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“We spend almost nothing on transit because we bike everywhere”: how this couple makes it work on $90,000 a year
Life

“We spend almost nothing on transit because we bike everywhere”: how this couple makes it work on $90,000 a year

Step one: don't even think about buying a house

“We never cook at home. We don’t have the time”: this couple earn over $200,000, and here’s how they spend it
Life

“We never cook at home. We don’t have the time”: this couple earn over $200,000, and here’s how they spend it

Two 30ish professionals talk about their savings and splurges

“We came to Canada for the experience”: a French couple starts a life in Toronto on $91,000 a year
Life

“We came to Canada for the experience”: a French couple starts a life in Toronto on $91,000 a year

How a pair of recent arrivals make and spend their money

“It would be nice to be able to afford a house, but who knows”: A couple makes over $100,000 a year and lives in a basement apartment
Life

“It would be nice to be able to afford a house, but who knows”: A couple makes over $100,000 a year and lives in a basement apartment

How one early-thirties duo lives on a six-figure combined income

How do I get the staff at my start-up to stop playing Ping-Pong and get to work?
Life

How do I get the staff at my start-up to stop playing Ping-Pong and get to work?

The Urban Diplomat explains

“It would be nice to make substantial money in theatre”: A 24-year-old waits tables to subsidize her arts career
Life

“It would be nice to make substantial money in theatre”: A 24-year-old waits tables to subsidize her arts career

How the co-artistic director of a theatre collective makes rent

“I would be living paycheque to paycheque if I relied solely on theatre”: A 24-year-old works as a nanny to pay the bills
Life

“I would be living paycheque to paycheque if I relied solely on theatre”: A 24-year-old works as a nanny to pay the bills

An aspiring theatre worker puts in 50-hour weeks to keep her career goals alive

“We don’t want to invest our money in a shoebox”: A young married couple saves up for a cottage
Life

“We don’t want to invest our money in a shoebox”: A young married couple saves up for a cottage

How much two twenty-somethings make, and how they spend it all

“I’m just paying the interest”: How much a family medicine resident makes, and how she spends it
Life

“I’m just paying the interest”: How much a family medicine resident makes, and how she spends it

A young medical resident plans to pay off her debt

“We don’t have anything looming over us”: How a young couple juggles their townhouse, their wedding and their small business
Life

“We don’t have anything looming over us”: How a young couple juggles their townhouse, their wedding and their small business

Soon-to-be newlyweds make homeownership work

“You can’t have it all right away”: how a café manager and artist lives on around $24,000 a year
Life

“You can’t have it all right away”: how a café manager and artist lives on around $24,000 a year

A struggling artist makes ends meet, thanks in part to an inexpensive apartment

“It works for us”: How a married couple lives on $26,000 a year
Life

“It works for us”: How a married couple lives on $26,000 a year

A young husband-and-wife pair keep costs down with shared housing and DIY projects

“I’m very fortunate”: How much an intern and shoe store worker makes, and how she spends it
Life

“I’m very fortunate”: How much an intern and shoe store worker makes, and how she spends it

Life on $7,000 a year in Toronto, with some parental help

“I’m very paycheque to paycheque”: how much a sales director makes, and how she spends it
Life

“I’m very paycheque to paycheque”: how much a sales director makes, and how she spends it

How far does $35,000 a year go in Toronto?

“I don’t think homeownership is something I can realize”: How a midwife lives on $65,000 a year
Life

“I don’t think homeownership is something I can realize”: How a midwife lives on $65,000 a year

A 32-year-old midwife talks about what she makes, and how she spends it

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House of the Week

A weekly feature on one-of-a-kind houses in Toronto
Real Estate

A weekly feature on one-of-a-kind houses in Toronto

Private School Guide

The Private and Independent School Guide Fall 2023
Private Schools

The Private and Independent School Guide Fall 2023

Big Stories

The Kickstarters: Meet the mentors who helped launch Toronto’s biggest stars
Deep Dives

The Kickstarters: Meet the mentors who helped launch Toronto’s biggest stars

The Killer in Suite 104: Inside the Vaughan condo shooting
Deep Dives

The Killer in Suite 104: Inside the Vaughan condo shooting

Students are cheating. Professors are panicking. The system is unravelling. Scenes from the AI revolution on campus
Deep Dives

Students are cheating. Professors are panicking. The system is unravelling. Scenes from the AI revolution on campus

The fabulous, terrifying, chaotic life of Josh Richards, TikTok’s reigning influencer
Deep Dives

The fabulous, terrifying, chaotic life of Josh Richards, TikTok’s reigning influencer

Urbs vs. Burbs: Six families defend their visions of the ideal life in and around the GTA
Real Estate

Urbs vs. Burbs: Six families defend their visions of the ideal life in and around the GTA

Who broke the TTC? Inside Toronto’s public transit disaster
Deep Dives

Who broke the TTC? Inside Toronto’s public transit disaster

“At 31, I discovered that my parents had been keeping a shocking secret—and the surprises just kept coming”
Deep Dives

“At 31, I discovered that my parents had been keeping a shocking secret—and the surprises just kept coming”

Promised Land: Inside the debate raging around the Greenbelt
Deep Dives

Promised Land: Inside the debate raging around the Greenbelt

“We lived in a shelter downtown, and Honest Ed’s was the only store I knew”: Shania Twain on her years dreaming big in Toronto
Deep Dives

“We lived in a shelter downtown, and Honest Ed’s was the only store I knew”: Shania Twain on her years dreaming big in Toronto

Meet the most charming fraudster in GTA real estate
Deep Dives

Meet the most charming fraudster in GTA real estate

Epic Fail: Inside York Memorial high school’s descent into chaos
Deep Dives

Epic Fail: Inside York Memorial high school’s descent into chaos

The Inside Job: A crooked cop, a dead man and an $800,000 estate fraud
Deep Dives

The Inside Job: A crooked cop, a dead man and an $800,000 estate fraud

These are Toronto’s best new restaurants in 2023
Food & Drink

These are Toronto’s best new restaurants in 2023

This man’s gun ended up in the hands of a murderer
Deep Dives

This man’s gun ended up in the hands of a murderer

Future City: An optimist’s guide to the green, affordable, Jetsonesque near-future of Toronto real estate
Real Estate

Future City: An optimist’s guide to the green, affordable, Jetsonesque near-future of Toronto real estate

How Meeting House megachurch preacher Bruxy Cavey groomed young women for sex
Deep Dives

How Meeting House megachurch preacher Bruxy Cavey groomed young women for sex

The electrifying life of Blue Jays ace Alek Manoah
City

The electrifying life of Blue Jays ace Alek Manoah

The Guru of Mount Nemo: Inside a Burlington commune gone wrong
Deep Dives

The Guru of Mount Nemo: Inside a Burlington commune gone wrong

After 10 rounds of fertility treatment and four miscarriages, we became parents in the last way we expected
Life

After 10 rounds of fertility treatment and four miscarriages, we became parents in the last way we expected

<em>Star</em> Wars: Inside the vicious battle for control of the country&#8217;s largest newspaper
City

Star Wars: Inside the vicious battle for control of the country’s largest newspaper

Cost of Living

This Willowdale couple makes $163,000 a year. How do they spend&nbsp;it?
City

This Willowdale couple makes $163,000 a year. How do they spend it?

This public-sector lawyer makes $103,000 a year. How does she spend it?
City

This public-sector lawyer makes $103,000 a year. How does she spend it?

This apparel-company owner makes $90,200 a year. How does he spend it?
City

This apparel-company owner makes $90,200 a year. How does he spend it?

This Casa Loma couple makes up to $120,000 a year. How do they spend it?
City

This Casa Loma couple makes up to $120,000 a year. How do they spend it?

House of the Week

House of the Week: $3.5 million for an Etobicoke home with three fireplaces just off Mimico Creek
Real Estate

House of the Week: $3.5 million for an Etobicoke home with three fireplaces just off Mimico Creek

House of the Week: $1.3 million for an Edwardian in Roncesvalles Village with industrial flourishes
Real Estate

House of the Week: $1.3 million for an Edwardian in Roncesvalles Village with industrial flourishes

House of the Week: $2.2 million for a Bloor West Village detached with two living rooms and a backyard oasis
Real Estate

House of the Week: $2.2 million for a Bloor West Village detached with two living rooms and a backyard oasis

House of the Week: $5.5 million for a King City home with a fireplace that defies physics
Real Estate

House of the Week: $5.5 million for a King City home with a fireplace that defies physics

House of the Week: $2.7 million for a funky Oakwood Village home made for cherry blossom fans
Real Estate

House of the Week: $2.7 million for a funky Oakwood Village home made for cherry blossom fans

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