The Audit A penny-by-penny reckoning of Toronto’s spending habits

An appraisal of the month in money

$0

Amount that approximately 210,000 low-income students will pay in post-secondary tuition this September under a newly revamped Ontario Student Assistance Program, according to the province.

$21.53

Price for a share of Canada Goose at the end of a successful first day on the TSX, up from $17 at opening bell.

$1,500

Maximum annual coverage that Loblaws and Shoppers Drug Mart now provide employees for medical marijuana prescriptions.

$21,000

Value of possessions—including cameras, clothes and even toiletries— stolen from a Toronto man’s apartment when he rented it out on Airbnb to what he called a “nice family.” Airbnb has since reimbursed him for the full amount.

$101,000

Amount that “Master Raghav,” a self-professed astrologer and psychic, allegedly billed a man in Toronto to exorcise an evil spirit from his sick relative. Raghav has been charged with extortion, fraud and practising witchcraft.

$4,000,000

Approximate worth of Corktown’s iconic cube house, according to the realtor trying to sell it.

$6,000,000

Value of the Big Maple Leaf, a 100-kilogram Canadian gold coin that was stolen from Berlin’s Bode Museum in late March. At press time, the thieves—and bling—were still at large.

$170,000,000

Amount of funding—from government, Canadian banks and tech companies— recently announced for the Vector Institute, a new non-profit that will research and build artificial intelligence in Toronto.