British Columbia · 16 local services · checked September 28, 2026

Home energy audits and home testing in Victoria

Victoria gets about 2,763 heating degree-days a year, 59% of its houses were built before 1961, and 22 NRCan-licensed service organizations list its postal codes. Pick a service for the local details.

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A two-storey Vancouver Special house on a rainy street above a mossy retaining wall

How Victoria is built

Victoria's houses by when they were built Ten house shapes, one for each tenth of Victoria's 14,695 houses. Before 1961: 59%, 1961–1990: 25%, 1991–2000: 6%, 2001 or later: 11%. Older houses glow hotter.
  • Before 1961 59%
  • 1961–1990 25%
  • 1991–2000 6%
  • 2001 or later 11%
Each house stands for one in ten of Victoria's 14,695 houses (single-detached, semi-detached, row and duplex), drawn by when it was built. The glow shows the usual pattern: older houses tend to be leakier and less insulated. Snowfall scales with heating degree-days. Sources: Statistics Canada 2021 Census (table 98-10-0233-01), NRCan HOT2000 climate data.

Victoria at a glance

Climate

Victoria gets about 2,763 heating degree-days a year and has a winter design temperature of −1.3°C, according to NRCan's HOT2000 climate data for Victoria Gonzales.

Housing

Of Victoria's 14,695 houses (single-detached, semi-detached, row houses and duplexes), 59% were built before 1961 and 84% before 1991, according to the 2021 Census. The typical house dates from 1946–1960.

Heating

In the Victoria area, 37% of households heat mainly with electric baseboards, 23% with a heat pump and about 16% with a forced-air furnace; electricity is the main heating energy for 46% of households and natural gas for 23% (Statistics Canada, 2023).

Radon

Health Canada's 2012 survey found 1.8% of 55 homes tested in the South Vancouver Island Health Service Delivery Area health region above the guideline. The larger 2024 Cross-Canada survey reports 0.5% (1 in 200) of houses at or above the guideline for the Victoria, BC (Victoria CMA) metro area.

Local service guides for Victoria

Energy audits and tests

An energy advisor’s kit on a front-hall bench: infrared camera, pressure gauge with tubing, tape measure, headlamp and a floor sketch

Home energy audit

22 licensed organizations
A red blower-door panel with a large fan fitted into the front doorway of a brick bungalow, a pressure gauge on a stool inside

Blower door test

2,763 degree-days
Hands holding an infrared camera aimed at a ceiling corner beside a frosty window; the screen shows a cold streak

Thermal imaging inspection

2,763 degree-days
A kitchen table with a house floor plan, a laser measure, a tape measure and a laptop showing the plan

Heat loss calculation

Design temp −1.3°C
A duct-testing fan on a basement floor connected by flexible duct to a furnace, a pressure gauge hanging from a joist

Duct leakage testing

about 16% forced-air
A gloved hand inserting a combustion analyzer probe into a furnace flue pipe in a basement

Combustion safety test

23% heat with gas
A heat recovery ventilator on a basement wall with four insulated ducts running up between the joists

Ventilation and humidity assessment

11% built since 2001
Loose-fill insulation between attic joists, a yellow ruler showing its depth and frost on the roofing nails above

Attic insulation inspection

84% built before 1991
Utility bills and a phone showing a monthly energy-use chart on a kitchen table

Energy bill analysis

BC Hydro

Home health tests

A small digital radon monitor on a bookshelf in a finished basement family room

Radon testing

0.5% at or above guideline (2024)
A carbon monoxide alarm on an upstairs hallway wall outside the bedrooms at night

Carbon monoxide testing

Not required (recommended)
A moisture meter pressed into water-stained basement drywall, an air-sampling pump on a tripod nearby

Mold and air quality testing

84% built before 1991
A gloved hand holding a sealed sample bag above vermiculite insulation between attic joists

Asbestos and vermiculite testing

84% built before 1991
A gloved hand swabbing layers of cracked old paint on a wooden window sill

Lead paint testing

59% built before 1961
Filling a water-sample bottle at a farmhouse kitchen tap with the aerator removed, snowy fields and a barn outside

Well water testing

Wells rare

For businesses and buildings

An auditor walking between rooftop heating and cooling units on a snowy commercial roof

Commercial energy audit

6 incentive programs

Who does energy evaluations in Victoria

22 NRCan-licensed service organizations list Victoria postal codes. See the list with phone numbers and coverage →

City programs in Victoria

Home Energy Navigator (Capital Regional District)

Free local Energy Concierge (virtual home energy consultation, help finding rebates and reviewing quotes, personalized retrofit guide), promoted by the City of Victoria and delivered by City Green Solutions for the CRD. The City's rebates page lists no municipal heat pump top-up; it points to CleanBC Better Homes and BC Hydro rebates.

Strata Energy Advisor Program

City of Victoria and Saanich program with the Zero Emissions Innovation Centre: strata (condo) councils get an energy advisor who visits the building and prepares a personalized decarbonization plan (heat pumps, fuel switching). Condo buildings only; the City says applications are being accepted.

Rebates and financing for Victoria homes

Provincial · needs an evaluation BC Home Energy Improvement Bonus $20 for every percentage-point your home improves — $750 minimum, $2,000 maximum — or $300 for any two upgrades Open Provincial CleanBC Energy Savings Program Free energy-saving upgrades for income-qualified BC households — insulation, heat pumps and more, installed at no cost Open · deadline Federal CMHC Eco Improvement premium refund 25% back on your CMHC mortgage insurance premium after $20,000 of energy renovations Open Federal Canada Greener Homes Affordability Program Free retrofits for low-to-median-income households in BC, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, PEI and Quebec — not available in Ontario Open · deadline

Cities near Victoria

Saanich7 kmDelta79 kmRichmond84 kmSurrey87 kmLangley94 kmVancouver95 km All 70 cities →

Sources

Checked September 28, 2026.

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