I had the exact same situation and they would not count it. It wasn’t even my only capital gains. They don’t seem prepared to accept any capital gains. They only cared about seeing income that was deposited monthly even though that is clearly not the rule. I had capital gains from the sale of a house and from the sale of stock. I easily met all the requirements but they still denied me and it took them 5 months to process it even though the websites says 20 working days.

How long do you plan on staying. There can be Canadian tax benefits to making your residence in Thailand.

There are services that let you buy a return ticket. They send it to you and then cancel it. I think it costs around $15.