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Surreal Estate: $18.9 million for a head-turner in Rosedale with a Hitchcockian stairwell
What good old Edwardian would be complete without a window into Versailles, a bar, a golf simulator and a wine cellar in an unlikely place?
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Surreal Estate: $29.8 million for a gargantuan mansion in North York with a cave for sports cars
What home by the 401 would be complete without 11 bathrooms, a cinema, a pool house and floors that sparkle like diamonds?
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Surreal Estate: $4.7 million for a 27-acre Caledon complex with an outdoor pizza oven and shower
What rural home would be complete without a snake-like staircase, a stone wine cellar and a loft crowned by wood beams?
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Surreal Estate: $4.4 million for a glass treehouse with a wine tower at the foot of Casa Loma
The 3,400-square-foot corner-lot property also comes with a dressing room the size of a bachelor pad and a garden on the roof
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Surreal Estate: $20 million for a fine-art sanctuary in Rosedale with a car elevator
What house by a creek would be complete without eight bathrooms, curvy walls, an auto workshop and lush gardens all around?
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Surreal Estate: $12.5 million for a massive Mississauga mansion standing over the Credit River
What home in the burbs would be complete without 18,000 square feet, a 20-car driveway, a putting green and too many chandeliers to count?
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Surreal Estate: $13.3 million for one of the most striking architectural concepts in cottage country
What mansion owned by a video game designer would be complete without a turret, six fireplaces and walls covered in scales?
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Surreal Estate: $13.9 million for a Port Carling mansion with a bathroom that looks like a painting
What home on the bay would be complete without eight bathrooms, four fireplaces, a three-slip boathouse and 130 metres of shoreline?
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Surreal Estate: $7.7 million for a new build in Rosedale with valet and porter service
What condo overlooking a ravine would be complete without a private elevator, two balconies, automated parking and award-winning design?
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Surreal Estate: $13.9 million for an Italian grotto sitting on an Innisfil side road
What small-town mansion would be complete without an invaluable Chinese maple tree, eight acres of land, a loggia and a boathouse?
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Surreal Estate: $10.7 million for an old-world Niagara-on-the-Lake compound with a pickleball court
What lakeside home would be complete without 10 bathrooms, a conservatory, a basement cantina and a pool house?
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Surreal Estate: $1.4 million to live in a historic former school in Aurora
The 1,400-square-foot property comes with an antique barn door, industrial accents, a three-sided fireplace and a jumbo private terrace
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Surreal Estate: $16 million for a Muskoka cottage with a driveway sculpted from a wall of stone
What hideaway in Torrance would be complete without 28-foot ceilings, a 500-bottle wine cellar, automated four-season rooms and a boathouse?
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Surreal Estate: $13.3 million for a museum-like mansion off Mount Pleasant with a technicolour skylight
What family home in Teddington Park would be complete without a trippy powder room, an indoor pool and a sauna made out of African wood?
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Surreal Estate: $23.5 million for a Ritz-Carlton double suite with 180-degree views and a giant snail statue
What condo on Wellington would be complete without 6,000 square feet, a labyrinthine wine cellar and a giant halo hovering above it all?
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Surreal Estate: $16.5 million for a mansion off Bayview with a theatre that looks like a spaceship
What North York house would be complete without nine bathrooms, a quarry’s worth of limestone and a wine cellar that looks like a cave?
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Surreal Estate: $4 million for a Broadview North standout with a 30,000-litre tropical aquarium
What house by the Don would be complete without a glass elevator, a bar with a glass roof and a 40-foot chandelier?
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Surreal Estate: This lakeside Burlington home’s selling price went up sixfold in eight years
What house by the 403 would be complete without a pantry the size of a bachelor pad, two EV stations, an indoor pool and an outdoor living room?
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Surreal Estate: $8.5 million for an old-world compound up the street from Casa Loma
What house overlooking a castle would be complete without a hand-painted cupola, a wrought-iron wine cellar and access to a ravine?
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Surreal Estate: $15 million for a turnkey Muskoka resort with 41 guest rooms
What inn on a lake would be complete without a private beach, a tennis court, a salon and an island accessible by helicopter?
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Surreal Estate: $11.9 million for a Muskoka compound perched atop its own peninsula
What cabin in the woods would be complete without 1.5 acres of land, a Sicilian kitchen, a bench swing in the veranda and a jumbo boathouse?
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Surreal Estate: $5.4 million for a faux château in Mississauga fit for the Brothers Grimm
What home in the burbs would be complete without a turret, lion-head fountains, a massage room and a virtual driving range?
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Surreal Estate: $6 million for an Aurora farmhouse sitting on acres of protected woodland
What house in the country would be complete without a three-season room, a home theatre, a staircase–wine rack combo and a winding driveway?
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Surreal Estate: $15 million for an old-world mansion with an arcade and two basketball courts
What Armour Heights house would be complete without heaps of gold, a movie theatre, a grotto, soaring arches and planters imported from Europe?
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The Monster Cottages vs. the Resistance: Inside the ruthless battle for the future of Muskoka
From Gravenhurst to Port Cockburn, the uber rich and powerful are buying up shoreline for private island compounds and sprawling mega-resorts, radically changing the face of Muskoka and infuriating environmentalists, locals and long-time cottagers
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Dead Reckoning: The executor of their estate was supposed to divide it among their friends and family. Instead, he bankrupted it
When Sami and June Suomalainen died, it fell to the executor of their wills, a lawyer they hardly knew, to sell their million-dollar midtown home and split the proceeds among their inheritors. Seven years and six lawsuits later, the beneficiaries haven’t seen a cent
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
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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
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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
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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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
City of Renters: The dream of home ownership isn’t dead. Maybe it should be?
Scenes from the rent-for-life revolution
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
Smart City: 20 mind-blowing Toronto inventions that are changing the world
Homegrown innovations that will transform lives for the better
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
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For Sale: 99 Lake Promenade
This classic Hamptons-style home by Chatsworth Fine Homes offers an exciting opportunity to customize a new dream home and build instant value - without the long wait of new construction
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For Sale: 92 Arjay Crescent
As luxury buyers become increasingly focused on wellness, privacy, and long-term livability, a new generation of custom homes is emerging – one defined less by excess and more by thoughtful design
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For Sale: 171 Durant Ave
This rare property features 2 houses on 1 lot
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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
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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