Why is canada uninhabitable

High Street Solicitors. Image source, High Street Solicitors. The kitchen floor was under three inches of dirty water because of a leak.

The council said it was investigating. A report said all the floors of the property had been saturated. Lawyers described the flat as "completely uninhabitable". From west to east unfolds the more livable portion, and a vast array of geographic diversity encompassing everything from lush green valleys to dry, sandy deserts. A map showing the distribution of forested areas across Canada.

Note the barren areas in southwestern Canada and the far north. Between the two Pacific mountain ranges lie rich, green valleys as well as a small, warm, dry region in the southern interior of British Columbia known as the Okanagan.

Moving east from the Cordillera region, the land dramatically flattens and the mountains disappear. This vast territory, known as the Prairies , contains the provinces of Alberta , Saskatchewan and Manitoba , and houses some of the driest, least-forested parts of the country.

Wide-open fields and flat, arable land make the region the base of Canadian agriculture. Parts of southeastern Alberta are quite barren, however, with an arid, desert-like landscape known for its rocky soil and hoodoos — massive gravity-defying stone formations. Though often overlooked, the landscape of the northern region of the Prairies is considerably more hilly and forested than the more famous plains of the south.

The central part of the province of Manitoba is similarly dominated by three enormous lakes — Lake Manitoba , Lake Winnipegosis and Lake Winnipeg — which are surrounded by lush vegetation and swamps, rivers, and bogs. Ontario's beauty is on display in the fall as leaves begin to change colour. Seen here, a lakeside in Algonquin Provincial Park. Scooped out by the giant Hudson Bay to the north and bordered by four of the five Great Lakes — Lake Superior , Lake Huron , Lake Erie , and Lake Ontario — to the south, Central Canada, also known as the Laurentian region, is a mostly green landscape of rolling hills, grassy fields, and deciduous forests topped by a barren and rocky north.

Both Ontario and Quebec are dotted with thousands of small lakes and rivers, many of which are surrounded by moist wetlands home to iconic Canadian animals such as the beaver and moose. Most human residents of the region live in what is known as the Great Lakes-St.

Lawrence Lowlands area, a stretch of low elevation and fertile farmland located around the coasts of Lake Ontario and the massive St. Lawrence River , both of which flow out into the Atlantic Ocean.

Rich in iron oxide, the soil in the Canadian Maritimes is known for its distinctive red colour. Seen here, a beach in Cavendish , Prince Edward Island. Farthest east, we have the Appalachian region, encompassing the four Atlantic provinces of Newfoundland , New Brunswick , Prince Edward Island , and Nova Scotia , which are all either islands or peninsulas on the eastern coast of Canada that extend into the Atlantic Ocean. A mix of rocky coasts and forested interiors, the landscape of Atlantic Canada, also known as the Maritimes , has been shaped by its proximity to the ocean, with steep cliffs, high tides, and long coastal fjords.

Spouses cannot claim two different principal residence exemptions unless specific situations apply, such as spouses living apart for work or medical reasons or because of recent separation or divorce.

Owners of a property are exempt if a person with a disability lives there as their principal residence. Example: Co-owners of a home have an adult child who is paraplegic. The co-owners don't live in the home but their adult child lives there as a principal residence. The adult child is designated under the Canada Pension Plan, and so the co-owners qualify for this exemption.

Similar to other tax circumstances requiring authorization, if an owner is physically or mentally unable to complete the declaration, they can arrange for an authorized person to take responsibility for them, such as through a legal power of attorney. Spouses who live apart for work reasons may be able to claim a principal residence exemption on an additional home. Find out more about commuter spouses for work reasons.

Spouses who live apart for medical reasons may be able to claim principal residence exemptions on an additional home. Find out more about commuter spouses for medical reasons. An individual who had been living in the home but moves out of the province before the end of the year can still claim an exemption, even if they were not a B. Example: A B. They would be eligible for this exemption for their previous residence in B.

If you or your spouse is a member of the Canadian Armed Forces and is away from B. The principal residence exemption also applies in cases where the owner lived in the principal residence but no longer lives there under these circumstances:. An owner is exempt from the tax for up to two years if they lived in the home before entering a residential care facility due to age, disability, addiction, illness or frailty.

The residential care facility must offer services such as daily meals, housekeeping or nursing care. The owner must have been a B. In the year before an " applicable period " if the applicable period came just before they entered residential care. Example: An owner lives in their home through , then in January moves to a residential care home for the elderly. They qualify for this exemption for and Contact us if you have any questions.

The medical treatment must be required, as certified by a medical practitioner. The owner must certify that the treatment is impractical to obtain closer to the principal residence. This exemption is available for up to two years for the same medical condition.

In the year before an " applicable period " if the applicable period came just before they left. Example: A homeowner lives in their home up to and then, during January to August , they live in accommodations near Childrens' Hospital in Vancouver while their child receives medical treatment. They qualify for this exemption for For the owner to be eligible for the exemption, tenancy requirements must be met.

Review these requirements and the tenancy examples before completing the declaration to ensure the correct requirements are met. All owners of a property may claim an exemption if no one can live in a residence because it becomes uninhabitable due to a hazardous condition or because the residence is substantially damaged or destroyed.

To be eligible, there must have been at least 60 consecutive days in the year when no one could live there. This exemption is available in the year the property became uninhabitable, and in the following year if the property remains uninhabitable for at least 60 days in the second year. Example: A home is damaged by a fire in October and cannot be inhabited for six months until all repairs have been completed, which will require more than two months of work in and more than three months of work in The homeowners are eligible for this exemption for both and However, this exemption requires written certification from a medical practitioner.

Example: A family buys a second home near a treatment facility so the family can have a place to live while their child is undergoing a lengthy medical treatment and recovery period. A newly bought property is exempt if you paid the property transfer tax or didn't have to pay the property transfer tax for one of the following reasons:.

Example: An owner purchased a property in March and paid property transfer tax on the transaction.