I own a marina in Seattle, but in fresh water, which is vastly different from salt water, I'm sure. I have only full-time moorage (12 month lease is required, no transient or summer only moorage.) The marina has mostly covered slips, all wood and built in the 1950's. For me, it is a great part-time business. I don't spend a lot of time in the office. I meet people to show slips, walk the docks once a week (or less, especially in the winter) and handle everything else by phone. I have a waitlist right now running probably 2-3 years out, and get several calls a day from people looking to moor their boats here. I don't have any employees, which saves a huge hassle. I don't have a lot of amenities, but these are all day or weekend-type boats. (My largest slips are 34' long.) I hire contractors to do repairs, and occasionally pay a trusted tenant to show a slip if I'm out of town, or to clean up the parking lot when my grandkids aren't available. We don't allow live-aboards, as the City regulates that very strictly, and we are one of the few on the lake who own the "land" under the water, rather than lease from the Department of Natural Resources. Major expenses (other than the mortgage) are piling repair expenses. (They rot where they get both air and water exposure, so divers go down and cut them off well under the low-water level, and place a new log or steel chunk in as replacement. That runs $10,000-12,000 per piling, and I do about 4-10/year. I take a fixed amount from the profits to supplement my Social Security, and it more than compensates for the 8-16 hours per month I spend on bookkeeping. (I send out statements monthly, collect the checks at the PO Box and deposit them, reconcile bank accounts and pay bills, and make sure all the boats are up to date on insurance, etc.) I hire an accountant to do taxes. I'd be happy to answer any other questions you might have, but I'm curious why you would want to own a marina in Canada? I would think that would complicate things, especially if you plan to maintain any kind of "presence" in the States.