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Tax tips for recreational property owners

  • Miller Thomson LLP
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  • Canada
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  • October 10 2012

One of the most common and biggest tax savings measures available to Canadians is the principal residence exemption from capital gains tax

US estate tax on vacation homes

  • Miller Thomson LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • October 10 2012

In recent years, the high Canadian dollar and the fall in United States housing prices has encouraged Canadians to buy US vacation properties

Does the Ontario Municipal Board have jurisdiction under s. 34(1) of the Ontario Heritage Act to consider the partial demolition of a designated heritage property?

  • Aird & Berlis LLP
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  • Canada
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  • September 27 2011

In Rams Head Development Inc. v. Toronto (City) (November 4, 2010) No. PL090501, the Ontario Municipal Board (“Board”) considered an application under s. 34(1) of the Ontario Heritage Act (“OHA”) to demolish part of a building designated under Part IV of the OHA, along with a related zoning by-law amendment and site plan application

Condo pool drowning

  • Heenan Blaikie LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • September 26 2011

The Toronto Star recently reported that a woman drowned in a Toronto condo pool on the weekend

US Canada cross-border tax: getting out of Canada

  • Lawson Lundell LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • June 1 2011

With the U.S. economy not as robust as it once was, it seems that Americans are currently more interested in selling their Canadian assets, particularly recreational property, than buying Canadian assets

Retailers beware: ask before you post (increased enforcement of Toronto’s city-wide Sign By-law)

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
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  • Canada
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  • May 19 2011

On April 6, 2010, By-law no. 196-2010 (the Sign By-law) came into force

Supreme Court of Canada weighs in on disclosure standard in relation to real estate developments in British Columbia

  • Lawson Lundell LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • May 13 2011

On May 11, 2011, the Supreme Court of Canada released its reasons for judgment in Sharbern Holding Inc. v. Vancouver Airport Centre Ltd, 2011 SCC 23

Substantial changes in Alberta’s time share law go into effect on November 1

  • Baker & Hostetler LLP
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  • Canada
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  • October 11 2010

Despite revising its regulatory scheme as recently as 2005, the Alberta provincial government has determined that its rules have not kept pace with the changes in how vacation ownership products are structured, marketed and sold

The Occupiers’ Liability Act creates a lesser duty of care for occupiers that allow recreational use of their land

  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
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  • Canada
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  • May 10 2010

In Schneider v. St. Clair Region Conservation Authority (September 9, 2009), the Ontario Court of Appeal overturned a trial judge’s decision regarding occupiers duty of care for landowners that permit recreational use of their lands

Purchase of US vacation properties by Canadians

  • Miller Thomson LLP
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  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • December 22 2009

Given the attractive U.S. real estate market, the strong Canadian dollar and low interest rates, more and more Canadians are purchasing U.S. vacation properties