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Andrea Yu

Andrea Yu is a freelance journalist based in Toronto. She reports on a wide variety of topics including business, real estate, culture, design, health, food, drink and travel. Aside from Toronto Life, her writing has appeared in the Globe and Mail, Chatelaine and Cottage Life.

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Condo of the Week: $999,000 for a sleek Yorkville unit in a futuristic building across from Sotto Sotto

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Condo of the Week: $999,000 for a sleek Yorkville unit in a futuristic building across from Sotto Sotto

The 733-square-foot property comes with underground parking, plenty of amenities, wall-to-wall windows and a golden balcony with a view of the skyline

Cottage of the Week: $4.5 million for a smart farmhouse with a killer wine cellar sitting on 14 acres of land

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Cottage of the Week: $4.5 million for a smart farmhouse with a killer wine cellar sitting on 14 acres of land

This 4,100-square-foot property also comes with an EV charger, a dog wash area, a laundry chute and stunning nature views

Before and After: How a $225,000 reno turned this creaky Pelham Park house into a modern wonder

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Before and After: How a $225,000 reno turned this creaky Pelham Park house into a modern wonder

Goodbye fading colours, cramped quarters and vintage vibes. Hello black and white, vaulted ceilings, and European elegance

Rental of the Week: $7,800 for a North York detached with four bedrooms, five bathrooms and one big backyard

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Rental of the Week: $7,800 for a North York detached with four bedrooms, five bathrooms and one big backyard

The 2,000-square-foot property also comes with a glass staircase, quartz all over and a basement rec room with 11-foot ceilings

Great Escapes: Five Torontonians on their most memorable, meaningful getaways since the before times

Great Escapes: Five Torontonians on their most memorable, meaningful getaways since the before times

Including a honeymoon in the Italian Dolomites, a chef finding his roots in Jamaica and a filmmaker seeking serenity in Japan

"I was burnt out and needed time alone, so I headed to Kyoto for some serenity": Views from filmmaker Chandler Levack's Japanese retreat

“I was burnt out and needed time alone, so I headed to Kyoto for some serenity”: Views from filmmaker Chandler Levack’s Japanese retreat

Featuring a film-festival premiere, a traditional nude spa experience and a musical bamboo grove

"I spent hours admiring the light coming through the stained glass": Views from Nobu Adilman's Spanish flight

“I spent hours admiring the light coming through the stained glass”: Views from Nobu Adilman’s Spanish flight

Featuring straight vermouth, Gothic architecture and a 15-metre human tower

"I'd always wanted to travel with my kids. After my cancer diagnosis, I couldn't put it off": Views from sportscaster Jamie Campbell's European tour

“I’d always wanted to travel with my kids. After my cancer diagnosis, I couldn’t put it off”: Views from sportscaster Jamie Campbell’s European tour

Featuring Buckingham Palace, Vimy Ridge and WWE wrestler Chris Jericho

"I hope learning about our roots is something that stays with my sons": Views from chef Craig Wong's Jamaican reunion

“I hope learning about our roots is something that stays with my sons”: Views from chef Craig Wong’s Jamaican reunion

Featuring a whole roast goat, fresh island produce and the world's best KFC

"The sunrises over the Dolomites were breathtaking": Views from actor Sarah Gadon's Italian honeymoon

“The sunrises over the Dolomites were breathtaking”: Views from actor Sarah Gadon’s Italian honeymoon

Featuring mountain hikes, a celebrity chef and vintage Italian home-reno supplies

House of the Week: This $3.6-million Baby Point home quadrupled its selling price over the past decade

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House of the Week: This $3.6-million Baby Point home quadrupled its selling price over the past decade

The 4,000-square-foot property comes with an oak staircase, heated floors and a garage with garden-suite potential

House of the Week: $4.2 million for a Niagara-on-the-Lake home with a saltwater pool and a barn out back

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House of the Week: $4.2 million for a Niagara-on-the-Lake home with a saltwater pool and a barn out back

This 3,900-square-foot property sits on an acre of land and also comes with a double-sided fireplace, a private terrace and views of wine country

Condo of the Week: A Liberty Village corner unit with a sprawling balcony listed for well under $1 million

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Condo of the Week: A Liberty Village corner unit with a sprawling balcony listed for well under $1 million

The 660-square-foot unit also comes with plenty of amenities, underground parking with bike racks and an EV charger, and floor-to-ceiling windows with terrific views

Cottage of the Week: $2.5 million for a high-tech Scandinavian farmhouse in Wellington County

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Cottage of the Week: $2.5 million for a high-tech Scandinavian farmhouse in Wellington County

The 3,500-square-foot property sits on 1.5 acres of land and comes with an outdoor family room, radiant heating, a rough-in for an EV charger and one huge gable window

The Chase: After striking out in the east end, this family shifted their search to Bloor West Village

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The Chase: After striking out in the east end, this family shifted their search to Bloor West Village

Between working from home and welcoming their first child, Dani and Stephen were feeling cramped. With a budget of $2.1 million, they set out looking for more space

House of the Week: $5 million for a sprawling 1885 Victorian mansion with a rooftop patio

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House of the Week: $5 million for a sprawling 1885 Victorian mansion with a rooftop patio

This 6,500-square-foot heritage property on Isabella was converted to office space but could be restored to its former residential glory

The Chase: How these newlyweds found their forever home in Riverdale

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The Chase: How these newlyweds found their forever home in Riverdale

"We love that the area is urban but also family friendly"

Real Weddings: Inside a raucous live concert–themed celebration

Real Weddings: Inside a raucous live concert–themed celebration

Featuring an LED-lit stage, disco balls and special performances by a gospel choir, Chantal Kreviazuk and queer singer Betty Who

Rental of the Week: $12,750 for a Yorkville townhouse with five bathrooms and a basketball hoop out back

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Rental of the Week: $12,750 for a Yorkville townhouse with five bathrooms and a basketball hoop out back

The 3,930-square-foot unit also comes with three bedrooms, a striking wine cellar, plenty of custom storage and a backyard built to entertain

House of the Week: $2.3 million for a Cabbagetown home with an EV charger and solar panels

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House of the Week: $2.3 million for a Cabbagetown home with an EV charger and solar panels

The 2,200-square-foot property also comes with floor-to-ceiling windows, textured accent walls, heated floors and a backyard built for hangouts

Condo of the Week: $3.3 million for a Yorkville corner unit with three balconies

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Condo of the Week: $3.3 million for a Yorkville corner unit with three balconies

The 1,600-square-foot property also comes with smart tech throughout, a spa-like bathroom and custom design from Italy

House of the Week: $1.8 million for a Parkdale heritage classic with a spiral staircase to the backyard

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House of the Week: $1.8 million for a Parkdale heritage classic with a spiral staircase to the backyard

The 2,800-square-foot property also comes with original stained glass and pine floors, a renovated basement, a parking pad, and quirky design

House of the Week: This $3.4-million Wychwood home with six bathrooms used to be a tiny bungalow

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House of the Week: This $3.4-million Wychwood home with six bathrooms used to be a tiny bungalow

The 4,000-square-foot property comes with a newly decked-out kitchen, a firepit in the backyard, a laneway garage and parking for two cars

House of the Week: $4 million for a Leaside home with eight bathrooms and a laneway suite

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House of the Week: $4 million for a Leaside home with eight bathrooms and a laneway suite

The 4,000-square-foot fortress also comes with a sauna, a rec room, a butler's kitchen and striking white oak throughout

Summer Camp Guide

Summer Camp Directory 2026

Summer Camp Directory 2026

Discover our top-rated summer camps for kids of all ages

Best New Restaurants

Toronto Life ’s Best Restaurants returns for its 10th-anniversary edition on June 8

Toronto Life’s Best Restaurants returns for its 10th-anniversary edition on June 8

General admission tickets are now on sale for Toronto’s biggest culinary night, featuring top chefs, restaurants and drinks

Big Stories

These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2026

These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2026

This year’s list includes a 150-square-foot omakase counter, a Parisian brasserie in the Annex, Korean comfort food, Filipino karaoke and a Summerhill seafood spot that’s reinventing the raw bar

Hoop Dreams: Inside the making of the Toronto Tempo, the city’s newly assembled WNBA team

Hoop Dreams: Inside the making of the Toronto Tempo, the city’s newly assembled WNBA team

After years of false starts, months of nail-biting negotiations between the league and the players’ union, and an 11th-hour scramble to build a roster, Toronto finally has its own major-league women’s basketball team. Now it just has to live up to the hype

Live From New York: Inside the slay-or-be-slayed world of Studio 8H with SNL rookie Veronika Slowikowska

Live From New York: Inside the slay-or-be-slayed world of Studio 8H with SNL rookie Veronika Slowikowska

Slowikowska is the first Canadian to join the cast of Saturday Night Live in more than 25 years. She’s also this season’s breakout star. Now all she has to do is keep crushing it

Better Call Deepak: Meet drug lord Ryan Wedding’s self-styled cocaine lawyer

Better Call Deepak: Meet drug lord Ryan Wedding’s self-styled cocaine lawyer

The man who represented the infamous drug lord is unapologetically flashy—he has a Lamborghini and two Maseratis and wears $1,200 Louboutins. But did he become an accomplice to his client’s crimes? Deepak Paradkar says he was just doing his job. The FBI says he crossed a line

The Redemption Tour: The Blue Jays are back. Can they finish what they started?

The Redemption Tour: The Blue Jays are back. Can they finish what they started?

We’re not over it, but they are. Six months after that devastating defeat, the Jays take the field once more, bent more than ever on winning the World Series. Dispatches from the dugout

My Life as a True Crime Spectacle: My father’s crimes fractured our family. Then came the press

My Life as a True Crime Spectacle: My father’s crimes fractured our family. Then came the press

My dad was the infamous Rolex Killer. The news of his crimes nearly broke me. And ever since, my family has been hounded by reporters, podcasters and true crime fanatics—a whole new circle of hell

Robby on the Line: Out and about with Robby Hoffman, comedy’s equal opportunity assassin

Robby on the Line: Out and about with Robby Hoffman, comedy’s equal opportunity assassin

Larry David is the indisputable king of brutal honesty. But if anyone comes close, it’s Robby Hoffman, the suddenly everywhere comic from whom no group is safe

Notes on an Academic Scandal: Why did TMU demote a leading advocate of DEI?

Notes on an Academic Scandal: Why did TMU demote a leading advocate of DEI?

Pamela Sugiman, a former arts dean at Toronto Metropolitan University, was a key player in the school’s push for diversity, equity and inclusion. When the backlash against DEI arrived, she was demoted. The school says it was a coincidence. She disagrees

City of Renters: The dream of home ownership isn’t dead. Maybe it should be?

City of Renters: The dream of home ownership isn’t dead. Maybe it should be?

Scenes from the rent-for-life revolution

This generation was pummelled by Covid high school. Now the job market wants to replace them with AI

This generation was pummelled by Covid high school. Now the job market wants to replace them with AI

It’s hard out here for a 20-something

The High Price of Hope: Inside Toronto’s white-hot fertility market

The High Price of Hope: Inside Toronto’s white-hot fertility market

Desperate wannabe parents are betting their life savings on unproven treatments and false promises

Man vs. Machine: ChatGPT caused him to spiral into delusion. Now he’s suing OpenAI

Man vs. Machine: ChatGPT caused him to spiral into delusion. Now he’s suing OpenAI

Last spring, a chatbot convinced Allan Brooks that he had discovered a revolutionary mathematical theory. He says it nearly destroyed him

Smart City: 20 mind-blowing Toronto inventions that are changing the world

Smart City: 20 mind-blowing Toronto inventions that are changing the world

Homegrown innovations that will transform lives for the better

293 Days Without My Son: I gave up everything to rescue my kidnapped child from my abusive husband

293 Days Without My Son: I gave up everything to rescue my kidnapped child from my abusive husband

When Valentino was abducted, I knew three things: he’d been taken by his father, he was somewhere in India and I would not rest until I found him

The Violent Life of a Tow Truck Driver: How an unremarkable profession turned Toronto into a war zone

The Violent Life of a Tow Truck Driver: How an unremarkable profession turned Toronto into a war zone

The towing industry has been hijacked by criminals and kingpins who fleece customers, beat up dissenters and shoot their enemies. Inside the brutal turf war for the city’s wrecks

Street Fight: Inside the battle raging over Toronto multiplexes

Street Fight: Inside the battle raging over Toronto multiplexes

If this city stands any chance of solving the housing crisis, it will need buildings with multiple units in residential neighbourhoods—a move that has many residents saying, “Anywhere but here!”

Young and Retired: Meet the super-savers quitting work decades before the average Canadian

Young and Retired: Meet the super-savers quitting work decades before the average Canadian

In the age of doomspending, these ultra-driven Torontonians give up their weekends, work multiple jobs and never, ever eat out. The upside: they’ll retire long before the rest of us

Just Listed

For Sale: 171 Durant Ave

For Sale: 171 Durant Ave

This rare property features 2 houses on 1 lot

For Sale: 50 First Avenue

For Sale: 50 First Avenue

A testament to time presiding over one of Uxbridge's most storied streetscapes, this magnificently preserved circa 1880 residence commands its prominent corner lot with the quiet confidence of a true architectural landmark

For Sale: 7 Bentley Drive

For Sale: 7 Bentley Drive

A commanding architectural statement in prestigious Stonegate–Queensway, this newly completed custom residence by Bali Homes Group presents a refined interpretation of contemporary luxury living

For Sale: 75 Queen Street

For Sale: 75 Queen Street

Guelph is having a moment

For Sale: 112 Mildenhall Rd

For Sale: 112 Mildenhall Rd

A rare opportunity to own a custom-built masterpiece in the heart of Lawrence Park beautifully designed by Gray Smith and Arca Design for the most discerning buyer