If you order an electric vehicle in November, you could lose C$2,000 without ever seeing it coming.
Quebec’s EV rebate program, Roulez vert, ends on December 31. Sixteen weeks from today. And the date that decides whether you get the money is not the date you buy the car. It is the date the vehicle is registered in Quebec. With the delivery delays we all know about, a car ordered in November can easily be registered in January. The dealer will tell you that you bought in 2026. The ministry looks at the registration. No rebate.
What is still on the table until December 31: C$2,000 for a new battery electric vehicle, C$1,000 for a used one, C$500 to C$1,000 for a plug-in hybrid depending on the battery, plus up to C$5,000 from the federal iZEV program. Up to C$7,000 in total. On January 1, the provincial side goes to zero.
One trap worth knowing about: the C$65,000 price cap has included option packages since November 2025, even the ones that are activated by software after delivery. People check a driver-assistance box and find out their car no longer qualifies.
And the rest arrives fast. January 1, 2027 brings a C$125 annual fee for battery electrics and C$62.50 for plug-in hybrids. March 31, 2027 ends free tolls for zero-emission vehicles. The luxury registration fee starts applying to EVs over C$62,500.
I am posting this for anyone outside Quebec too, because every one of these programs ends the same way somewhere. The rebate deadline is never the deadline that matters. The paperwork date is.
If you were thinking about it, it is now, not December.
What do you think? Does the end of a rebate actually slow sales down, or is the market mature enough to carry itself?