As long as you are resident in Canada when the house is sold and closes, you do not have to pay any tax- its only an issue when you are a non resident.

I have done this once already when we moved to the USA in 2007 - we had to get a compliance certificate from CRA, as we were non residents at the time our home sold and closed. It took about 4 months for the $ to be released - the lawyer holds the funds in a trust account and once CCRA approves the compliance certificate, you are good to go. They only withold 25% of the sale proceeds.

Maybe by going backto the UK for a month every year since you've been here hasn't really given you the opportunity to settle in Canada. Don't get me wrong I wouldn't advise anyone to stay where they're not happy, but did you make the decison to come here in the first place, or was it made for you. It sounds as though you never really left the UK.

When we moved back we sold our house before we left and there was no tax to pay.

No problem Muskoka you're right to point this out there are a lot of thing to consider when you're making the move back

Thanks guys
I am a Canadian Citizen and so are both of my girls
You had me worried there a bit with the tax "thingie"
Thanks Elaine B

Just wanted to wish you luck with your move back

Ones person's paradise is another's hell

It's only been 10-yrs, don't you think you should give it a chance first...

Best of luck with the move.

10 years is a long time to be unhappy My heart goes out to you and your family. Just wanted to wish you all the best for your move back home and hope everything works out for you

I was born in Canada. I hate the bloody winter too. My Grandmother is from Suffolk... she arrived here after the war. She moved to Trenton NS ... Its a steel town. She told me she cried when she saw it. Some days Nova Scotia is the most beautiful place in the world to live... in winter tho it can be the most depressing slushy slag spewing arsehole of the planet earth. The pulpmill in Pictou smells like ass and the county boasts the highest cancer rate in Canada... Bloody hell.... whats British Immigration like?

Such great people on here ... thank you, its this web site and the people who post on it who have given me the strength to move back to where I belong

Good luck with your move. Wow, your sure stuck it out, 10 years when you werent happy! I hope everything works out really well for you in the uk.

And here's me thinking I lived in the arsehole of the planet here in Windsor. I'm also considering the move back to Blighty. I've been here for 5 years now, married to a Canadian with a 12 year old step daughter.

Unfortunately, I also don't think I've ever been truly happy here and I'm at the point where I have to say enough is enough. It's not just the winters for me, it could be everything. From the crazy summer humidity, the mosquito's, the horrendous pollution (here in Windsor at least), to the long drawn out winters where people hibernate for 3-4 months and the only time you spend outside is when you are rushing to get back inside due to the windchill or shoveling tons of snow each morning. The list could go on (and it does in my subconcious), but this isn't a Canada bash, more of I hear ya Martikaxx and I wish you all the best with your move back home. Life's too short to be unhappy where you live.

Blimey... everyone is on their best behaviour in this thread so far!

Good luck with your move. My mate moved to Suffolk when we were kids in the early 80's. He lived in Kersey Uplands and during school breaks we'd run wild in the countryside for a week. Excellent laugh for inner London kids. The people were a tad eccentric though!

Did I miss something?

say what you mean why don't you?

I'm assuming you don't write for the NS tourist board!

He does...you should hear the bad stuff.