Is It Mandatory to File Taxes in Canada?
If they have a SIN or alternate identifier and did not file taxes because they were not required to do so, they still meet the income tax filing requirement for citizenship. declares that they were not required to file taxes in any of the taxation years that are fully or partially within the relevant period of the application.
Do you have to pay taxes in Canada if you are a non resident?
Canada’s tax system uses different methods to tax non-residents than it does to tax residents of Canada (for more information on how Canada taxes non-residents, see Taxing Canadian-source income ). Therefore, before you can complete your Canadian tax return, you must first determine your residency status.