We read the current warranty documents for the five asphalt shingle brands sold in Ontario. Here is what lifetime means, when the labour money stops, and what selling the house does to the coverage.
Nine of the 15 GTA municipalities we checked make you clear the public sidewalk. Six clear it for you. Here is the rule, the clock and the cost in each one.
The same licence works anywhere in Ontario, so the fee is the only part that changes. Here is what 14 GTA city and town halls charge.
The average first fall frost is November 6 downtown and October 13 in Markham. Here is the autumn shutdown in the order those two dates force it, task by task.
The real end to end wait for a GTA building permit, computed from 99,540 city permit records, and why the law's 10 business days is a different clock.
Health Canada tested 451 GTA homes and six were above the 200 Bq/m3 guideline. The by-region numbers, why the scarier figures differ, and what a test costs.
What 917,258 GTA building permit records actually declare, why 93.9 per cent of Toronto's new-house declarations are round numbers, and how 13 published builder claims span 4.5 times.
Your garbage in Brampton is a Peel Region service, your recycling is not, and they no longer run on the same calendar. The cycle, the bins, the fees and the holiday shifts.
What actually changed for GTA homeowners this year, each item with the council decision or regulation behind it, the date it took effect, and the deadlines still left on the 2026 calendar.
Five Toronto markets really do run every week of the year, and each moves to a different spot in winter. Here is where they go, and which 'year-round' markets actually close.
Toronto's free museum nights, the library pass and the free GTA galleries are real, but almost every one carries a condition: a night, a day, an age, a ticket to book. Here is each one with its condition attached.
Old wood or new wood decides the date. The species-by-species calendar for GTA gardens, tied to Environment Canada frost data, RBG's lilac bloom record and the by-laws that can stop you cutting.
