Inside the incredible homes of Canada’s biggest stars
Real celebrity cribs of our favourite Canadians
What do these stars have in common? They are all Canadian. When they're not before the camera or performing onstage in front of thousands of fans, these international superstars are relaxing in their incredible homes.
From Justin Bieber to Shania Twain and Pamela Anderson to Celine Dion, click or scroll on to step inside the awe-inspiring cribs of our favourite Canadian celebrities...
Pamela Anderson
Actress, model, author and activist, Pamela Anderson is best known for her role as C.J. Parker on the TV show Baywatch. In the 1990s, she gained fame as a Playboy model and became a pop culture icon.
Her high-profile personal life, including marriages to Tommy Lee and Kid Rock, put her firmly in the media's gaze. She continued acting and appearing in reality shows like Dancing With the Stars during the noughties and 2010s.
In 2022, she starred in Pamela's Garden of Eden, one of several home renovation series, and has spoken of her happy life in Canada, after leaving Hollywood a few years ago.
Following the success of her Netflix documentary, Pamela: A Love Story, and critical acclaim for her role in The Last Showgirl, alongside Jamie Lee Curtis in 2024, Anderson's career has experienced a late renaissance.
Pamela Anderson's childhood home
Born in Ladysmith, on the east coast of Vancouver Island, the actress bought her childhood home there from her grandparents in the early nineties.
With a busy career and multiple high-profile marriages in Los Angeles, it would take her nearly 30 years to return to her Canadian roots and the seven-acre (2.8 ha) property. She transformed it into a multi-generational haven for herself, her parents and her two sons from her marriage to Tommy Lee.
The process was documented in the Channel 4 series, Pamela Anderson’s Family Home Renovation.
Pamela Anderson's childhood home
The property comprises not just one, but three properties: The Roadhouse, a former teahouse her grandparents ran back in the 1950s, The Cabin, one of the original nine that were used as holiday rentals and The Boathouse, which is Anderson’s main residence.
Anderson has fond memories of running free in the gardens and wooded areas of the property when she was a child. She wanted to reflect this joy in the design and installed a pretty front porch and kitchen veranda at the Roadhouse.
She also included a rose garden and landscaped the grounds, ensuring no trees were felled in the process. “I remember my grandfather used to say that the trees spoke to him,” recalls Pamela.
Pamela Anderson's childhood home
Pamela enlisted the talents of Vancouver interior designer Francesca Albertazzi to help her in her task, the results of which are seen here in the “rustic-modern” vibe of The Roadhouse kitchen.
Slowly but surely the long-neglected property was transformed into a forever home. “I felt this place was like a broken heart, which I really had to kind of turn around,” she said.
During the process, she found love again herself, marrying one of the construction team, Dan Hayhurst, her fourth husband, on the property in December 2020. Sadly, it was not to be, and the couple split up within the year.
Pamela Anderson's childhood home
The Hollywood actress put her stamp on the interiors incorporating vintage details which were a nod to Pamela’s vibrant grandmother. “I believe she is here with us in spirit,” says Pamela.
In one corner an antique display cabinet is filled with vintage crockery and glasses, alongside old photographs of her parents and the work of David Lachapelle, famous for his series of Pamela Anderson nudes. “If you love something, it will work,” said Francesca.
Ryan Reynolds
Movie star Ryan Reynolds is known for an array of blockbuster films, including Deadpool and Free Guy. He started his own highly successful liquor business, Aviator Gin, earning himself an estimated CA$213 million ($150m/£128m), and famously bought League One football club Wrexham AFC in 2021 with fellow actor, Rob McElhenney.
Reynolds married fellow actor Blake Lively in 2012 and shares a Colonial-style home in Pound Ridge, outside New York with her and their four children.
The power couple also have a stylish loft in Tribeca.
Ryan Reynolds' Tribeca loft
The stunning apartment is in paparazzi-proof 443 Greenwich a star-studded building in Tribeca where fellow residents have included Meg Ryan, Justin Timberlake and Jennifer Lawrence.
The seven-storey building was originally constructed in 1883 as a warehouse for a book bindery company.
It was completely gutted and renovated in 2014 to serve as an exclusive apartment block with condo units, including 45 lofts and eight penthouses. Its most expensive listed at CA$62 million ($44m/£35.1m).
Ryan Reynolds' Tribeca loft
There are few details relating to the couple’s specific apartment, but units range from 2,000 (186 sqm) to 5,000 square feet (464 sqm) and there is a 4,000 square-foot (373 sqm) courtyard in the centre of the building, which was nicknamed the “doughnut hole” by the New York Times.
Many of the windows are arched to maximise natural light, plus there are wood-beamed ceilings and open-floor plans.
Ryan Reynolds' Tribeca loft
The apartment clearly proves quite handy for the couple when they are needed in town to attend one of their many glamorous engagements.
Reynolds rarely shares images of the interior of the building, but his wife Blake Lively has been known to strike a pose from time to time.
In this image she shows off her fabulous figure just ten months after giving birth to the couple’s fourth child, in the master suite with its hardwood floors and rustic dividing walls between the bedroom and the ensuite bathroom.
Ryan Reynolds' Tribeca loft
In another post she shares an image of herself in a multi-coloured Dauphinette dress in front of a vivid blue dresser.
The exposed brick wall is a perfect backdrop for a stunning floral painting by Sage Vaughn, while a vintage rug looks effortlessly stylish atop the hardwood floor. “It’s not ever lost on me that I get to play dress up for a living,” says Lively.
Justin Bieber
At the age of just 13, Justin Bieber was discovered by talent agent Scooter Braun, who stumbled across the singer's videos on YouTube.
Fast-forward 14 years and Bieber is now one of the world's biggest stars, with a reported net worth of CA$404 million ($300m/£241m) and six studio albums under his belt.
Married to model Hailey Bieber, who gave birth to their first child, Jack Blues, in August 2024, the pair divide their time between Canada and Los Angeles. Here's a peek at their first home as a married couple...
Justin Bieber’s first marital home
After confirming they had married in a courthouse wedding in September 2018, Justin Bieber finally settled on this relatively modest home with his now-wife, Hailey Baldwin, the daughter of actor Alec Baldwin.
The couple bought the cosy home, which sits on a quiet street in the Holmby Hills area of Los Angeles, in November 2019 for CA$12 million ($8.5m/£6.8m).
Justin Bieber’s first marital home
The beautiful home was built in 1932 but has undergone extensive renovations to make into the modern masterpiece it is today.
Spread over 6,000 square feet (557 sqm), the home features a split-level living space.
The sleek kitchen is complete with white oak cabinets and a marble-topped island, while the sliding floor-to-ceiling doors in the living space fill the space with light and lead outside to the beautiful grounds.
Justin Bieber’s first marital home
Re-done in 2017 with the help of production designer Charles Infante, the home evokes classic California glamour. It has five bedrooms and seven bathrooms, the stunning master suite boasting soaring ceilings, a fireplace and a custom wardrobe.
There are also two separate living spaces, a home office, theatre, wine cellar and even a bar.
Justin Bieber’s first marital home
Despite the home's many attributes, which include an infinity pool and a cosy cabana space with a fireplace and barbecue in the backyard, the star seemed to change his mind about the house just a few months after moving in.
The singer offered it up for sale on his Instagram in October 2019, posting 13 photos of the mansion with the caption “I think I wanna sell my home in Beverly Hills who wants it?”.
Failing to secure a buyer, he put it on the market in October 2020 and it sold for just under CA$11.3 million ($8m/£6.4m), at a loss of CAA$773,000 ($545k/£441k). They included all the furniture in the sale.
Kim Cattrall
While she will be forever known as the devil-may-care Samantha Jones in Sex and the City, Kim Cattrall made her name in the 80s in films such as Porky’s, Police Academy, and Mannequin, as well as in a host of theatre roles.
Born in Liverpool, England, she moved with her family to Canada as a baby and holds British, American and Canadian citizenship. She also briefly dated former Canadian Premier Pierre Trudeau, the father of Justin Trudeau, the former Prime Minister of Canada.
Although synonymous with the streets of New York, the natural habitat of her character, Samantha, Kim Cattrall is happiest at her waterfront home on Vancouver Island.
Kim Cattrall's Vancouver Island home
Having grown up on the island, the actress bought a home there in 2014, keen to recreate her childhood idyll.
“I never imagined moving back here full time so it was a surprise to find myself wanting to buy a home here,” she told House & Home.
“I went for a walk and saw two eagles perched up high on a Douglas Fir. You can’t find that in New York City. And that’s what keeps bringing me back. I feel like I am rediscovering where I came from. It has been a lovely homecoming.”
Kim Cattrall's Vancouver Island home
Having sold her beach house in the Hamptons, the actress decided it was high time to go back to her roots. “When I sat here, I thought, ‘This feels right,’ she says.
The décor is a departure from the sophisticated elegance of her Manhattan apartment. Cattrall has created a cosy environment with open fires and rustic materials to reflect the landscape outside, where she spends her time hiking and enjoying nature with her family and friends.
Many of her First Nations decorative pieces around the home, the masks and carvings, are from a reservation in the Comox Valley. “They represent the culture here,” she says.
Kim Cattrall's Vancouver Island home
“I did quite a bit of renovation, slowly,” she explains.” I painted the entire inside and outside of the house. The former owner had painted the interior very dark and moody colours, but I wanted to reflect the bright light of my surroundings, so I used lighter colours.”
She took the photographs above the sofa herself, and found Cornelius, the moose head, above the fireplace in a shop in Toronto called Door Store.
“The fur on his nose was getting a bit of wear from people stroking it, so I thought, ‘I think it’s time he had a home!’ Whenever I see him, he makes me smile.”
Kim Cattrall's Vancouver Island home
Her favourite spot is at the top of the house, in what Cattrall calls the Eagle’s Nest, where she has installed two very comfortable chairs and a neutral palette which lets the view take centre stage.
“Every ten minutes it’s changing,” she says. “Not just the weather, but the wildlife, the birds and the otters that come by. It’s part of being in British Colombia and of being on Vancouver Island.
They live here like I do. People say when you grow up somewhere you can’t go home again… but I think you can.”
Celine Dion
One of the most successful musicians of all time, Celine Dion has been in the spotlight since 1981, releasing her first single at the tender age of 12.
More than four decades later and the singer has too many Grammy Awards and Official Top 40 singles to count, gaining herself a purported CA$1 billion ($800m/£645m) bank account in the process.
She closed the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics, her first performance since she announced her diagnosis with Stiff Person Syndrome in 2022. With her incredible earnings, the 'My Heart Will Go On' singer built one seriously unusual celebrity home.
Celine Dion’s Florida water park estate
The singer purchased the almost-six-acre (2.4 ha) estate, which lies in Florida's exclusive Jupiter Island, back in early 2008 for just over CA$10 million ($7m/£5.7m) and commissioned a sprawling, Bahamian-inspired mansion with her late husband, René Angélil.
It took two years to build and was completed in 2010. Not your average celebrity home, the property is sprawling and brimming with one-of-a-kind amenities, including a private water park...
Celine Dion’s Florida water park estate
The couple designed the 20,000-square-foot (1,858 sqm) property as their dream vacation home, a place where they could go as a family to escape the paparazzi.
Yet it's anything but low-key. The lavish holiday home is made up of the main home, plus five separate pavilions, and comes with 13 bedrooms, 14 bathrooms, gorgeous formal living spaces and more than 400 feet (122m) of beach frontage.
Celine Dion’s Florida water park estate
As well as some seriously luxurious living spaces, the beautiful beach house also boasts a tennis court, a golf range simulator, and a beachside cabana with a massage room.
Plus, check out the singer's stunning master suite. With endless glass, a vaulted ceiling, a bed big enough for three, a huge walk-in closet and a luxe bathroom, it's the ultimate VIP sanctuary. But that isn't nearly all.
Celine Dion’s Florida water park estate
The mega-mansion also has three geothermal-heated swimming pools, numerous guest houses and a commercial-grade water park with countless pools and slides, which Dion's three children no doubt loved when they were young.
Despite its beauty and lavish features, the house proved unsellable.
After four years on the market and several price reductions, it finally sold in 2017 for CA$40 million ($28m/£22.7k). That's a huge drop from the original listing price of CA$102 million ($72m/£58m).
Shania Twain
The biggest-selling female country artist of all time, Shania Twain dominated the international charts from the mid-90s to the early noughties with hits singles such as 'Man! I Feel Like a Woman!' and 'That Don't Impress Me Much'.
Today, the Canadian singer-songwriter is thought to be worth a cool CA$567 million ($400m/£322m), which is more than the likes of Jennifer Lopez and Mick Jagger.
The star played the coveted Legends spot at Glastonbury in 2024 and concluded her third Las Vegas residency in February 2025. Although she owns a farm nearby, she will no doubt be heading back to her lakeside home in Switzerland for a good rest.
Shania Twain's lakeside Swiss home
Shania Twain’s permanent home is in Switzerland, although the exact location is something she keeps private.
While the singer prizes her privacy, she posts occasional images of herself and her husband Frédéric Thiébaud on the deck of their villa by the fire pit or in the gardens, with stunning views of the lake beyond.
The couple fell in love after the Swiss businessman informed Shania that her husband, Robert Lange, had been having an affair with his wife. Bonding over their shared heartache, they married on a beach in Puerto Rico on New Year’s Day in 2011.
Shania Twain's lakeside Swiss home
Intimate posts like this one reveal a tasteful décor of cosy neutral furnishings where her beloved dogs can relax as comfortably as their owners.
Also displayed are equestrian artworks referencing her passion for horse riding. She credits her husband for giving her the confidence to return to music, telling People in 2012: “I cannot live without him. He keeps it all in perspective.”
Shania Twain's lakeside Swiss home
A central feature of her living room in Switzerland is her piano, where she can be seen here, with her acoustic guitar and a fluffy rug beneath to add warmth.
According to Swiss celebrity magazine L’Illustré, the singer helped design the wrought iron double entrance doors with their foliage motif, which allow the light to flood into the open-plan living room.
Behind her is a portrait of Claude Nobs, the founder of Switzerland’s Montreux Jazz Festival.
Shania Twain's lakeside Swiss home
We caught a lovely glimpse of the star’s relaxed kitchen when she posted an image of herself there, wishing her fans a "Merry Christmas from snowy Switzerland”.
The country singer, who’s a vegetarian, enjoys cooking and once demonstrated her skills on the Today show when she made a vegetarian mushroom Bolognese with chef Eric Ripert.
Her favourite thing to cook, however, is chocolate cake. We couldn't agree more with this choice.
Jim Carrey
As a teenager, Jim Carrey worked as a janitor to support his family, but the Toronto-born actor never looked back after he moved to Hollywood aged 19.
Hitting the big time in the mid-90s in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Dumb and Dumber and The Mask, the actor went on to earn a Golden Globe for his performance in The Truman Show, before donning his furry green suit in How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
Once estimated to be worth around CA$425 million ($300m/£241m), he announced his retirement in March 2022 when he was promoting Sonic the Hedgehog 2 but returned to the red carpet in December 2024 for Sonic the Hedgehog 3, commenting, “I need the money, frankly.”
Jim Carrey's secret sanctuary
He’s had his pick of luxury homes, but strangely struggled to sell one he owned for more than three decades. When he listed his LA ‘sanctuary’ mansion in February 2023 for a staggering CA$50 million ($28.9m/£22.3m), it had little interest.
Carrey bought the ranch-style estate in 1994 for CA$5.3 million, around CA$11 million ($8m/£6.5m) in today's money, around the time of the release of his first major movie Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.
According to reports, the actor describes the 12,704-square-foot (1,118 sqm) property as “a place of enchantment and inspiration.”
Jim Carrey's secret sanctuary
In the main living areas, pitched, beamed ceilings with skylights and swathes of French doors allow natural light to flow through the space.
The neutral, contemporary interiors are dotted with eye-catching paintings and statues, many of them Carrey’s own work.
Elsewhere, are mementos from his life in film, including his Riddler costume from Batman Forever, which is displayed in the bar area.
Jim Carrey's secret sanctuary
The incredible screening room is state-of-the-art, with a perspex box showcasing Carrey's costume from How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Sumptuous armchairs and sofas provide a comfortable setting in which to kick back and enjoy the show.
Outside, the massive two-acre (8,093 sqm) grounds are a rarity in LA and include a tennis court, a waterfall swimming pool, a pool house and bar, a sauna, vegetable gardens and numerous mature trees.
Jim Carrey's secret sanctuary
No wonder the actor said he liked to lie in the bed of his master bedroom, with its own sitting room and balcony, listening to the birds outside. “Every night the owls sang me lullabies and every morning I sipped my cup of joe with the hawks and hummingbirds, under a giant grandfather pine,” he said.
Two months after putting his home on the market, Carey cut the price to a still impressive CA$37 million ($26.5m/£21.3m), reducing it seven months later to CA$34 million ($24m/£19.2m).
The house was relisted in May 2024 for CA$31 million ($22m/£17.6m), before finally selling in December for CA$28 million ($19.8m/£15.9m). It was still the most expensive home sale that week, despite its price cut.
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