The 1031 Exchange does allow you to defer the payment of taxes in the U.S., but there is nothing that I'm aware of in Canada. You can review http://www.exeter1031.com for more information on 1031 Exchanges.
Jun 16, 2010
RE: Deferral of Tax on Investment Properties by: Tom Karadza
Hi Aaron,
Thanks for your questions! You're right, in the U.S. they have something called a 1031 Exchange that allows this I believe.
In Canada we don't have such an instrument! So there's no way to do it that we're aware of at the moment unfortunately!
In Canada....if you make money...you pay tax. There's way to offset or reduce it that a good accountant could help with.