Used EV Rebates in Canada

Outside Quebec and Manitoba, buying a used electric car won't get you any money back. Here's where each province and territory stands today.

You can read the details on Quebec's used vehicle page and on Manitoba's EV rebate site.

No. The federal one goes by the name Electric Vehicle Affordability Program, and Transport Canada administers it; the program applies to new cars only. A used electric car receives nothing from it, no matter what it costs or where it was built.

There is one useful exception: a dealer demonstrator can count as new. A demonstrator is a car a dealer uses for test drives. If it has under 10,000 km on it, the federal program counts it as new, so the rebate can still apply, as long as the car and its price qualify.

Canada has no federal EV tax credit either. The rebate on new cars, subtracted at the dealership, is the only federal help there is.

Quebec offers $1,000 on a used electric car. The rules can change, so check the Quebec program page before you buy.

Manitoba's rebate on a used electric car is $2,500. The province's Budget 2026 renewed the program, pushing past the old March 31, 2026 cutoff, and it remains open today.

Right now, these two provincial rebates are the only money you can get toward a used EV in Canada.

None of the other eleven provinces and territories pays a rebate on a used electric car. Ontario cancelled its last EV rebate in July 2018. Programs in B.C., PEI, and the NWT sit on hold. Yukon, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador have all wound theirs down. Alberta has never had a rebate, and Saskatchewan and Nunavut don't have one today.

In those provinces and territories, there is no rebate for a used EV. The federal rebate covers eligible new cars and demonstrators with fewer than 10,000 km.

If you're torn between used and new, the federal rebate can narrow the gap on a new car's price. The dealer subtracts it from the price at purchase or lease, so there is nothing for you to file. A plug-in hybrid is a car that pairs a battery you plug into an outlet with a gas engine, and it earns less than a fully electric model.

Here is what the rebate pays, by the year the dealer submits the eligibility assessment:

• 2026: $5,000 for a battery-electric car, $2,500 for a plug-in hybrid
• 2027: $4,000 for a battery-electric car, $2,000 for a plug-in hybrid
• 2028: $3,000 for a battery-electric car, $1,500 for a plug-in hybrid
• 2029: $3,000 for a battery-electric car, $1,500 for a plug-in hybrid
• 2030: $2,000 for a battery-electric car, $1,000 for a plug-in hybrid
• 2031: $2,000 for a battery-electric car, $1,000 for a plug-in hybrid

What matters is the year the dealer submits the check confirming that you and the car qualify. The model year and the delivery date do not count. The program runs until March 31, 2031, and each person may claim one federal rebate during the program's five-year run.

To qualify, a new car has to:

• stay at or under $50,000 in its final price, unless it was built in Canada, where there is no price cap
• come from Canada or from a country holding a free-trade deal with Canada
• stay under 8,500 pounds and be highway-capable
• run on battery power alone or as a plug-in hybrid, since hybrids you cannot plug in get nothing

Two examples show the rebate's effect on price. The 2027 Nissan LEAF S lists for $34,998 and would cost $29,998 after a $5,000 federal rebate if the dealer submits the eligibility assessment in 2026; the rebate falls to $4,000 in 2027. The 2025 Kia Niro PHEV LX, which runs as a plug-in hybrid, carries a $36,795 list price and settles at $34,295.

If you live in Quebec or Manitoba, you can also get a provincial rebate on a new car, on top of the federal one. Manitoba's new-car rebate is $4,000 on an eligible electric car, and Quebec chips in up to $2,000 for a new EV registered in 2026.

Electric car owners now pay a regular fee in some provinces, whether the car is new or used. It is worth counting these costs before you buy.

The pages for Alberta, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, and Quebec have the details.