Culture
Toronto Life
Souvankham Thammavongsa's Entertainment District
The Giller-winning author takes us on a tour of her go-to spots
2 min |
February 2026
Toronto Life
Raising Hope
My daughter was born with a disease so rare that it took seven years to get a diagnosis
3 min |
February 2026
Toronto Life
The best things to see, do, read and hear this month in Toronto
THEATRE British comedian and actor Eddie Izzard—or Suzy, if you prefer—has been defying boundaries for her whole career: first as a gender-fluid comedian whose multilingual stand-up sets brought her international fame and more recently as a would-be candidate for the UK Labour Party.
7 min |
February 2026
Toronto Life
Number Cruncher
How a Gen Z finance enthusiast in Forest Hill spends her money
2 min |
February 2026
Toronto Life
293 DAYS WITHOUT MY SON
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
10+ min |
February 2026
Toronto Life
The Diplomat
Canada's new UN envoy, David Lametti, is a Liberal vet and one of Mark Carney's oldest friends. How a son of Port Colborne found himself repping Canada on the biggest stage
3 min |
February 2026
Toronto Life
STREET FIGHT
If this city stands any chance of solving the housing crisis, it will need multiplexes in residential neighbourhoods—a move that has many residents saying, “Anywhere but here!”
10+ min |
February 2026
Toronto Life
YOUNG & RETIRED
In the age of doomspending, these ultra-driven Torontonians give up their weekends, work multiple jobs and never, ever eat out. THE UPSIDE: they're scrimping and saving their way into retiring decades before the average Canadian
10+ min |
February 2026
Toronto Life
THE VIOLENT LIFE OF A TOW TRUCK DRIVER
The tow truck industry is dominated by criminals and kingpins who fleece customers, beat up dissenters and shoot their enemies. How an unremarkable profession turned Toronto into a war zone
10+ min |
February 2026
Toronto Life
Power Play
How this hockey head beat the market
2 min |
February 2026
Toronto Life
Funny Money
Policy analyst by day, stand-up comedian by night: how a 28-year-old midtowner spends her income
1 min |
January 2026
Toronto Life
THE INCREDIBLE EDIBLE BUCKET LIST
THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE DISHES TO TRY BEFORE THE YEAR IS OUT-OUR DISH-A-DAY GUIDE TO EATING SPECTACULARLY WELL IN 2026
5 min |
January 2026
Toronto Life
Beginner's Luck
When the condo market went cold, these 20-somethings pounced to buy their starter home
4 min |
January 2026
Toronto Life
BATTLE FOR THE BAY
How the country's oldest corporation came to its bitter end
10+ min |
January 2026
Toronto Life
Last Call
The Imperial Pub was a beloved local haunt for more than 80 years. I spent my entire life behind the bar
4 min |
January 2026
Toronto Life
Gym Dandy
Five new fitness clubs that are hard-core, exclusive and ready for their close-ups
6 min |
January 2026
Toronto Life
The best things to see, do, read and hear this month in Toronto
Amil Niazi's bracingly honest essays on work and motherhood (“The Mindfuck of Midlife” comes to mind) have made her a cult favourite in certain corners of the web.
3 min |
January 2026
Toronto Life
Renata Fast's Liberty Village
The Olympic gold medallist shares her go-to spots
2 min |
January 2026
Toronto Life
KEVIN SUPREME
KEVIN O’LEARY IS MANY THINGS: REALITY TV BULLY, TRUMP APOLOGIST AND, NOW, LAUDED ACTOR. IN MARTY SUPREME, HE PLAYS A SUPERVILLAIN— IN OTHER WORDS, HIMSELF. A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE OSCAR RACE, HIS AI OBSESSION AND HIS QUEST FOR WORLD DOMINATION
10+ min |
January 2026
Toronto Life
The Hybrid Evangelist
As the union boss of Ontario's civil servants, Dave Bulmer has a few choice words for Doug Ford and his back-to-office mandate
3 min |
January 2026
Toronto Life
Most Influential
IT MAY HAVE taken Donald Trump's 51st-state rhetoric to stoke our national pride, but we kept the fire burning bright with subtle and not-so-subtle acts of patriotism all our own.
10+ min |
December 2025
Toronto Life
The best things to see, do, read and hear this month in Toronto
A hard-hitting investigation into toxic hockey bros
3 min |
December 2025
Toronto Life
Dear Urban Diplomat
My brother insists on cooking a high-protein Christmas dinner, and he's vetoing all carbs. Carbs!
3 min |
December 2025
Toronto Life
The Runaround
I was on track for the Olympics. Then the government tried to deport my family
3 min |
December 2025
Toronto Life
HOW NOT TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER
Lucy Li wanted to be a TikTok star. Oliver Karafa wanted to be rich.
10+ min |
December 2025
Toronto Life
Self-Starter
How this entrepreneur got back on track after a health scare
1 min |
December 2025
Toronto Life
Hopeless Romantic
After co-creating Letterkenny and Shoresy, Jacob Tierney became Canada's go-to director of bro comedies. Now he's releasing Heated Rivalry, an erotic gay hockey love story. Life's funny that way
3 min |
December 2025
Toronto Life
Play It Forward
Three adorable playrooms built for maximum fun
4 min |
November 2025
Toronto Life
BATTLE of WILLS
The legendary filmmaker Norman Jewison had always planned to leave his $30-million estate to his three children. Then, in a will signed two months before his death, he bequeathed the bulk of his fortune to his second wife
10+ min |
November 2025
Toronto Life
Hustle and Flow
How an actor, influencer and amateur investor managed to earn a juicy six-figure salary
1 min |