Still awaiting a decision with my wife’s spouse visa but wanted to do research on best way to move money from Canada to UK. I mean I’m the past we have PayPal odd amounts to each to help or pay for things etc but obviously this would be a much bigger sum. Just looking for advice or people who have experienced this already

Use Wise: https://wise.com/

I second that. Have been using Wise for a few years now and they're very good.

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I use Wise many times a year