Intro The decision to move to a new city is a significant life event, and one of the most crucial factors to consider is the cost of living. In Canada, three major cities often top the list for newcomers: Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver. Each of these cities offers something special, however, all three places [...]
Families moving to Toronto with school-age children will be happy to know that Canada has some of the highest standards of education in the world. In addition to an excellent public school system, major cities like Toronto also have a great selection of Montessori schools and private academies offering alternative styles of education. The [...]
With the average price of a detached home in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) hovering around $1.4 million, and prices in the city's most desirable neighbourhoods reaching even higher, many families are having to shop elsewhere. Toronto's affordability crisis is no secret. Residents and policy makers are certainly aware of the problem. In 2017, [...]
Many describe Canada as nation of immigrants. And rightly so. In major cities like Toronto, nearly half the population was born outside of Canada. Equally, we can call Toronto a city of neighbourhoods. True enough. The city officially recognizes 140 designated neighbourhoods. Include the unofficial neighbourhoods, and the total rises to about 240. So [...]
Notorious for their long, frigid winters, you might think that Canadians would look forward to a little dose of global warming. On the contrary, Canadians are among the most environmentally conscious citizens on earth. Climate change might allow them a few extra days of balmy t-shirt weather in the spring and fall, but it [...]
Moving to Canada might be the biggest decision of your life. And we'd like to think it's also the best decision of your life. Canada is an incredible country, filled with wonderful people, natural beauty, economic opportunity and political stability. But that doesn't mean moving there will be easy. You may encounter obstacles, and you [...]
Whether you're moving to Toronto, moving within Toronto, or just looking to buy some investment property in Canada's number one city, you'll quickly find that Toronto's real estate market is red hot. In the last decade or so, a number of factors have conspired to make Toronto one of North America's most desirable cities and [...]
‘If you want to go fast, go alone, if you want to go far, go together,’ says an African proverb. That’s especially true when it comes to sports. And we don’t necessarily mean group sports, like synchronized swimming or soccer. Even for individual sports, such as skiing or snowboarding, having a support group is [...]
They’re 541.7km apart. 5 hours and 48 minutes by car (pending traffic, of course).5 hours and 32 minutes by train. 1 hour and 15 minutes by plane. 112 hours by foot (though you’d have to be insane to even attempt it). And yet, despite the remarkably close proximity between two of Canada’s largest metropolitan cities, [...]
Whether you’re new to the city, or you’ve spent your whole life here, these are 9 things about Toronto that you’re sure to find interesting. 1. An assortment of aboriginal groups originally settled in Toronto more than 11,000 years ago. 2. Roughly half of Toronto's population was born outside of Canada. 3. According to the [...]
