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Incentive Programs
Water Rebates
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Basement Flooding Protection Subsidy Program To assist homeowners, the City offers owners of existing single-family, duplex and triplex residential homes a financial subsidy of up to $3,400 per property to install flood protection devices. |
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Faucet Filter Rebate Program (FFRP) and Faucet Filter Distribution The Faucet Filter Rebate Program provides qualifying residents with an annual maximum $100 rebate for the purchase of an NSF/ANSI-053 faucet-mounted replacement cartridges certified by the National Sanitation Foundation. |
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Energy Rebates
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Heating and Cooling Incentive Customers who have purchased and installed eligible central heating or cooling equipment may be eligible to receive up to $650 in rebates. |
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Home Energy Loan Program (HELP) HELP is a new financing tool offered by the City of Toronto to help you improve your home’s energy efficiency and save money through home retrofits. These upgrades can cut your energy bills, improve home comfort and reduce harmful emissions to the environment. HELP offers low interest loans to qualifying homeowners who are interested in improving the energy and water efficiency of their home. |
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Livegreen Toronto - Eco-Roof Incentive Program The City's Eco-Roof Incentive Program has helped fund the installation of more than 100 green and cool roofs on buildings across the city, and applications are currently being accepted for residential, industrial, commercial and institutional buildings. If interested in an eco-friendly roof and the associated rebate, ask Upside about designing and constructing in conformance with the requirements of the Toronto Green Roof Construction Standard. |
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Home Energy UpgradesProgram This program makes it easy and affordable for you to improve the energy efficiency of your home, lower your energy bills and lessen your home’s impact on the environment through home retrofits and post-retrofit energy audits. If you’re a qualified homeowner, you can take advantage of valuable incentives of up to $5,000. |
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Smart Thermostat Program One of the easiest ways to save on your energy costs is by installing a Smart Thermostat. It uses sensors and Wi-Fi technology to deliver comfort when you’re home and savings when you’re not. When you purchase a qualifying Smart Thermostat and either install it yourself or through a contractor, you’re eligible to receive a $100 incentive. |
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Save On Energy - New Home Construction Incentives This Program provides incentives designed to encourage home builders and renovators to construct energy-efficient homes in Ontario by incorporating energy efficiency into their construction or any extensive renovation. It promotes home energy performance and the installation of energy-efficient products to builders and renovators across the province. |
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Mortgage Rebate
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CMHC Green Home Energy-efficient homes can be linked to increased comfort and healthier living while improving energy efficiency reduces greenhouse gas emissions and lowers the cost of owning and maintaining your home. CMHC Green Home offers a premium refund of up to 25% to borrowers who buy, build or renovate for energy efficiency using CMHC-insured financing. |
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Tax Rebates
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Land Transfer Tax Refund for First-time Homebuyers When you buy land or an interest in land in Ontario, you pay land transfer tax. First-time homebuyers of an eligible home may be eligible for a refund of all or part of the tax. |
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Municipal Land Transfer Tax - First-time home Purchaser Rebates A rebate of up to $4,475 will apply to first-time purchasers of both new and existing homes. The City's rebates have been extended to both newly constructed and re-sale homes purchased by a first-time purchaser. |
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Government of Canada Programs to Support Homebuyer First-Time Home Buyers' (FTHB) Tax CreditThe FTHB Tax Credit offers a $5,000 non-refundable income tax credit amount on a qualifying home acquired after January 27, 2009. For an eligible individual, the credit will provide up to $750 in federal tax relief. Home Buyers' Plan (HBP) The Home Buyers' Plan (HBP) is a program that allows you to withdraw up to $25,000 in a calendar year from your registered retirement savings plans (RRSPs) to buy or build a qualifying home for yourself or for a related person with a disability. GST/HST New Home Rebate You may qualify for a rebate of part of the GST or HST that you paid on the purchase price or cost of building your new house, on the cost of substantially renovating or building a major addition onto your existing house, or on converting a non-residential property into a house. |
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Schedule a pick-up
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Furniture Bank Book pick ups of old furniture, appliances and electronics through this charitable program. For $100 per hour they’ll send 2 uniformed movers and a truck to your home to remove unwanted furnishings and housewares, and they will make sure your furniture goes to a family in need. They will then issue a gift in kind tax receipt for the fair market value of your furniture, which can be used to reduce your tax bill at the end of the financial year. |
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