On an investment property or a second home, only 50 percent of the gain gets added to your taxable income for the year. Renovations only count toward the adjusted cost base if they were capital improvements rather than routine maintenance, and having receipts or permits on file makes that claim easy to support if the Canada Revenue Agency ever asks; a repainted room does not qualify, a new roof or an addition usually does.
An executor selling an inherited Saskatoon home faces a related but different calculation: Canada has no inheritance tax, but the deceased is treated as having sold the property at death, so any gain from that deemed disposition to the eventual sale belongs to the estate, not to the heir personally.
The exact number depends on your specific purchase history and improvements, which is worth confirming with an accountant before listing. Get your hand-reviewed valuation from Joel Dyck.