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Jean Grant

Jean Grant has been a freelance writer since 2015, covering a range of lifestyle topics like shopping, interiors, wellness and culture for publications like Maclean’s and Toronto Life. She also enjoys working with brands to develop custom content, and shares personal essays through her Substack newsletter, Nobody is Thinking About You.

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The ultimate Mother's Day gift guide

The ultimate Mother’s Day gift guide

Twenty options she's guaranteed to gush over

Inside Sun Life Financial's new high-tech office on the water

Inside Sun Life Financial’s new high-tech office on the water

With human Tetris, digitized coffee tables and motion-sensor art

Inside the city's coolest study lounge for high-school students

Inside the city’s coolest study lounge for high-school students

Complete with unlimited tea lattes, boho-glam decor and plenty of chill vibes

Walk-in closets that will make you swoon with envy

Walk-in closets that will make you swoon with envy

Four of the city’s most elaborate dressing rooms

Inside Hotel X, a swish new place to stay at Exhibition Place

Inside Hotel X, a swish new place to stay at Exhibition Place

What’s going on in that mysterious tower by the lake

Real Weddings: Inside a sophisticated rooftop ceremony at the Chase

Real Weddings: Inside a sophisticated rooftop ceremony at the Chase

Featuring a drool-worthy raw bar and a very cute beagle

Inside the Anndore House, a stylish new boutique hotel near Yonge and Bloor

Inside the Anndore House, a stylish new boutique hotel near Yonge and Bloor

The former Comfort Hotel looks a lot different now

All the financial advice we got from celebs like Pitbull and Sylvester Stallone at the Real Estate Wealth Expo

All the financial advice we got from celebs like Pitbull and Sylvester Stallone at the Real Estate Wealth Expo

We didn't get much

How a couple prepped their South Riverdale loft for Airbnb—and how much they're making

Real Estate News

How a couple prepped their South Riverdale loft for Airbnb—and how much they’re making

Under new city rules, anyone can turn their home into a part-time hotel

How a frequent traveller prepped his Annex house for Airbnb—and how much he's making

Real Estate News

How a frequent traveller prepped his Annex house for Airbnb—and how much he’s making

Under new city rules, anyone can turn their home into a part-time hotel

How a designer prepped her Rosedale house for Airbnb—and how much she's making

Real Estate News

How a designer prepped her Rosedale house for Airbnb—and how much she’s making

Under new city rules, anyone can turn their home into a part-time hotel

How a couple prepped their Leaside house for Airbnb—and how much they're making

Real Estate News

How a couple prepped their Leaside house for Airbnb—and how much they’re making

Under new city rules, anyone can turn their home into a part-time hotel

Everything that went down at the Jersey Shore Family Vacation party at Pick 6ix last night

Everything that went down at the Jersey Shore Family Vacation party at Pick 6ix last night

Guests were reassured that the cast hasn't lost their debaucherous side

14 of our favourite finds from this spring's One of a Kind Show

14 of our favourite finds from this spring’s One of a Kind Show

Maybe shopping with spring in mind will actually make it arrive

Inside Nordstrom Rack, the luxury department store's first discount outlet in Canada

Inside Nordstrom Rack, the luxury department store’s first discount outlet in Canada

Plus, a few of the best deals we found

Real Weddings: Inside a laid-back tropical bash at Miss Thing’s, with cocktails served in coconuts and life-size cutouts of the bride and groom

Real Weddings: Inside a laid-back tropical bash at Miss Thing’s, with cocktails served in coconuts and life-size cutouts of the bride and groom

Featuring hankies that read, “Keep your shit together”

The most elaborate costumes we spotted at Comicon

The most elaborate costumes we spotted at Comicon

These guys know how to craft

Three of the swankiest cottages to rent on CanadaStays

Real Estate News

Three of the swankiest cottages to rent on CanadaStays

Torontonians looking to get a head start on booking the cottage rental of their dreams should take a peek at CanadaStays this...

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Inside Markham's stunning new $52-million community centre, with a climbing wall, teaching kitchen and glow-in-the-dark playroom

Inside Markham’s stunning new $52-million community centre, with a climbing wall, teaching kitchen and glow-in-the-dark playroom

Plus, an an aquatics centre and two-floor library

A few of the coolest Toronto properties on Airbnb Plus

A few of the coolest Toronto properties on Airbnb Plus

The platform's new premium rental service is now available in Toronto

Real Weddings: Inside a glam, multicultural celebration at the Aga Khan Museum

Real Weddings: Inside a glam, multicultural celebration at the Aga Khan Museum

Featuring some special lobster guests and a menu by the McEwan Group

Airbnb of the Week: $373 per night for a Hamptons-style suite in Collingwood

Real Estate News

Airbnb of the Week: $373 per night for a Hamptons-style suite in Collingwood

See inside a jumbo-sized ski chalet that's up for rent by the night

Inside Nestlé's newly renovated, chocolate-filled office in North York

Inside Nestlé‘s newly renovated, chocolate-filled office in North York

It's pretty sweet

Real Weddings: Inside the first-ever ceremony at the Symes, a restored art deco building in the Junction

Real Weddings: Inside the first-ever ceremony at the Symes, a restored art deco building in the Junction

Complete with a human pyramid on the dance floor

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