Toronto Life
1,077,815 Torontonians can’t be wrong. Follow us:
Toronto Life
  • Real Estate
  • Food & Drink
  • City
  • Life
  • Culture
  • Style
  • Neighbourhoods
  • Newsletters
  • Membership
  • Subscribe
Follow us
Sections

windfall package

They sold crazy-high, and are planning to travel the world for two years with their windfall
Real Estate

They sold crazy-high, and are planning to travel the world for two years with their windfall

They’ve budgeted $200,000 for their travels, and put the rest of their money in stocks, bonds and ETFs

This family swapped their cramped urban quarters for a six-bedroom château
Real Estate

This family swapped their cramped urban quarters for a six-bedroom château

With the Toronto market soaring, they sold for $2.1 million and moved an hour west

They couldn’t believe their house was worth a million. Then they sold for nearly two
Real Estate

They couldn’t believe their house was worth a million. Then they sold for nearly two

When a neighbour said their house would fetch a small fortune, they laughed

They bought in the early ’80s. Prepare to be overwhelmed with envy
Real Estate

They bought in the early ’80s. Prepare to be overwhelmed with envy

This is what it’s like to win the housing lottery

She bought her Roncesvalles house for $7,000—in 1951
Real Estate

She bought her Roncesvalles house for $7,000—in 1951

Some 60 years later, she listed it for $569,000, and it sold for more than $120,000 over asking

They loved their house, but they also loved the idea of quadrupling their investment
Real Estate

They loved their house, but they also loved the idea of quadrupling their investment

It all started with a cold call from a realtor asking if they were interested in selling

Big Stories

“I’m a front-line worker. I live in my car. And I’m not unique”: a memoir about being homeless during Covid
Memoir

“I’m a front-line worker. I live in my car. And I’m not unique”: a memoir about being homeless during Covid

The miserable truth about online school
City

The miserable truth about online school

They were first in line for the vaccine: “I felt so lucky—like this might be the beginning of the end of this nightmare”
City

They were first in line for the vaccine: “I felt so lucky—like this might be the beginning of the end of this nightmare”

Inside the mind-bending business of keeping a restaurant alive during a pandemic: a memoir from Toronto’s top chef
Memoir

Inside the mind-bending business of keeping a restaurant alive during a pandemic: a memoir from Toronto’s top chef

A cooped-up, stressed-out urbanite’s guide to the longest winter ever
Memoir

A cooped-up, stressed-out urbanite’s guide to the longest winter ever

“I lost three patients in 36 hours”: a memoir from the Covid ward at TGH
Memoir

“I lost three patients in 36 hours”: a memoir from the Covid ward at TGH

“My parents sent me to boarding school near Toronto. It turned out to be a perverse fundamentalist cult”
Life

“My parents sent me to boarding school near Toronto. It turned out to be a perverse fundamentalist cult”

<em>Toronto Life&#8217;</em>s top 10 longreads of 2020
Deep Dives

Toronto Life’s top 10 longreads of 2020

They survived Covid, but they&#8217;re not okay
Life

They survived Covid, but they’re not okay

The Bay Street ex-con who fooled his investors—twice
City

The Bay Street ex-con who fooled his investors—twice

Toronto Life
  • Real Estate
  • Food & Drink
  • City
  • Life
  • Culture
  • Style
  • Neighbourhoods
  • Newsletters
  • Membership
  • About us
  • Advertise with us
  • Get our newsletters
  • Get our digital edition
  • Subscribe to our magazine
  • Manage your subscription
  • Privacy policy
  • Terms of use

© 2021. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part strictly prohibited. Toronto Life is a registered trademark of Toronto Life Publishing Company Limited.