Ummm no.

However, you may have a tax bill on leaving Canada!
https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-age...-property.html
https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-age...emigrants.html
If you return after leaving: https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-age...ReturnToCanada

That is some weird thing to think of anyone, wow.

The mind works in crazy ways at times. I have met some brits here who love that world.

A little OT, but I was quite struck by this sentence. It's a truth that often gets lost in BE debates over threads that amount to "should I move or not / should I move back or not", even very earnest and well-meaning ones.

(I added the brackets around the country names, because nearly any pair of countries could be relevant to the overall sentiment.)

Call it globalization. I'm sure you could still live the dream and hardly any country is the same places as it was in 2005.



We don't have a Canadian version but you'll even find the American one: I've even seen farmers stop with their Subaru Pickups, although I personally prefer the other coffee brands at smaller filling stations

There is a difference between anglophone former colonies! In Canada it's rare to see a Subaru pick up. The one sold in the US, the Brat, had rearward facing seats in the bed that weren't legal for use in Canada. Relatively few people bought the trucks and pulled the seats out. Now Subaru don't sell new pick ups in North America at all.

There is a difference between the anglophone countries! In Canada it's rare to see a Subaru pick up. The one sold in the US, the Brat, had rearward facing seats in the bed that weren't legal for use in Canada. Relatively few people bought the trucks and pulled the seats out. Now Subaru don't sell new pick ups in North America at all.

That's never really been me. I rarely go to Tim's these days.

I was last in the UK in January 2020, just before the lock down. Prior to that we went as a family in 2018. We try to get back ever 2 years or so to visit family and friends. I'm a keen cyclist and one of the things I noticed when I was there in January was how many cyclists were out there. Over here we pretty much shut down between November to May. We get out on the odd day when the whether permits, but mostly we are in our basements. I've always found the winters quite prohibitive here. I know people will say you can go skiing etc., but that's expensive and usually requires a death defying car ride up the 400.

It's like Father Ted. Biscuit or Cake? You want both, but can only have one. It's often difficult to choose. Cake though, obviously.

Deciding whether to remain in Canada or return to the UK.. difficult decision! ... what draws you to the UK and away from Canada? Your kids have grown up in Canada, they may suffer from a degree of culture shock..https://britishexpats.com/wiki/Culture_Shock-Canada - and perhaps a degree of alienation by locals in the UK due to their different accent and language differences

But didn't most people on here grow up in a different country and move abroad? In other threads it's always mentioned that moving abroad will help kids broaden their horizon. Apart from our personal views, maybe the house sale in Canada alone makes up for everything else.

With teenagers it can be far more difficult to relocate.. it's often suggested that the younger the children are, the easier the transition.. it works the other way (i.e returning to the UK) too!
https://britishexpats.com/wiki/Psych...ocation-Canada
The parents are 'going home' - so it's a little different ..

+1. Very true quote. I'm borrowing it to put in my signature.

""Some people hate [Canada], some people hate [the UK], some people never settle and others have the tools to make it work anywhere.""

and some people don't appreciate what they have

Can you get these tools at Canadian Tire or Home Depot?