EV charger rebates in Ontario

Five programs help with a home charger or the power that fills it, and three grant programs were built for businesses. This is where each stood on 2026-11-02, read at its source:

The loan names the charger itself. The City of Ottawa lists Level 2 electric vehicle chargers among its eligible improvements, and Better Homes Ottawa's full list adds the work around them: associated electrical and load management equipment, and wiring and panel upgrades where the energy improvements need them. The terms, read on 2026-11-02:

Solar photovoltaic systems and battery storage are on the same list, so one loan can carry the charger, the panels that power it and a battery that stores daytime solar for an evening plug-in.

The home must be detached, semi-detached, a townhouse or a residential building of three storeys or less, on a City of Ottawa tax account in good standing. Nothing done before the Notice to Proceed is covered, so the order matters:

The federal Clean Fuel Regulations turn home charging into credits. Section 102 lets a charging-network operator create them for the electricity a charging station supplies to an electric vehicle, when the station is owned for the occupants of a private home and installed on or before December 31, 2030.

The credits are worked out from the kilowatt-hours the charger itself measures. Owners take part through reward programs, which the Electric Vehicle Council of Ottawa (EVCO) describes as intermediaries: they gather owners' charging data, sell the credits and share part of the revenue. So choose a charger a reward program supports before it goes on the wall.

One rule before you sign up: EVCO warns that a charger can be registered in only one reward program per calendar year, and a duplicate voids that year's rewards. EVCO points to ChargeClub's comparison of the programs and endorses none, and neither do we.

Ontario's Ultra-Low Overnight plan prices every night from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. at 3.7¢ per kWh, the lowest of the Ontario Energy Board's prices set for November 1, 2026. Residential and small business customers can choose it over Time-of-Use or Tiered pricing:

Level 2 is what makes the overnight window enough. Hydro Ottawa puts a full charge of a battery-electric car at four to 10 hours on a Level 2 charger, against up to 50 hours from empty to 80% on a 120-volt outlet. Set the car or the charger to start at 11 p.m.

The Ontario solar rebate pays for the power source rather than the charger. The Home Renovation Savings Program gives $1,000 per kW of new rooftop panels, up to $5,000, and $300 per kWh of battery paired with them, up to $5,000, each capped at half of the costs (read 2026-11-02).

The battery must be paired with new panels and charged mainly by them, and a rebated system powers the home only, without net metering. The pre-installation application asks for planned major loads and names EV charging first, so a charger you plan is counted when the system is sized. No equipment should be bought before written pre-approval from the program and your local distribution company.

How the rebate and the City loan combine is in our guide to applying for the Home Renovation Savings Program. Daytime solar reaches the car two ways: a home battery stores it for an evening plug-in, and a solar carport puts the panels over the parking spot.

Three things stay open to a business. A charger meant mainly for public use, with its location shown on a charging network's website or app, earns Clean Fuel Regulations credits for the network operator, with no 2030 installation date (s. 102(1)(b)). Small business customers can take the Ultra-Low Overnight plan, and an organization can receive up to 10 Electric Vehicle Affordability Program incentives for its fleet.

The grants were closed to applications on 2026-11-02: every stream of NRCan's Zero Emission Vehicle Infrastructure Program, which runs to March 31, 2027, Green Economy Canada's EV Charger Incentive Program since June 30, 2026, and Ontario's EV ChargeON.

In a condominium, Ontario Regulation 48/01 sets the route to a charger in the shared garage, step by step under EV chargers for condos, parking garages and lots. For a business lot or garage, we design a layout that fits the most charging spaces within your electrical budget.