Windsor, Ontario
Next Truck for Windsor HVAC companies, through AC season and furnace season
Windsor summers bring 23.5 days a year above 30°C, so AC season fills the board as surely as the first cold snap does.
Facts checked by Dan Taylor. See the sources.
The short answer
Next Truck by Tekton Digital runs the software tools that catch and keep customers for HVAC companies across Canada, Windsor among them. Windsor has 460 cooling degree days a year and 23.5 days above 30°C, so no-cool calls pile up in summer the way no-heat calls do in winter. Dan Taylor works with Windsor owners on video, starting with the free Estimate Sweep, and runs missed-call text-back and estimate follow-up in the owner's own accounts.
Windsor, Ontario at a glance
- Population
- 229,660 (2021 census)[1]
- How we meet
- On video, with Dan Taylor. In person only in Brantford, Brant County, Ancaster, Burlington, Oakville and Waterdown.
- Works with
- HVAC and home comfort companies across Canada
- First step
- The free Estimate Sweep
Windsor counted 229,660 people in the 2021 census, up 5.7% from 2016[1]. For an HVAC company, it is a city with two busy seasons, and summer carries more weight here than in Toronto or Ottawa.
Next Truck by Tekton Digital runs the software tools that catch and keep those calls for HVAC companies across Canada. Dan Taylor works with Windsor owners on video.
What heats and cools Windsor
Electricity in Windsor comes from ENWIN[2], and natural gas from Enbridge Gas[3]. Ontario's Building Code puts Windsor at 3,400 heating degree days a year[4], a milder winter than Toronto's 3,520 or Ottawa's 4,440[4].
Heat is the local fact. Environment and Climate Change Canada's 1981 to 2010 climate normals give Windsor 460 cooling degree days a year, against 375 in downtown Toronto and 260 in Ottawa[5]. The same normals count 23.5 days a year above 30°C and 69.5 days with a humidex of 30 or more[5].
The rebates and loans Windsor owners ask about
The programs Windsor homeowners ask about are provincial and federal. Home Renovation Savings pays on cold-climate air source heat pumps: $500 per ton up to $2,000 in an Enbridge gas home, and $1,250 per ton up to $7,500 in a home heated with electricity, oil, propane or wood. Furnaces get no rebate, the furnace kept as backup is not eligible, and replacing an existing heat pump does not qualify[6].
The new federal heat pump rebate covers installs on or after November 1, 2026. It pays $2,000, or up to $10,000 for households below median income. The online portal opens in early 2027[7].
What that means for your phone and follow-up
In a Windsor heat wave, the trucks are out and the office line stays busy. Next Truck runs your software's own tools so those calls still get a reply:
- Every missed call gets a text back, including the no-cool call that rings out on a 30°C afternoon.
- Estimate follow-up checks in on AC replacement and heat pump quotes until the homeowner answers.
- Review requests go out after every job, so summer's work shows up on your profile.
- From day 90, a maintenance plan can book spring AC tune-ups before the humid weeks start, and the fall furnace check after.
How we work with Windsor HVAC companies
Dan Taylor meets Windsor owners on video. He starts with how calls come in on the busiest summer day and where they drop. Next Truck runs your software's own tools in your own accounts, in Jobber, Housecall Pro or ServiceTitan, and keeps them running. Tekton is new to Windsor and has no clients here yet. You can judge the work first with the free Estimate Sweep: you see it run on your own shop before you pay for anything.
Common questions
How hot do Windsor summers get for an HVAC company?
Hot and humid enough that AC season matters as much as furnace season. The climate normals give Windsor 460 cooling degree days a year, 23.5 days above 30°C and 69.5 days with a humidex of 30 or more. Downtown Toronto averages 11.8 days above 30°C, about half Windsor's count.
Can a Windsor homeowner get a rebate on a new air conditioner or furnace?
Home Renovation Savings pays rebates on heat pumps only. A furnace gets nothing, including one kept as backup beside a heat pump. For a homeowner replacing central air, a cold-climate air source heat pump can qualify for up to $2,000 in an Enbridge gas home, and it heats as well as cools.
Is there a Windsor city rebate for heat pumps?
The programs Windsor homeowners ask about are provincial and federal. Home Renovation Savings pays up to $2,000 in an Enbridge gas home on a cold-climate air source heat pump. The new federal rebate covers installs from November 1, 2026: $2,000, or up to $10,000 below median income, through a portal that opens in early 2027.
Do you meet Windsor owners in person?
Dan Taylor works with Windsor HVAC owners on video, from the first conversation to the 20-minute day-14 review. He meets owners in person only in Brantford, Brant County, Ancaster, Burlington, Oakville and Waterdown. Everything gets built in your own accounts, so video covers the whole job from start to finish.
Have you worked with other Windsor HVAC companies?
Not yet. Tekton is new to Windsor and has no clients here. That is why the work starts with the free Estimate Sweep. You see it run on your own shop before you pay for anything.
Sources
Every fact on this page was checked against these sources on .
- Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0002-01, Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census subdivisions (Windsor, CY), accessed November 3, 2026.
- IESO, Find your local utility, accessed November 3, 2026.
- Enbridge Gas, Municipalities (City of Windsor listed among the municipalities Enbridge Gas serves), accessed November 3, 2026.
- Government of Ontario, 2024 Building Code Compendium, SB-1 Climatic and Seismic Data, Table 2, accessed November 3, 2026.
- Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1981 to 2010, Ontario stations, accessed November 3, 2026.
- Home Renovation Savings (Enbridge Gas and Save on Energy), Help and support, accessed November 3, 2026.
- Government of Canada, One million home energy retrofits: the heat pump rebate (modified November 2, 2026), accessed November 3, 2026.
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Next Truck
Catch every Windsor call, in July and in January.
We run your software's own tools for you, in your accounts, then keep them running all year.
If you like what the sweep books, Next Truck keeps doing it every month: $2,499 to set up, then $1,199 a month, +HST. Month to month, and everything stays yours if you leave.
Get the free Estimate Sweep
Increase revenue: every lead caught day or night, outstanding estimates reactivated, maintenance and service calls booked from the customers you already have. Cut expenses: the answering service goes, and your on-call tech is woken only for a real emergency. Free up admin time: we do the follow-up for your office. All in your company's name. It starts with a free 14-day Estimate Sweep of your unsold estimates and the customers due for a tune-up. Free, no contract, no card. Four shops a month.
- You see every text first, and the first 15 go out before the rest
- Missed-call text-back runs for the same 14 days
- At day 14 we take 20 minutes to go through what got booked