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The Taskly Journal.
Why Taskly exists, the people behind the tasks, and honest costs for getting things done — across the GTA and Canada.
Featured · Why Taskly exists
It started with a cardboard sign that read “Will work for money.”
One phone call — and sixty dollars — later, this company was born.
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The people doing the work.
First-person accounts from Taskers across the GTA — how they learned the trade, what the work is really like, and what it took to get started.
Swati Kumari
Digital marketing
The first Canadian winter does not just get into your coat. It asks a question you cannot answer yet: why are you here, and was it worth it?
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Srishti Chaurawal
Content creation
Right after school, everyone asks what is next. Nobody warns you that you might not have an answer.
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Rishabh
Digital marketing
A first day at a Mumbai internship. A task he did not know how to do. And a sentence that landed like a verdict: that is very basic.
Read Rishabh’s story
Saurabh Pandey
Web development
Third year of college in Bengaluru. Developers everywhere, startups everywhere, and a group of friends building whatever they found interesting — with no plan for any of it to become a company.
Read Saurabh’s storyEarning on Taskly
What the work actually pays.
Real GTA rates, the honest catch with cash-in-hand work, and how to start this weekend.
Cash jobs in Toronto that pay this week (2026) — and the catch nobody mentions
The cash jobs that actually pay in Toronto in 2026 — snow shoveling, moving help, junk hauls, assembly — with real rates, the catch with cash-in-hand work, and the version where the money is held before you start.
Read itThe Toronto side hustle list (2026), ranked by hourly math
Side hustles in Toronto ranked by what an hour is actually worth in 2026 — handyman, tutoring, snow clearing, junk hauls and assembly, with real GTA rates and how to stack them by season.
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Skilled work, over a call.
The remote and creative work no home-services app touches — developers, designers, editors, marketers — scoped, built and delivered to your inbox.
For founders & small teams
Your on-demand startup team.
Most of what a startup or small business hires out is right here — build the product, brand it, grow it, keep the books — booked task by task, no headcount. Founder guides coming soon.
In your corner · newcomer-friendly
Careers, coaching & settling in.
Mentors, tutors, settlement help and a healthier routine — from people who’ve made the move you’re making, booked like any task.
One post, the whole thing
The whole home project, handled.
Outcomes, not chore lists — the bundles no other platform sells. A chef in your kitchen, a place made move-in ready, a garage reclaimed in a weekend.
The people you love
Care, errands & the family with paws.
For parents, kids, seniors and pets — the ones who can’t just be rescheduled. The key handoff isn’t a leap of faith.
Feel your best
Look good, feel good & celebrate.
Salon-quality at your dining table, alterations that finally fit, a calmer mind, and the days worth setting up for.
Yes, we do these too
The everyday essentials.
Payment held by Taskly until it’s done — no roulette, no ghosting.
Cost guides
Cleaning6 minHow much does house cleaning cost in Toronto? (2026)
How much house cleaning costs in Toronto in 2026 — real ranges by home size and clean type, what drives the price, and how to compare fixed-price offers where the price you accept is the price you pay.
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Tech Help5 minAI setup help in Toronto: what it costs and how to get it
Getting AI set up in Toronto — what AI setup and automation help costs, what a Tasker can do, and how to get fixed-price offers from reviewed locals. Pay only when it’s done.
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Personal Chef6 minHow much does a personal chef cost in Toronto? (2026)
What a personal chef or private meal-prep cook costs in Toronto in 2026 — per-session and weekly ranges, what moves the price, and how to compare fixed-price offers where you only pay when it’s done.
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Handyman6 minHow much does a handyman cost in Toronto? (2026)
What a handyman costs in Toronto in 2026 — hourly rates, call-out minimums, common job prices, and how to compare fixed-price offers from reviewed locals where you pay only when it’s done.
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Moving5 minHow much does moving help cost in Toronto? (2026)
What movers and moving help cost in Toronto in 2026 — hourly rates for two movers, what drives the total, and how to compare fixed-price offers from reviewed locals. Pay only when it’s done.
Read the guide →Stories from across Canada
A Tasker’s story, in their own words.
Publishing as we interview taskers across Canada.
A Tasker’s story, in their own words.
Publishing as we interview taskers across Canada.