Canada

Cross-Border Resource Library

Country Information - Canada

In an effort to provide information on financial planning issues in Canada, FPA volunteers have gathered the following links together to point you towards a variety of different resources. 

Each link has a descriptive tag explaining what type of site the link goes to. The tags are:
• GOV for government or regulatory sites
• ORG for non-profit or association sites
• EDU for academic or educational sites
• COM for commercial sites, such as product providers 

Virtually all of the links lead off of FPA's Web site. To give feedback or suggestions on the Canadian information below, click here. 

Quality of life – local flavor and customs 

• http://www.economist.com/countries/Canada/ (COM)

Health

• http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english/index.html (GOV)

Social Security coverage

 

Education standards

 

Ex-pats opinions on quality of life

• http://www.finfacts.ie/qualityoflife.htm (COM)
• http://www.expatexchange.net/expat/index.cfm?frmid=183&forumid=0&dbname=ee&shared=N (COM)

Immigration issues 

Legal Residency

Visas and immigration requirements

• http://www.cic.gc.ca/english (GOV)

Exchange Control

• http://strategis.gc.ca/epic/site/imr-ri2.nsf/en/gr-01000e.html (GOV)

Cash management

Bank accounts

• http://www.cdic.ca/?id=5 (COM)

Currency conversion

• http://www.imf.org/external/country/CAN/index.htm (ORG)

Education costs

• http://www.canlearn.ca/eng/index.shtml (COM)

Cost of living analysis

 

Housing issues

• http://www.mpac.ca/ (COM)

Tax Planning 

• http://www.fpanet.org/global/planners/leaving_Canada_Jan02.cfm (ORG)
• http://www.transitionfinancial.com/us/moving_us_incometax.html (COM)

Determining liability for income and gains taxes

 

Determining liability for estate taxes

• http://www.transitionfinancial.com/us/moving_us_will.html (COM)

Exit taxes and final tax return

Foreign Tax Credit arrangements

• http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-trty/canada.pdf
• http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p597.pdf

Local taxation of non-local pensions and investments

• http://www.transitionfinancial.com/us/moving_us_financialindependence.html (COM)
• http://www.transitionfinancial.com/us/independence_canada.htm (COM)

Investment Planning 

Asset Allocation

• http://www.fundlibrary.com/ (COM)

Risk management

Liability Insurance

• http://www.insurance-canada.ca/consinfohome/l6.php (COM)

Health Insurance

• http://www.assuris.ca/ (COM)

Property Insurance

Retirement Planning 

Local pension design and tax structure on encashment

 

Social Security agreements between countries

 

Transferability of Pensions

• http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/isp/pub/ibfa/toc-i.shtml (GOV)

Estate Planning and Succession Taxes 

• http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/E/pub/tp/it508r/it508r-e.html (GOV)
• http://www.transitionfinancial.com/us/moving_us_will.html (COM)

Impact on Estate if there is no local Will

 

Local taxation of non-local trusts

• http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/E/pbg/tf/t3ret/README.html (GOV)

Creating an international trust

 

Local Regulation 

• http://www.fin.gc.ca/fin-eng.html (GOV)
• http://www.fsco.gov.on.ca/ (GOV)
• http://www.osc.gov.on.ca/ (GOV)

Referrals to Local Financial Planners 

• http://www.cfp-ca.org/public/public_findaplanner.asp (ORG)

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