Orléans is the largest single source of heat pump enquiries we get outside central Ottawa, and the housing stock is the reason the answer is usually straightforward.
The bulk of Orléans was built from the 1970s onward, and the great majority of those homes heat with forced-air natural gas through existing ductwork. That matters more than anything else in a heat pump quote, because it means a central cold-climate heat pump can use the duct system already in the house. No new lines through finished ceilings, no wall units in living space.
Gas is cheap in Ontario. Switching a working gas furnace for a heat pump in Orléans will not usually transform your energy bill. What it does is replace your air conditioner with the same machine, cut your heating emissions substantially on a grid as clean as Ontario's, and pick up an incentive of about $500 per ton of capacity, which on a typical Orléans home works out to roughly $1,250 to $1,600. If your furnace and AC are both nearing end of life, that is when the numbers get compelling.
It is the question we hear most, and in 2026 the answer is nearly always no. Most homes, including those on a 100 amp service, can be electrified with a load manager that keeps the heat pump and the rest of the house within what the panel can carry. An upgrade only comes into it for a large home with big extra loads, a sauna or a hot tub, say. We run the load calculation and handle any load manager as part of the install. All we need from you is your last year of electricity usage, which Hydro Ottawa and Hydro One both make available online.
We cover Orléans including Fallingbrook, Avalon, Chapel Hill, Queenswood Heights and Convent Glen, along with Blackburn Hamlet and Navan to the south.
Sizing decides everything else, including whether your electrical service can carry the system. Our heat pump design tool runs a load calculation for your address, and the panel sizing tool will tell you where your service stands.
Worth reading first: what the Ontario rebate is worth, what a heat pump costs, and whether one is worth it.