Find free radon test kits, grants and rebates where you live

Pick a province or territory to see every radon program that applies there, national programs included. Each program shows its type, its status and the date we checked it. There is no federal radon grant. Closed and paused programs stay on the list.

See every program with its terms, status and date.

Every program shows its type, because a loan is not a grant

Each program carries one type from a fixed list. The type tells you whether you keep the money, pay it back or get help with a test instead of a fix.

• Grant: money you normally do not repay if you meet the rules.
• Rebate or reimbursement: money paid back after you pay an eligible cost.
• Tax credit: lowers the income tax you owe and does not pay the contractor.
• Loan: money you must repay.
• Forgivable loan: some or all of it may not need repaying if you meet the conditions.
• Free or subsidized testing: lowers the cost of a test and does not pay for mitigation.
• Library lending: a monitor you borrow.
• Warranty coverage: protection for a new home under law or contract, not a general rebate.
• None found: we found no radon-specific program, and the row says so instead of staying blank.

See the order to apply in.

Library monitors are lent for a few weeks, so treat the reading as a screening

A library monitor is a screening tool, not a long-term test. Loans run for weeks. Libraries lend radon monitors in Nova Scotia. In Saskatchewan, Lung Saskatchewan’s directory lists library loans in Saskatoon and Regina.

One Ontario library lends for 21 days. Another lends for six weeks and asks you to keep the monitor in place for at least 30 days. Confirm the terms with your own library. A long-term test runs at least 91 days.

Compare the kinds of kit and monitor.

Radon grants look at household income or need; the Manitoba loan and the Saskatchewan credit do not

Lungs Matter, from the Canadian Lung Association, offers up to $1,500 toward mitigation. It appears for every province and territory, and its published income caps cover the provinces only. It is for a household with a lung cancer diagnosis or a low or moderate income.

The Nova Scotia grant needs a household income under $100,000. Saskatchewan’s Caring Breaths gives priority to the greatest medical and financial need. The Manitoba Hydro loan has no income test, and the Saskatchewan tax credit is based on eligible costs, not on income.

See what a system costs before any help.

A kit from a program still needs at least 91 days in place

A long-term test runs at least 91 days, and Health Canada recommends 3 to 12 months. Give a free kit the same 91 days in place. The White Ribbon program’s free detector is returned after at least 91 days.

The 100 Radon Test Kit Challenge runs in participating communities in 2025 and 2026. Most of those communities give the kits free.

See how to run a long-term test.

Each program’s status is dated, and a place with no program says so

Each program has a status: current, paused, closed, suspended or returning. Each status carries the date we checked it. We keep closed and paused programs on the list, so old funding is not mistaken for current funding.

Each row also shows its radon status: the program names radon, does not name it, or is not verified. Where we found no radon-specific program, the row says none found. National programs appear once in every province and territory.

See the funding cards for your province.

How to work it out by hand

You can build the same list by hand from the funding dataset by following these steps for your province or territory.

1. Open the funding dataset.
2. Keep the rows for your province or territory and the rows marked canada.
3. Read each row’s type.
4. Read its status and the date it was checked.
5. Read its radon status: named, not named or not verified.
6. Before you start any work, confirm the program’s rules with its administrator.

See how we check our records and dates.