GREATER TAX CLARITY STARTS WITH THE FACTS

Your Canada tax departure guide

We help you prepare a compliant departure from Canada: address your residential ties, document your move and understand how to end Canadian tax residency—so the CRA no longer taxes your worldwide income once you qualify as a non-resident.

Non-residency can end Canadian tax on foreign-source income. Departure tax, tax on Canadian-source income and existing amounts owed may still apply.

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Leave Canadian tax residency behind. Know what remains.

Once you become a non-resident, Canada generally taxes Canadian-source income rather than your worldwide income. Departure tax and existing liabilities may still apply. We help you prepare your residency facts, ties, records and questions for a compliant departure; our planner or report does not itself change your status or provide CRA approval.

CRA: leaving Canada.

Start with your circumstances.

Use these questions to organise the information an adviser may need. They do not determine your eligibility or tax position.

What will it take to end my Canadian tax residency?

Write down your current arrangements, intended changes and the dates involved. Keep a record of assumptions that still need checking.

What could I still owe the CRA after I leave?

List relevant assets, documents and people involved. Bring uncertainties into the open before committing to a decision.

How can I prepare before paying for specialist advice?

Record the questions that remain unresolved. Check the current official requirements and seek an individual assessment where needed.

Build a useful record of the move.

A clear file helps you explain your circumstances consistently.

Before you move

Record your route, dates, household arrangements and the decisions that cannot wait. Identify documents that take time to obtain.

As plans change

Update your timeline and note what changed. Save the records supporting major decisions, rather than relying on memory later.

When you need advice

Share the relevant facts and your outstanding questions. Confirm the scope of any professional work before commissioning it.

CANADIAN QUESTIONS WORTH GETTING RIGHT

Prepare the facts.
Then assess what they mean.

Residency is about your circumstances

Your home, spouse or partner, dependants and other ties can matter. Tax-treaty rules may also be relevant. A departure date alone does not settle the answer.

Read CRA residency guidance

Different assets need different questions

Leaving can trigger a deemed disposition of certain property, even without a sale. Exceptions apply. Prepare an inventory before asking about valuations, reporting or a deferral.

Read CRA departure-tax guidance

Consider both countries

You may keep a TFSA after becoming non-resident, but Canadian contribution rules change and your new country may tax its income. Review your accounts in the context of your destination.

Read CRA TFSA guidance

These are starting points for planning. They are not findings about your personal situation.

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toward tax clarity.

Start free. Put your residency questions, supporting facts and next steps in one place.