COST OF LIVING
Confessions of the Working Poor
I work hard, buy quality clothes and know how to fake my way through dinner-party conversations. But behind the scenes, I’m part of
a fast-growing Canadian underclass.
WATCH CANADIAN
It’s Time for Canada to Make Its Own Star System
We have the talent. What we lack is the machinery to turn Canadian performers into household names.
MY ARRIVAL
I Moved to Canada and Launched a Company. Then the Tariffs Hit.
When I started selling dog toys from my basement, I had to remortgage my house and take out a loan to make it work.
GET OUTSIDE
Let the Kids Play This Summer
Over-scheduling and screens are making kids anxious and aggressive. They need to let loose.
MONEY TALKS
I’m a Millionaire. Tax Me More, Please.
Wealthy Canadians like me can afford to pay extra for the greater good
THE TRUMP EFFECT
How Tariff Tensions Spilled Into the Shaw Festival
Our theatre is a stone’s throw from the U.S. border. This summer, we’re feeling the heat.
The Latest
EDITOR’S PICKS
THE TRUMP EFFECT
Fear and Loathing in Canada’s Most American City
For Windsor, Ontario, Trump’s trade war is an existential threat
DOMESTIC DINING
20 Reasons to Eat Canadian Right Now
A bucket list of homegrown restaurants, chefs and dishes to experience this summer
THE TRUMP EFFECT
Is Canada Prepared to Go It Alone?
Now that our friendship with America is over, we must ask ourselves instead what’s required to stay alive
CLIMATE CHANGE
The Age of Wildfires
Wildfires are hotter, bigger and deadlier than ever. And they’re getting worse.
The Trump Effect
THE END OF THE EMPTY NEST
Why Gen Z Will Never Leave Home
Thanks to soaring housing costs, a generation of twentysomethings are still in their childhood bedrooms. A portrait of family life with no empty nest.
SEPARATION NATION
Is Alberta Serious About Separating?
A constitutional expert (and Alberta resident) weighs in
AFTER HOURS
Want Vibrant Cities? Save Gay Bars.
To protect queer nightlife spaces, treat them more like museums and heritage buildings
FACES OF THE TRADE WAR
The Trade War Killed My Company’s American Expansion
Growing in the U.S. has always been my ambition. It no longer feels financially—or ethically—possible.
BIG IDEA
Send In the Delivery Robots
Ready or not, Canadians will soon share their sidewalks with computerized couriers
THE INTERVIEW
Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet Is On Team Canada (For Now)
The face of Quebec’s sovereignty movement has called a Trump-induced truce
REAL ESTATE
THE BUILDING
To St. Lawrence Market We Go
Toronto’s largest farmers’ market has moved into its shiny, new home on Front Street
HABITAT
Inside a Salt-Sprayed Beach House in New Brunswick
A couple build a minimalist
retreat in sync with the Atlantic’s stormy coastlines
HABITAT
A Glass House in the Rockies
This health-care consultant flexed her amateur design skills on a new family home
HABITAT
Inside an Ecohome on Stilts in Nova Scotia
A young family built cube-like sheds in the ecologically protected Barrens
HOW TO FIGHT BACK
Living With My Ex
In the space of two weeks, my partner came out as gay and told me she was pregnant. What could have been the end of our family turned into a new beginning.
Universities & Colleges
Paying For It
Getting the Most Out of RESP Savings
Financial planner Andrea Thompson breaks breaks down what a family needs to know about withdrawing RESP funds
Colleges
Everything to Know About Applying and Getting Into College
Admission requirements, timelines and how to get credit for previous education
Campus Life
Here’s Everything a Student Needs For Their Dorm Room
This list of dorm room essentials ensures students show up to move-in day with everything they need
Campus Life
The Crisis in Student Housing
With dorms in short supply, students are scrambling to find housing elsewhere
FROM OUR PARTNERS
What Went Down at Our Virtual Fireside Chat with Square Canada Head of Product Marketing, Michelle Yee
The fintech executive on localizing product to the market, using customer feedback to drive innovation, and more.
The Canada Day Call That Changed the Country: 40 Years Later, Rogers Continues Wireless Investment and Innovation
From a 10-pound mobile phone to world-class 5G networks, Canada’s wireless journey began with a single call on Canada Day 1985. Four decades later, Rogers reflects on the moment that sparked a tech revolution—and what it will take to keep innovating for the future.
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2025 Five Star Guide to Retirement
Strategies and insights to help you retire with confidence—financially and emotionally.
Financial Cooperation: How a Century-Old Model is More Relevant than Ever
With $460 billion in assets and 7.8 million members, Desjardins has grown from a small Quebec cooperative into North America’s largest financial co-op. President & CEO Guy Cormier shares how its people-first mission is helping shape Canada’s financial future.
The Diabolical World of Phone Scams
How the RCMP busted the biggest fraud ever to target Canadians—and why they can’t keep up anymore.
Longforms
The Fight Over Forced Rehab
Canada’s nightmarish opioid crisis has renewed calls for involuntary drug treatment. Does the government have a right to force users to get help?
Longforms
20 Reasons to Eat Canadian Right Now
A bucket list of homegrown restaurants, chefs and dishes to experience this summer
Longforms
The Rise of Conservative Youth
A growing number of millennials and Gen Zers are turning to the right in their bid for a better future. Here, five first-time voters share why they’re picking Poilievre.
Longforms
Who Stands to Win in Poilievre’s Canada
The people, industries and institutions that will benefit from a Poilievre victory
Longforms
Jenni Byrne’s Big Gamble
The ruthless tactician behind Pierre Poilievre’s campaign has spent decades shaping Canadian conservatism from behind the scenes. This year’s election will be her greatest achievement—or her undoing.
Longforms
A City of Newcomers
When I set out to photograph college students in Sarnia, I found a small city transformed by international arrivals
Longforms
How Astrology Became the New Therapy
Millions of Canadians are turning to the zodiac to understand the world and their place in it
Longforms
How To Fix Canada’s Housing Crisis
Twenty-five bold, entirely doable ways to make Canada affordable again
Longforms
The Diabolical World of Phone Scams
How the RCMP busted the biggest fraud ever to target Canadians—and why they can’t keep up anymore.
Longforms
They’re Suing the Government for the Right to Die
The ethics are muddy, the country is divided and the world is watching Canada’s next move. Inside the crusade for psychiatric MAID.
Society
How Canada’s Cities Got So Repulsively Ratty
Canadians are in an all-out war with rats for dominion over our urban centres. It’s time to take them back.
Society
These International Students Wanted Citizenship. Canada Killed That Dream.
As Canada tries to staunch an overflow of temporary immigration,
tens of thousands of international students and recent grads may
be forced to leave the country. Here are their stories.