Mission
CanadaFlorida exists to be the most trustworthy single source of information for Canadians whose life intersects with Florida. The audience is the 1.5 million Canadians who own property, spend winters as snowbirds, work, study, or move permanently to Florida, plus the much larger group considering one of those moves.
The manual is organized as 11 chapters covering acquisition, possession, renting out, sale, succession, immigration, health, banking, currency, cities, and living in Florida. Every chapter is published in both English and French because Canadian readers search for the same topics in different vocabularies.
What this site is
A reference manual. Long-form guides, comparison tables, calculators, and primary-source citations. The closest analogues are how a Government of Canada guide is written, or how a tax law commentary is written: precise, neutral, and verifiable, with the cross-border specifics named explicitly at every step.
Every figure, rate, threshold, and deadline is drawn from a verifiable primary source: IRS publications, Cornell LII for the United States Code and Code of Federal Regulations, Canada.ca for federal Canadian rules, the official statutes and Department of Revenue pages for Florida, and provincial sources for provincial Canadian rules. Direct links to the primary sources appear at the bottom of each article.
What this site is not
This site is not legal, tax, immigration, real estate, or medical advice. It does not establish a professional relationship with the reader. It does not replace the analysis of a cross-border tax attorney, a Florida-licensed real estate broker, an immigration attorney, or a financial advisor. Every concrete decision should be made with a licensed professional who has the reader’s full file in front of them.
The site is not a transaction platform, a brokerage, or a referral network. No property listings, no commission, no paid placements. The editorial position is independent.
How the site is maintained
Every guide carries a visible publication date and a separate last reviewed date. When a primary source changes, when a court ruling shifts the interpretation, or when a regulatory threshold is updated, the affected guides are revised and the last reviewed date is bumped. Anyone can report a factual error.
The full editorial method is documented on the Editorial method page. The complete list of official sources used is on the Official sources page.