CHART - More than 12,000 Canadians have applied for federal grants to help offset the cost of replacing oil furnaces with electric heat pumps. But data provided by Natural Resources Canada doesn't show an uptick in interest following Ottawa's announcement in October that it would increase the amount of money available under the program in Atlantic Canada. The Canadian Press has prepared a graphic looking at grant applications by province, before and after the announcement. This accompanies Heat-Pumps THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Vokey