Editor
Editor & main author
David Brown is the editor of GTA Guide. He writes about the practical side of living in the Greater Toronto Area: what things cost, who to call, and what is worth your weekend.
Based in Toronto
October is the planting month at five of the seven GTA weather stations, and the first frost is not your deadline. Here is the window, the depth and the price, from seven stations and nine GTA sources.
Every Home Renovation Savings amount for 2026 with the caps the summary pages leave out, how the window and attic rebates really pay, and why no GTA utility rebates an EV charger.
One party, twelve children, priced at 20 GTA venues from their own published rates. The middle of the 18 that sell a whole party is $334.06, and the cheapest room and activity is a town gym at $198.67 before tax.
Nine GTA junk removal companies publish a full truckload price, from $389 to $779 as each company prints it. Divided by the truck volume each one states, five land between $35.00 and $40.96 a cubic yard.
Toronto's 2025 average is 119 mg/L. Here are the 46 hardness figures the five GTA water utilities publish, why lake towns and well towns differ, and how the softener charts compare.
The median entry beginner driver course at 25 GTA schools is $599 as each school prints it, read off their own price pages on August 27, 2026, with hourly lessons at $40 to $65, mostly before tax.
One meter reading, 700 kWh, priced through 11 GTA electricity tariffs on time-of-use prices: $145.11 in Toronto, $127.38 in Brampton, and every dollar of the gap is delivery.
A private sale in Ontario has one document the seller must buy, one tax rule that catches buyers out, and a certificate that is not a warranty. Here is the order, with the cost at each step.
Seven GTA firms' published prices, the exclusions written into the standard of practice and the inspection agreement, the specialists you still have to hire, and the licence Ontario has never switched on.
No Ontario law caps a contractor deposit. Here is what the Consumer Protection Act actually gives you, and what 26 GTA roofing companies publish about deposits.
Eighteen car-free day trips from Union, timed on GO and VIA published timetables, with the return fare, the last departure back, and the walk from the station.
A capped daycare space in Toronto is $22 a day, or $478.50 a month. We read 44 posted fees and ran the City's licence file: 36.1 per cent of licensed spaces sit where no cap reaches.
