In Saanich, burning fossil fuels for personal vehicle transportation is the biggest source of GHG emissions in our community. Access help for making a switch to active, public, or renewable transportation today!
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Rebates and Incentives
- Active, public and shared mobility rebates (bikes, e-bikes, transit and more)
- Electric Vehicle (EV) rebates
- EV Charging Rebates
- CleanBC Go Electric Program
Active, public, and shared mobility rebates
- (Currently taking a waitlist) Provincial E-bike Rebate Program: bcebikerebates.ca
- PST exemption on e-bikes
- Capital Bike Lending Library - Borrow a bike and helmet for little to no cost for up to three months
- Children 12 and under ride free on BC Transit
- BC SCRAP-IT Program provides rebates for scrapping an old vehicle
Electric vehicle (EV) rebates
Terms apply and programs change frequently. Visit www.pluginbc.ca for additional resources on electric vehicles and more details on rebates and incentives
Individuals
- Federal Electric Vehicle Affordability Program - provides point-of-sale rebates up to $5,000 for eligible new EVs
Businesses and Communities
- Go Electric Point of Sale Rebates Program - provides point-of-sale rebates on eligible commercial zero emissions vehicles. Vehicle buyer must be a BC-based business, Indigenous organization, local government or non-profit
EV Charging rebates
Terms apply and programs change frequently. Visit www.pluginbc.ca for additional resources on electric vehicles and more details on rebates and incentives.
- EV Advisor Service for stratas and workplaces - provides up to five hours of free advice for multi-unit residential buildings, workplaces and Indigenous individuals and organizations.
- Federal Zero Emission Vehicle Infrastructure Program for public places, on-street, multi-unit residential buildings, workplaces and light duty fleets. Provides 50% of costs up to specific maximums by project type for for Level 2, Fast Chargers, and hydrogen refuelling stations. Multiple intakes per year - check eligibility requirements for each intake.
CleanBC Go Electric EV Charger Rebate Program
- Homes (single family homes, row homes and duplexes)
- EV Chargers: 50% of costs up to $350 for Level 2 EV charging stations
- EV Power Management Devices: $200 towards the installation of an EV power management device to avoid electrical service upgrades when installing a Level 2 EV charger at home. See helpful video for more assistance.
- Apartments/Condos/Townhomes
- EV Ready rebates
- EV Ready plan: 75% of costs up to $3,000 PLUS Saanich's up to $1,000 plan top up
- EV Ready infrastructure: 50% of costs up to $600 per stall (and max $120,000 per strata PLUS Saanich's up to $100/stall top up
- EV chargers: 50% of costs up to $1,400 per charger (and max $14,000 per strata)
- Total: $137,000 per apartment/condo or townhome complex
- Standalone EV charger rebate
- Up to $2,000 per charger, up to 50% of costs (regularly up to $14,000) per apartment/condo or townhome complex
- Public charger rebates
- Up to $130,000 for public DC Fast Chargers plus additional funding for Level 2 Stations
- Businesses, non-profits, local governments, Indigenous communities or public sector organizations may apply
- Workplaces
- Up to 50% of those costs, to a maximum of $2,000 per charger, and $14,000 per workplace.
- A business can apply for a maximum of four of their workplace sites, resulting in a maximum project rebate of $56,000.
- Fleet
- Open to B.C. registered companies, non-profit organizations and public entities and provides funding, training, and other support for deploying zero emission fleets.
- Get back 50% of project costs for DC Fast Chargers and Level 2 Stations, plus additional funding for electrical upgrades
- Rebates for fleet and infrastructure assessments
