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Heat pump installer for Vancouver homes

As a heat pump installer working across Vancouver and the Lower Mainland, we size every system with a room-by-room heat load calculation, pull the electrical and gas permits, and install equipment that qualifies for BC rebates. Most homes get one system that heats all winter and cools in summer.

Get a free, itemized quote

$4,000BC rebate for electrically heated homes
  • Free in-home quote with a written, itemized price
  • Rebate-eligible equipment and the heat load calculation the programs require
  • Electrical and gas permits pulled for every install
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What you get when we install a heat pump

A heat pump is only as good as its sizing and installation. Every install we quote starts with a visit to your home and ends with a system you can actually live with.

  • A CSA F280 heat load calculation. Room by room, not a rule of thumb. It's also what the BC rebate programs require.
  • The right system type for your house. Central ducted where the ductwork is sound, ductless or multi-split where it isn't, dual fuel if you want to keep gas backup.
  • Permits pulled and inspected. Electrical on every job; gas when a furnace is capped or removed; anything extra your municipality needs.
  • Outdoor unit placement that respects your neighbours. Vancouver allows one ground-mounted outdoor unit per yard as an outright installation if it's at least 90 cm from the property line. Richmond requires 1.2 m and recommends staying out of side yards.
  • A written, itemized quote with the model numbers, so you can check them against the rebate lists before you sign.

Which heat pump fits your home

Detached houses with a gas furnace are usually best served by a ducted heat pump on the existing ductwork, either all-electric or as a dual fuel system. See our gas furnace conversion page for how that works.

Homes on electric baseboards - common in 1960s–80s Burnaby, Coquitlam and Surrey houses and in many basement suites - usually get a ductless multi-split with a head in each main zone. These homes qualify for the $4,000 BC standard rebate with no income test.

Townhouses and condos need strata approval and a careful plan for where the outdoor unit can go. Our condo and townhouse page covers that process.

Get a heat load calculation, not a guess

Book a free in-home visit. We measure, calculate, and send you an itemized quote with the rebates that apply.

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What a heat pump costs in Metro Vancouver

Before rebates, most single-zone ductless installs fall around $5,500–$9,500 and most central ducted systems around $14,000–$20,000. Panel upgrades, long line-set runs and difficult outdoor unit locations add to that. Our heat pump cost page has a calculator and a breakdown of what drives the price.

Rebates

The rebate you can get depends mostly on how your home is heated today:

  • Electric heat: $4,000 for a whole-home system, $1,500 for a partial one, regardless of income.
  • Gas, oil or propane: no standard rebate since April 2025, but the income-qualified CleanBC Energy Savings Program can cover a large share of the cost.
  • Federal: the National Heat Pump Rebate opens in early 2027 - $2,000, or up to $10,000 for lower-income households - and covers eligible installs from November 1, 2026.

Our BC heat pump rebate guide explains each program and includes an eligibility checker.

Questions people ask us

Check that they complete a CSA F280 heat load calculation rather than sizing by square footage, that they pull electrical (and gas, if a furnace is removed) permits, and that they are a Home Performance Contractor Network member if you want a CleanBC rebate. Ask for an itemized written quote and the model numbers so you can check them against the rebate lists yourself.

It depends on your home's heat loss, not just its floor area. Insulation, windows, air leakage and ceiling height all change the answer. BC's whole-home rebate requires the heat pump to carry the home at −5°C, which is also a sensible design point for Metro Vancouver.

Yes. The City of Vancouver requires mechanical and electrical permits, which a licensed contractor applies for. Outdoor units that are ground-mounted, inverter-driven and sited according to the City's bulletin don't need a separate development permit.

If you already have a forced-air furnace with ducts in good shape, a ducted heat pump usually costs less per room and looks after the whole house. Homes on baseboards, older houses without ducts, and additions are usually better served by ductless heads.

Modern inverter units are quiet at normal output — Surrey's guidance puts typical operation at 45 to 55 decibels. Placement matters more than the brand: we keep units off side yards where possible and away from neighbours' windows, which is what Richmond's and Vancouver's guidelines ask for too.

Coming from electric baseboards, almost always - BC Hydro rates heat pumps as up to 300% more efficient than baseboard heat. Coming from natural gas the answer depends on gas prices and your home; you also gain air conditioning. We'll show the trade-off for your house rather than promise a number.

A single ductless head is usually one day. Ducted systems and full gas-to-heat-pump conversions take one to three days, plus a short visit for the permit inspection.

Serving Burnaby, Coquitlam, Langley, New Westminster, North Vancouver, Port Coquitlam, Richmond, Surrey, Vancouver and West Vancouver - plus the rest of Metro Vancouver. See every area we cover.

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A free in-home visit gets you a heat load calculation, a sized system and an itemized price - with the rebates you qualify for spelled out.

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