopen a closed program.
This guide carries no amount a new or existing household could receive, because no per-household maximum or per-retrofit amount was verified on the program-specific portal pages. The only grant figure verified on those pages is historical: [Greener Homes Initiative progress update: January 2026](https://natural-resources.canada.ca/greener-homes-initiative-progress-update-january-2026) reports 404,956 households had completed retrofits and received a grant, 25,186 applications were being processed, the average grant received per household was $4,439, and $1.8B in grants had been issued to date. That average describes grants already issued; it is not an amount any household can now claim, and no figure in this guide should be used to budget a retrofit.
Not through the same federal household application. The separate [Canada Greener Homes Affordability Program](https://natural-resources.canada.ca/energy-efficiency/home-energy-efficiency/canada-greener-homes-initiative/canada-greener-homes-affordability-program) provides no-cost retrofits for low-to-median-income homeowners and tenants through participating provinces and territories, and states plainly that households seeking CGHAP-funded retrofits must submit applications to the relevant program in their province or territory, and that the Government of Canada is not accepting applications from households to participate in the program. The Oil to Heat Pump Affordability program is also closed to new applications: [How the process works](https://natural-resources.canada.ca/energy-efficiency/home-energy-efficiency/canada-greener-homes-initiative/process-works) states July 31, 2026, was the last day to apply through the Canada Greener Homes portal. Do not treat either program as a reopening of the Greener Homes Grant.
No figure in this guide comes from a secondary source or another portal's guide. The following were cut because they could not be verified on the NRCan program-specific portal pages : any per-household grant maximum, any per-retrofit grant amount for heat pumps, windows and doors, insulation, air sealing, or solar panels, and any evaluation-cost amount; the grant's eligibility rules beyond the single sentence that an applicant had to complete the entire retrofit journey; any reopening, successor grant, amount, or launch date for a future Greener Homes Grant; any Affordability Program amount, income threshold, or eligibility rule beyond what its program page states; any Oil to Heat Pump Affordability grant amount; and any current portal availability, processing time, or document-acceptance statement after the December 31, 2025 deadline. Check the NRCan Step 5 page and the January 2026 progress update linked above, and the Affordability Program page for the separate program, before relying on any of those points, and recheck them before budgeting any retrofit work.