Dragon's Den star's family chapel in Ontario is back on the market for $6M

While GTA real estate has given us plenty of delulu moments over the past decade, this property at 7788 Yonge St. might just win the grand prize.

The modest two-bedroom, two-bathroom bungalow in Vaughan is currently listed for a jaw-dropping $6,188,000.

Yes, you read that right. Over. Six. Million. Dollars.

The foyer. 

The listing tries to pitch it as a "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity" surrounded by multi-million-dollar estates, but let's be real — it's basically an average house that backs onto one of the busiest streets in the city.

The living room. 

Even more absurd? This place first hit the market in 2024 for an eye-watering $8 million before sliding to $6.8 million earlier this year, and now to its current (still totally bonkers) price tag.

A bedroom. 

For context: the average home in the area sells for about $1.6 million, and the most expensive recent sale was just over $5 million. So it would seem this listing isn't just out of touch with reality, it's running laps around it.

The basement. 

Now, sometimes you'll see modest houses priced like this because they sit on sprawling, park-sized lots. But not here.

An aerial view of the lot. 

The lot at 7788 Yonge St. measures 129.5 by 142.9 feet — less than half an acre — so unless the land is sprinkled with fairy dust or doubles as a stairway to heaven, the math just doesn't add up.

The chapel. 

The building itself is actually St. Michael Chapel, a heritage site dating back to the 1840s.

The other side of the chapel. 

Sure, that explains the cavernous interior and a bit of the "grandeur" language in the listing, but heritage designation also means strict limits on what you can do with it. Not exactly a free pass to charge mansion money.

One of the bathrooms. 

Also, it's worth noting that Ontario is full of churches for sale, almost all of them listed for under $5 million. Holy ground or not, no one needs to pay over $6 million for a two-bedroom bungalow.

The main living area. 

And in fact, it was supposed to sell for a reasonable $1.5 million back in 2017, but the property sale got tied up in a messy family feud involving former Dragon's Den star Michael Wekerle, his three sisters, and their mother, Hermine.

The dining room. 

Long story short, one sister tried to sell the chapel for $1.5 million under Power of Attorney, but Hermine objected, claiming she wasn't actually incapable of making her own decisions. Cue lawsuits, counter-documents, and lots of sibling drama.

The second bedroom. 

The would-be buyer, architect Ali Malek-Zadeh, even sued to enforce the sale, but a judge refused, ruling there wasn't enough evidence the chapel was "unique" enough to justify forcing the deal.

The kitchen. 

So maybe the takeaway here is simple: Hermine never really wanted to sell. And judging by the latest price tag, maybe she still doesn't.

The yard. 

blogTO did reach out to the listing agents for clarification on the listing price, but at the time of publication, still hadn't heard back.