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for half a year

That's the key part. I don't know the exact legalese, but you probably still qualified as a Canadian resident.

Once you're no longer regarded as a Canadian resident, you no longer owe Revenue Canada anything. It's a clean break.

In the US, no matter how long you live outside the country, as a citizen you still need to file a return and pay taxes on foreign income.



Yep. But it's not just time, to be a "non-resident for tax purposes", you have to close all of your Canadian bank accounts, renounce your government-provided health insurance, etc. I suppose it's not an unreasonable system.




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