Hi Brian. As Frank mentioned about the hot ticket these days is the DTV VISA which only requires 500,000 Baht instead of 800,000 baht that the retirement visa wants. Another bonus is the 500,000 baht or equivalent Canadian money can be sitting in your bank in Canada collecting interest, while the retirement visa of 800,000 baht has to be a Thailand bank.
Maybe find your nearest Thai embassy website and read what the DTV visa requirements are. In Canada.
You’ll arrive with a passport and you’ll get 60 days visa exempt right away, then you can extend another 30 days by going to immigration.