On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 13:46:23 GMT, "Dude" wrote:

Anyone have any helpful words for a pilot and plane owner possibly moving to
Canada?

Specifically, property taxes and other cost of ownership issues. Also,
ability to rent with a US certificate from Canadian schools if I decide not
to take the plane with me. Lastly, can you use a US Commercial certificate
for flying jobs in Canada?



Your US Commercial Cert will not let you do anything with a C-reg plane in
Canada, on its own. You can get the equivalent Canadian license with
minimal instruction, although the commercial limitations may be a bit
different. This type of kicense, based on your US Certificate, is valid only
as long as all requirements for the US one are still valid (currency,
medical, etc.).

You cannot rent (or act as PIC) a C-reg plane with the US cert. You can
keep and fly a US-reg aircraft in Canada, as long as it is personally owned
-- not owned by a company.

I suggest you join COPA (www.copanational.org) but you can get sonme info
from their website as a guest.

If you import your US-registered aircraft, you will have to pay provincial
and federal sales taxes. The plane will also be subject to duty -- probably
at about 27% of current value. All in all, taxes/duties can total over 40%
of the value of the plane.

You can get more detailed info from COPA, and possibly from AOPA as well.