{"id":"solar-installers-montreal-2026","name":"Best Solar Installers in Montréal","category":"Solar Installers","location":{"city":"Montréal","province":"Quebec","country":"Canada"},"canonical_url":"https://bests.ca/best/solar-installers/in/montreal","publication_type":"algorithmic","methodology_version":"solar-installers-v4","evidence_cutoff_at":"2026-08-27T12:00:00.000Z","published_at":"2026-08-27T12:00:00.000Z","maximum_positions":3,"positions_published":3,"positions":[{"rank":1,"entity":"Québec Solar","entity_type":"Organization","descriptor":"Exact Montréal solar installer publishing a current RBQ licence, local contact and solar-plus-storage project intake","best_for":"Montréal solar and battery projects","why_it_ranks":"Québec Solar has current attributable evidence for a bounded Montréal solar or electrical contracting operation. The private Bests Algo resolves the legal seller, licensed electrical contractor, permit holder, designer, engineer, roofer, installer, subcontractors, utility and warranty parties; interval load, tariff, future electrification, roof age and condition, structure, service, panel, bus, grounding, fire access, shading and interconnection fit; exact modules, inverter or microinverters, optimizers, racking, attachments, rapid shutdown, storage and monitoring; production modelling with orientation, shade, snow, soiling, degradation, clipping, availability and curtailment losses; stamped design where required, permits, fall and roof protection, installation, inspection, commissioning, as-built records and monitoring handoff; and cash price, tax, utility costs, incentives, financing, escalation, ownership, liens, insurance, manufacturer and workmanship warranties, service, removal and remedy. Reviews, referral bonuses and lifetime-savings claims cannot replace a site-specific design and conservative energy model.","decision_notes":["Provide 12 months of interval or monthly use, tariff, planned EV or heating loads, roof and electrical records and ownership horizon to every bidder","Require the same site survey, roof and structural finding, utility pre-assessment, one-line, layout, equipment schedule, code and permit scope, production assumptions and loss table","Compare cash and financed total cost separately; identify incentives, taxes, utility charges, roof work, service upgrades, monitoring, warranty labour, removal and reinstall, production shortfall and cancellation remedies in writing"],"profile_url":"https://bests.ca/best/solar-installers/in/montreal/profile/quebec-solar-montreal","verification_url":"https://bests.ca/verify/solar-installers-montreal-2026/quebec-solar-montreal","bests_score":null,"confidence":null,"proof_index":null,"consensus":null},{"rank":2,"entity":"Arsenal Électrique — Solar","entity_type":"Organization","descriptor":"Laval and North Shore electrical contractor publishing its RBQ licence and residential and commercial solar scope","best_for":"Solar tied to electrical upgrades and backup","why_it_ranks":"Arsenal Électrique — Solar has current attributable evidence for a bounded Montréal solar or electrical contracting operation. The private Bests Algo resolves the legal seller, licensed electrical contractor, permit holder, designer, engineer, roofer, installer, subcontractors, utility and warranty parties; interval load, tariff, future electrification, roof age and condition, structure, service, panel, bus, grounding, fire access, shading and interconnection fit; exact modules, inverter or microinverters, optimizers, racking, attachments, rapid shutdown, storage and monitoring; production modelling with orientation, shade, snow, soiling, degradation, clipping, availability and curtailment losses; stamped design where required, permits, fall and roof protection, installation, inspection, commissioning, as-built records and monitoring handoff; and cash price, tax, utility costs, incentives, financing, escalation, ownership, liens, insurance, manufacturer and workmanship warranties, service, removal and remedy. Reviews, referral bonuses and lifetime-savings claims cannot replace a site-specific design and conservative energy model.","decision_notes":["Provide 12 months of interval or monthly use, tariff, planned EV or heating loads, roof and electrical records and ownership horizon to every bidder","Require the same site survey, roof and structural finding, utility pre-assessment, one-line, layout, equipment schedule, code and permit scope, production assumptions and loss table","Compare cash and financed total cost separately; identify incentives, taxes, utility charges, roof work, service upgrades, monitoring, warranty labour, removal and reinstall, production shortfall and cancellation remedies in writing"],"profile_url":"https://bests.ca/best/solar-installers/in/montreal/profile/arsenal-electrique-solar-montreal","verification_url":"https://bests.ca/verify/solar-installers-montreal-2026/arsenal-electrique-solar-montreal","bests_score":null,"confidence":null,"proof_index":null,"consensus":null},{"rank":3,"entity":"Genesis Électrique","entity_type":"Organization","descriptor":"Exact Montréal-area electrical contractor publishing its RBQ licence and accountable residential and commercial electrical project chain","best_for":"Electrical and distributed-energy enabling work","why_it_ranks":"Genesis Électrique has current attributable evidence for a bounded Montréal solar or electrical contracting operation. The private Bests Algo resolves the legal seller, licensed electrical contractor, permit holder, designer, engineer, roofer, installer, subcontractors, utility and warranty parties; interval load, tariff, future electrification, roof age and condition, structure, service, panel, bus, grounding, fire access, shading and interconnection fit; exact modules, inverter or microinverters, optimizers, racking, attachments, rapid shutdown, storage and monitoring; production modelling with orientation, shade, snow, soiling, degradation, clipping, availability and curtailment losses; stamped design where required, permits, fall and roof protection, installation, inspection, commissioning, as-built records and monitoring handoff; and cash price, tax, utility costs, incentives, financing, escalation, ownership, liens, insurance, manufacturer and workmanship warranties, service, removal and remedy. Reviews, referral bonuses and lifetime-savings claims cannot replace a site-specific design and conservative energy model.","decision_notes":["Provide 12 months of interval or monthly use, tariff, planned EV or heating loads, roof and electrical records and ownership horizon to every bidder","Require the same site survey, roof and structural finding, utility pre-assessment, one-line, layout, equipment schedule, code and permit scope, production assumptions and loss table","Compare cash and financed total cost separately; identify incentives, taxes, utility charges, roof work, service upgrades, monitoring, warranty labour, removal and reinstall, production shortfall and cancellation remedies in writing"],"profile_url":"https://bests.ca/best/solar-installers/in/montreal/profile/genesis-electrique-solar-montreal","verification_url":"https://bests.ca/verify/solar-installers-montreal-2026/genesis-electrique-solar-montreal","bests_score":null,"confidence":null,"proof_index":null,"consensus":null}],"interpretation":"Null metrics have not been published. A Bests list may contain fewer than three positions when the evidence gate does not support another entry."}