Elle Canada – JulyAugust 2026 – Elle Canada

Bintu, a tech entrepreneur in Toronto, has an open- ended approach. “It’s not like I’m looking for someone to marry or someone to have kids with—not really,” says the 29-year-old. “I’m looking for someone who has the qualities that I would want in a partner.” Naturally, twentysomethings have to contend with a dating scene that’s reflective of the chaotic world around them.

“I feel like a lot of people have more social anxiety, maybe as an outcome of COVID,” she says. “With dating, it just seems like men don’t really approach [people] that much.” This creates a dynamic that she’s not entirely comfortable with. “I don’t want to be the pursuer; I want to be pursued.” Vanessa, a Brighton, Ont., office manager and content creator, isn’t too fond of dating apps but has found some success on Hinge.

Since she lives in a smaller town, she’s tried changing her geotag to U.S. cities like New York or Los Angeles to expand her pool of women to match with. In her mid-20s, Vanessa gave up alcohol and became more health focused. With that came a new approach to dating altogether.

“I made the decision [that] I’m only dating to find my person,” she says. “I want to be really intentional.” At 29, she has yet to be in a serious relation- ship, but she has experienced a number of situationships. “So many times throughout the past three to four years, I thought, ‘I’m so ready for a relationship.’ And then I realized I actually wasn’t. I had to do a lot more healing.” 30s “We’re all so tired of the apps.

I think we’re burnt- out,” says Min, a 31-year-old senior project manager in Toronto. “They’ve gotten so much worse. It’s like they’re hiding all the good [matches] behind a paywall.” Meeting someone offline isn’t easy either. When Min goes solo bar-hopping, she’s seldom approached. “I’m the one making conversation all the time,” she says. “Men in Toronto are not very proactive.” For the time being, she’s satisfied with being the main character of her own life. “My goal right now is [to] be hot, have fun and get rich.

Being with a man is not the goal anymore. We’re told as women [to] get married by 30 and have kids. We’re given these milestones that trap us into a life that doesn’t give us a lot of freedom.”

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