Manitoba · 16 local services · checked September 28, 2026

Home energy audits and home testing in Winnipeg

Winnipeg gets about 5,542 heating degree-days a year, 37% of its houses were built before 1961, and 12 NRCan-licensed service organizations list its postal codes. Pick a service for the local details.

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A stucco bungalow on a frosty Prairie street, a pickup truck plugged in for its block heater

How Winnipeg is built

Winnipeg's houses by when they were built Ten house shapes, one for each tenth of Winnipeg's 202,915 houses. Before 1961: 37%, 1961–1990: 40%, 1991–2000: 6%, 2001 or later: 17%. Older houses glow hotter.
  • Before 1961 37%
  • 1961–1990 40%
  • 1991–2000 6%
  • 2001 or later 17%
Each house stands for one in ten of Winnipeg's 202,915 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.

Winnipeg at a glance

Climate

Winnipeg gets about 5,542 heating degree-days a year and has a winter design temperature of −31.3°C, according to NRCan's HOT2000 climate data for Winnipeg International.

Housing

Of Winnipeg's 202,915 houses (single-detached, semi-detached, row houses and duplexes), 37% were built before 1961 and 77% before 1991, according to the 2021 Census. The typical house dates from 1961–1970.

Heating

In the Winnipeg area, 66% of households heat mainly with a forced-air furnace, 12% with electric baseboards and about 7% with a boiler and radiators; natural gas is the main heating energy for 56% of households and electricity for 27% (Statistics Canada, 2023).

Radon

Health Canada's 2012 survey found 12.1% of 66 homes tested in the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority health region above the guideline. The larger 2024 Cross-Canada survey reports 37.4% (1 in 3) of houses at or above the guideline for the Winnipeg, MB (Winnipeg CMA) metro area.

Local service guides for Winnipeg

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

12 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

5,542 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

5,542 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 −31.3°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

66% forced-air
A gloved hand inserting a combustion analyzer probe into a furnace flue pipe in a basement

Combustion safety test

56% heat with gas
A heat recovery ventilator on a basement wall with four insulated ducts running up between the joists

Ventilation and humidity assessment

17% 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

77% built before 1991
Utility bills and a phone showing a monthly energy-use chart on a kitchen table

Energy bill analysis

Manitoba Hydro

Home health tests

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

Radon testing

37.4% 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

77% built before 1991
A gloved hand holding a sealed sample bag above vermiculite insulation between attic joists

Asbestos and vermiculite testing

77% built before 1991
A gloved hand swabbing layers of cracked old paint on a wooden window sill

Lead paint testing

37% 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

2 incentive programs

Who does energy evaluations in Winnipeg

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

Rebates and financing for Winnipeg homes

Provincial · needs an evaluation Efficiency Manitoba home rebates $400 back on your EnerGuide evaluation, with insulation and heating rebates stacked on top Open 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 Winnipeg

Regina533 kmThunder Bay590 kmSaskatoon708 kmLethbridge1121 kmSherwood Park1172 kmRed Deer1190 km All 70 cities →

Sources

Checked September 28, 2026.

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