The legal housekeeping of a life built in Canada.
Buying property as a PR: what applies and what doesn'tPermanent residents are outside the federal foreign-buyer ban and the foreign-buyer taxes — what you still owe is land transfer tax, which varies sharply by province and city.Wills and estates: provincial rules for your Canadian assetsDying without a will means your province's intestacy formula decides who inherits — and probate fees, marriage effects and even valid will formats all differ by province.
The vote comes with citizenship — at every levelOnly Canadian citizens 18+ can vote — federally, provincially and (in nearly all municipalities) locally — so the ballot box is one of the most concrete things the oath unlocks.