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To do this and derive all the benefits Canada has to offer you would have to acquire permanent resident status. Some points to ponder =Retiring in Canada | Living Abroad in Canada
I would love to retire and live in Quebec. Is it difficult to manage that if we are retired?
If you want to live there for more than half the year you have to apply for a residency, and this is more difficult for Canada than it is for many other countries. When I inquired I was told quite rudely by the woman who answered the phone, "Don't even bother," as soon as she heard retired. I was stunned that this was the end of it. And it was, she said goodbye and hung up.
Perhaps she was having a bad hair day.
The link already posted would seem to indicate that it is not really that cut and dried.
Based on what I read and hear Canada seems like a more difficult country for people to retire to than most western countries.
I wonder if that isn't more about a deeply ingrained mindset that no one can fathom than someone would want to retire to Canada (that rubs off on government policy), as opposed to a political and administrative hostility to foreign retirees.
Based on what I read and hear Canada seems like a more difficult country for people to retire to than most western countries.
I wonder if that isn't more about a deeply ingrained mindset that no one can fathom than someone would want to retire to Canada (that rubs off on government policy), as opposed to a political and administrative hostility to foreign retirees.
Maybe, but adding more elderly to an already ageing population, would put more strain on healthcare and other services. These older immigrants won't be contributing tax wise as much as a younger working immigrant would.
I say this as an older person who is no longer contributing taxes as much as a younger working person would.
Maybe, but adding more elderly to an already ageing population, would put more strain on healthcare and other services. These older immigrants won't be contributing tax wise as much as a younger working immigrant would.
I say this as an older person who is no longer contributing taxes as much as a younger working person would.
Agreed, so I wonder how countries with Euro-style social programs like France and Spain deal with the influx of British retirees who have little employment income but use those countries' services for a good part of the year.
Agreed, so I wonder how countries with Euro-style social programs like France and Spain deal with the influx of British retirees who have little employment income but use those countries' services for a good part of the year.
They have agreements.
"Tony Stone has retired to Spain and relies on the current rules whereby the NHS reimburses UK pensioners for treatment in another country."
Now under threat because of Brexit.
When Brexit was first announced, one of my first thoughts were all the expats living on the continent. They must be quite angry that their best laid plans have been possibly destroyed. Even residency requirement will probably change.
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