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Manitoba is one of Canada's better-run efficiency markets: Efficiency Manitoba pays a $400 rebate on the EnerGuide evaluation itself, publishes rebates for windows, heat pumps and insulation, and runs free income-qualified streams.
Winnipeg's early-1900s cores and post-war rings mirror the classic prairie pattern: solid old bones, empty walls, thin attics, and a winter that finds every leak. Cheap clean hydro power makes electrification math friendlier here than most provinces.
Electricity is among Canada's cheapest, about 10.5¢/kWh in Winnipeg (2025), so heat pumps compete well with gas, which heats 52% of homes. Winnipeg also has humid summers, river flood risk and clay soils that can crack foundations in drought.
Radon: About 1 in 3 homes tested at or above 200 Bq/m³ in the 2024 survey; Winnipeg and Brandon ranked among Canada's highest municipalities.
Prairies covers this city we cover: Winnipeg
Prairies Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba
Long, very cold, very dry winters: air sealing, radon testing and humidity balance lead.
Heating is the big bill here: winters are long and very dry, and cold snaps reach −30°C to −35°C. Radon is common, and electricity prices vary widely between provinces, which changes what pays back. An EnerGuide evaluation should focus on air sealing, attic and basement insulation, a radon test and safe humidity levels.
Seal the top and bottom of the house
In deep cold, warm air rises and escapes through attic leaks while cold air is pulled in down low. Sealing both saves heat and helps prevent attic frost and ice dams.
Test every home for radon
The 2024 national survey found about 1 in 3 homes at or above Health Canada's guideline in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, and just over 1 in 6 in Alberta.
Balance dry air against condensation
Winter air is extremely dry, but humidifying too much frosts windows and can wet walls and attic sheathing. The colder it gets outside, the lower indoor humidity must be.
When to book: Book the evaluation between November and March, when cold weather makes air leaks and missing insulation easy to see. Start a 3-month radon test in the heating season, and check the attic after a cold spell.
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$400 back on the evaluation
Complete a pre-retrofit EnerGuide evaluation through an approved service organization, plan at least one upgrade within 12 months, and apply within 90 days with your reports — $400 back. The audit-first model, subsidized.
Windows $100 · heat pumps $1,500–$2,000 · insulation by R-value
$100 per ENERGY STAR triple-pane window or door ($300 income-qualified), $2,000 for a ducted cold-climate heat pump or $1,500 ductless, a no-upfront-cost ground-source option at $75 a month for 15 years, and insulation at $0.03–$0.15 × R-value added × sq ft. Income-qualified households can get a heat pump free, and Manitoba delivers the federal Greener Homes Affordability Program.
announced National Heat Pump Rebate (new): Announced October 8, 2026 and expected to open early 2027: $2,000 toward an eligible cold-climate air-source heat pump, or up to $10,000 for households below the median income. Apply online, approval within 24 hours, no EnerGuide evaluation, and it can be combined with provincial rebates. Not open yet. What we know → ↗
closed Canada Greener Homes Grant & Loan: The grant closed to new applicants in February 2024; the interest-free loan (up to $40,000) stopped taking applications October 1, 2025 and its funding is fully committed. Approved applicants keep their funding — new ones can't join. ↗
live Greener Homes Affordability Program: Free direct-install retrofits (insulation, heat pumps) for low-to-median-income owners and tenants, expanded June 29, 2026 with over $500 million, delivered through provincial partners in BC, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, PEI and Quebec (Quebec's 2026–27 registration has ended), with more to be listed. You apply through your province's program, never through cold-callers. ↗
closed Oil to Heat Pump Affordability (OHPA): Closed to new applications July 31, 2026 (approved participants have until January 31, 2027 to submit receipts). Where NRCan delivered it directly (Alberta, Manitoba, the Northwest Territories, Quebec and Saskatchewan), it paid up to $10,000 toward oil-to-heat-pump conversions for income-qualified households. ↗
Each city page covers 16 audit and testing services with that city's own climate, housing age and service organizations. The bar shows its houses by construction era, oldest first. HDD is heating degree-days: the higher the number, the longer and colder the heating season. The share built before 1961 matters because older houses usually leak more and have less insulation.
Local geology, water sources, and climate set the home-health checklist. Each item links to its full guide; the 30-second screener personalizes it to your exact house.
Manitoba regularly posts among the highest shares of homes above the radon guideline in cross-Canada surveys. If you do one thing from this page, start the winter kit.
Months of continuous furnace time: check alarm expiry dates each fall and keep the spillage check in any air-sealing plan.
Test on the seasonal rhythm — bacteria often, chemistry periodically — through the provincial route your health office lists.
Red River spring moisture finds basements. Hygrometer first, cause before cleanup, and never insulate over a damp assembly.
Other provinces: British Columbia · Alberta · Saskatchewan · Ontario · Quebec · New Brunswick · Nova Scotia · Prince Edward Island · Newfoundland & Labrador · The North (YT · NT · NU)
NRCan-registered service organizations work in every province. Tell us where you are and what you're planning — we'll point you at the right door, with your province's programs flagged.