It is *possible* I might convince my DW that a move to the UK is reasonable. I'm wondering what the logistics would be in terms of children/registered accounts "and all that".
UK side I'm not worried about at all; children are dual, I'm dual, DW will need to apply but that's fine. Well, or rather, I'm only concerned about dealing with registered accounts, I guess - everything else I know (you leave Canada? You're deemed to have sold all your property and must pay any capital gains due).
Presumably moving on the 1st of January is best (or a few days later) - in that you'd get TFSA room for the year, no income, but 100% of the personal allowance (ie, any cap gains will go against the $11k or so allowance, vs moving in December when you have a year's income) - I don't think it's pro-rated?
TFSA - does the UK recognise this in any way?
RESP - ditto?
RRSP - I know these can just be left alone; the UK treats them as 'proper pension things' so you don't need to declare them.
Sell house, sell shit, tell HMRC "I'm heeere!", job done? I guess I'd need to actually get passports for my children before going. And apply for a visa for my DW.
Anything else?
I've done it the other way and that was painless, relatively, but I didn't have much "to bring".