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If someone asked you where housing is more expensive, Toronto or New York City, you’d likely say New York without thinking. But you’d be wrong. Don’t let those sky-high rents in Manhattan fool you: The island is home to less than 7 per cent of the New York metro area’s residents ...

Most Canadian citizens and permanent residents who fall in love with and get married to a non-Canadian understand that they can sponsor their spouses to immigrate to Canada, and will often do so shortly after they get married. Many Canadians also understand that they don’t have to be technically married; ...

On December 7th, Premier Wynne was joined by four of her cabinet colleagues for an announcement about a unique agreement for “Community Benefits” for the Eglinton Crosstown transit project. The room was crowded with representatives from Metrolinx, the builder, community groups and unions. Most importantly, a number of young men ...

Toronto’s house prices have been soaring to beyond affordability for many buyers. Now it appears that the nearly half of the city’s residents who rent their homes could also see runaway price growth. Urbanation, a real estate consultancy that tracks the Toronto condo market, is calling for more rental apartment buildings ...

More spousal sponsorships will be processed in 2017, and faster, too. Earlier this year, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) began a concerted effort to reduce processing times, which have increased due to increased demand: in 2015 alone, nearly 70,000 applicants applied through spousal sponsorship but there was only space for ...