Bought new motorhome in Florida, taking it home to Canada

There are several RV stored in our Storage lot that have Canadian owner with U.S. tags on there RVs. We live in Monroe, MI and they drive over to go camping and Snowbird the winter. I'm told by them it saves them a lot of headaches and money by using their address in the U.S. and keeping the vehicle stored here when not out camping.

I can't ad any more info other than a personal experience. A few years ago I flew to Buffalo (NY) and rented a car for business just over the border in Ontario. I was quickly advised by Canadian Border Services that I can not cross a US registered vehicle into Canada with a Canadian driver's permit.

Approx 7 years ago my step daughter (a Canadian ) was attending college in Ontario, Canada.
She got pulled over by Canada Customs
She was driving a US (Michigan) plated vehicle
She had a resident alien (green) card
She had a Michigan Driver's licence.

IOW she was a legal US resident.

The Border agent was about to impound the vehicle until duty and taxes were paid. My daughter tried to phone me to be told "Turn that phone off - NOW!"
A Supervisor got involved and, after 5 hours(!) decided, as it was her last trip o the term, they would let her in "this time".

I got hold of a Superintendent responsible for this stuff who was incredulous that this had happened. She kept repeating "But she lives in Michigan, it doesn't matter if she is a Canadian".
I got a profuse apology and a promise.....
"Perhaps the border agent did not know any differently, but the Supervisor certainly should have. I will talk to them."

We ended up with a letter from this person authorizing my daughter to cross with her car while attending college.
Wouldn't you know, she got challenged at the start of the next term, so she produced the letter, to be accused of forging it!

Fortunately she had the presence of mind to say "There's the phone number of the person who wrote it, why don't you call them?"
End of discussion.

Bottom line - even if you are in the right they can give you grief.

If you are a Canadian with a primary residence in Canada, I strongly suggest you DO NOT try to drive across the border with a US plated vehicle unless you have an American friend doing the driving at that point.

When I lived in Ontario I had a run-in with them over a rental car one time too, but that's another story

I seem to remember years ago, there were threads on here about Canadians with US registered vehicles. The question was about Canadians from Vancouver who owned summer homes in Birch Bay WA. While there, they bought a small car to run around with while down there. They thought they would drive home to pick something up. They had a really big problem at the border. To the Canadian Customs, they were IMPORTING the vehicle and taxes had to be paid. I suppose, when you think about it, how could they prove they intended to return it to the US.
I have tried to verify if this still happens, as a family member took an exotic car down to the US to get it rebuilt. After it's done, he wants to register it down there and use it while they're down there.
However he does want to come home with it sometime, so I can 'Have a go with it'. I think he's going to have a similar problem.

While owning a home in Florida generally means you can keep FL registration and plates, the key is to find out low long you can have out-of-province plates on a vehicle in Ontario. It may be 6 months, it may be as little as 30 days.

Moved from ATC

If you own a home in Florida you should be able to use that address for your registration. Canadian officials may see it differently.