They "1998年全家移民至多伦多". They bought house in 1999 just one year after came to Canada. His father is a technical person, his mother is 儿童心理学教师.
All the new immigrants will know the first year, you almost can't save any money. So the cash was from China! 350K CAD!
that is 1800,000RMB!!! What's the salary for a technical person and 儿童心理学教师?? If you are from China, you will know. If you can save 10K RMB per month, you have to save 180 month (15 years!!!).
From 1983 to 1998??? Any one can explain? Investigate to Stock? Real Estate?
If you have already worked in Canada for more than 5 years, then you pay cash, I believe you. 350K is normal for Canadian, but it is big one for working Chinese.