Buying a car in Canada

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Jan 21st 2020, 8:39 pm

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Re: Buying a car in Canada

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and emissions certificates.

These have now been scrapped in Ontario for private cars AIUI. Mine was due when I renewed my sticker in October, but no longer required.

Jan 21st 2020, 11:42 pm

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Re: Buying a car in Canada

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This can't be restated often enough for newcomers. (& is not unique to BC). When you buy a second hand car (or minivan/truck/boat/atv/snowmobile etc) you pay tax on it. Everytime a vehicle is sold, tax is pad. So add whatever percentage to the costs you are estimating when budgeting. (Dunno the rate in BC but here its 15%).

varies based on price paid.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/turbota...canada-156/amp

if bought from dealer for at both PST and GST

Jan 22nd 2020, 12:30 pm

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Re: Buying a car in Canada

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These have now been scrapped in Ontario for private cars AIUI. Mine was due when I renewed my sticker in October, but no longer required.

I'd say suspended, rather than scrapped, I'd expect the program to be revived at the next change of government, but yes, I recently received the paperwork at expiry with an advice that it need not be done. Totally bonkers program, pay $400 and get a certificate saying your emissions couldn't be reduced, next time pay another $400 for them not to be reduced again.