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Immigrating to Canada as investor from the United States

Dear Mr. Ingram,

In one of your previous replies to other inquiries, you mentioned it is difficult to immigrate to Canada as an employee after the age of 55. What about immigrating as an investor? I read somewhere that you could deposit a certain amount of money with the Canadian government, in exchange for immigrant status, and you can get the money back after 5 years, with no interests earned. Is there an age limit for this type of immigrants? How involved a process will it be?

My second question is: if we were to immigrate to Canada, we would be getting U.S. income in the form of pensions (from employer, not social security). Is this taxable in Canada?
Thank you very much for your help.