Published 19 October 2026 · By Jatin Dua, Broker of Record, RE/MAX Quantum Realty
Building at a glance · Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan
JOY Condos in one look.
195 Bonis Ave, Toronto
Built
2018
Storeys
21
Suites
282
Developer
Gemterra Developments Corporation
Corporation
TSCC-2651
Walk Score
86
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How you get around
Scores from Walk Score®
Walk Score
Very Walkable
Transit Score
Good Transit
Bike Score
Somewhat Bikeable
Transit, nearest first
- 43KennedyTTC bus0.2 km
- 85Sheppard EastTTC bus0.4 km
- 904Sheppard-Kennedy ExpressTTC bus0.4 km
- GOAgincourt GOStouffville line0.6 km
- 4Don Mills stationLine 4 Sheppard4.5 km
Distances are straight-line from the building.
How far is everything?
From the front door, in kilometres.
Schools for this address
Public schools from the TDSB school locator, checked 18 October 2026. Boundaries change: confirm with the board before you buy.
ElementaryJK–6
Tam O'Shanter Junior Public School
21 King Henrys Blvd, Scarborough
0.5 km · ~8 min walk
Zoned for this address
MiddleGr 7–8
John Buchan Senior Public School
2450 Birchmount Rd, Scarborough
0.8 km · ~13 min walk
Zoned for this address
High schoolGr 9–12
Stephen Leacock Collegiate Institute
2450 Birchmount Rd, Scarborough
0.8 km · ~13 min walk
Zoned for this address
Catholic elementary
Holy Spirit Catholic Elementary School
1.0 km · ~16 min walk
Nearest, confirm zoning
Catholic elementary
St Bartholomew Catholic Elementary School
1.7 km
Nearest, confirm zoning
Catholic secondary
Francis Libermann Catholic High School
2.8 km
Nearest, confirm zoning
French-language · Viamonde (public)
Ecole Elementaire Laure Riese
4.3 km
Nearest, confirm zoning
Catholic (TCDSB) and French-language schools shown are the nearest to the building, not confirmed zoning. Check the TCDSB school locator, Viamonde or MonAvenir.
By the numbers
What units at JOY Condos actually trade for
| Unit type | Sold | Median price | Leased | Median rent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bed | 3 | $399,000 | 17 | $2,250/mo |
| 2 bed | 2 | too few | 11 | $2,500/mo |
Table covers the last 24 months. TRREB MLS® System aggregates; a median is shown only with 3 or more deals, and sizes come from listing ranges. Not an appraisal: get an estimate for your unit.
Living here
Renters, Airbnb and elevators at JOY Condos
Do mostly owners or renters live here?
Renter-heavy building. Of 81 deals here in the last 24 months, 61 were leases and 20 were sales. A high lease share usually means more investor owners, more move-ins and a deeper pool of rental comparables.
Can you Airbnb a unit at JOY Condos?
No active City registrations here right now. In Toronto you can only host in your principal residence, a whole unit for at most 180 nights a year, with a $390 yearly registration and 6% accommodation tax. You cannot buy here to run it as a full-time Airbnb. Check the condo’s rules in the status certificate before you count on it.
How reliable are the elevators?
Ontario requires residential buildings to report any elevator outage lasting 48 hours or more, and this address has none on record. Elevators still need modernizing every 25 to 30 years, so check the reserve fund study for the date.
Sources: TRREB MLS® System lease and sale counts; City of Toronto short-term rental registrations (Open Data, 18 Oct 2026); TSSA Residential Elevator Availability portal.
Before you buy here
Five things the listing will not tell you about JOY Condos
- Reserve fund health. Ask for the latest reserve fund study and its date. A thin fund in an older building usually means fee jumps or a special assessment.
- Special assessments and big repairs. Check the status certificate for planned levies and for balcony, garage, window or elevator work.
- Insurance deductible. Find the corporation’s deductible for water damage. If it is higher than your own policy covers, raise your coverage before closing.
- Fee trend. Compare this year’s budget with last year’s. Rises of 2–5% a year are typical; bigger jumps need an explanation.
- Lawsuits and rules. Look for legal claims against the corporation, and for rules on pets, short-term rentals and leasing.
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Eat, drink and shop nearby
Within about a 10-minute walk.
Coffee
The Coffee Spot
0.2 km · ~3 min walk
Burgers
Burger King
0.2 km · ~3 min walk
Burgers
McDonald's
0.2 km · ~3 min walk
Pizza
Pizza Pizza
0.2 km · ~3 min walk
Sandwiches
Subway
0.2 km · ~3 min walk
BBQ
Karachi Nihari & BBQ
0.4 km · ~6 min walk
Places from OpenStreetMap. Check hours before you go.
Parks nearby
- Ron Watson Park
- Collingwood Park
- Inglewood Heights Park
Nearest grocery
No Frills
0.2 km · ~3 min walk
Prices: TRREB MLS® System aggregate medians for 195 Bonis Ave, last 12 months (updated 18 October 2026), compiled by Jatin Dua, Broker of Record, RE/MAX Quantum Realty Inc., Brokerage; deemed reliable, not guaranteed. Schools: TDSB school locator; Catholic and French schools: nearest by distance. Transit and scores: Walk Score® and TTC/GO station locations. Nearby places: OpenStreetMap. Distances are straight-line estimates.
JOY Condos is where I send buyers near Kennedy and Sheppard who want a pool without paying a new-build price. It is Gemterra’s 2018 sequel to Love Condos, joined to it by a glass amenity building with an indoor pool, hot tub and saunas, and its fee includes heat and air conditioning. The shared amenities are its strength, and also the thing to read up on. I’m Jatin Dua, RE/MAX Quantum Realty.
Quick answer
JOY Condos is a condominium tower at 195 Bonis Avenue in Scarborough’s Tam O’Shanter-Sullivan neighbourhood, near Kennedy Road and Sheppard Avenue East; condos.ca groups it with 215 Bonis Avenue. Condos.ca lists 21 floors and 282 suites, and the community also includes 20 three-storey townhomes. It was developed by Gemterra Developments, designed by Turner Fleischer, and built in 2018. The condominium corporation is TSCC-2651, registered on 23 April 2018, and condos.ca lists Crossbridge Condominium Services as manager. Suites run from about 606 to 1,665 square feet. The fee includes heat, air conditioning, common elements and building insurance.
JOY Condos at a glance
The sequel to Love
Gemterra built JOY as the second phase of its Love Condos community on Bonis Avenue. Love welcomed its first residents in 2015, and JOY followed, with completion in 2018. The two towers share a design language, and the planning thread for JOY described it as looking much like its neighbour.
Turner Fleischer was the architect. Sources differ slightly on height: the UrbanToronto project listing shows 20 storeys and about 62 metres, while Gemterra’s announcements and condos.ca describe 21 storeys. The difference is probably how the mechanical or ground levels are counted, but I note it so you are not surprised by either number.
The community also includes 20 three-storey townhomes along the pedestrian streets around the towers. Those give the site a lower-scale edge and some buyers a ground-level option inside the same community.
If you are deciding between a townhome and a tower suite here, think about how you will use the amenities and the concierge. Townhome owners may have different fee structures and access arrangements, so check how they fit into the corporation and what they pay toward the shared building.
The amenity building is the reason to buy here
JOY and Love are joined by a glass-enclosed amenity building. Gemterra’s 2016 announcement described a fitness room, an aerobics and yoga room, an indoor swimming pool, a hot tub and saunas, with a landscaped green roof terrace of about 4,000 square feet on top.
Inside the JOY tower there is a 24-hour concierge, a lounge, a billiards room and a party room, and outside there is a barbecue courtyard and outdoor dining. An indoor pool is still uncommon among condo buildings in this part of Scarborough, and that is the feature I hear buyers ask about most.
The shared building is also the part to understand properly. When two condominium corporations share facilities, there is normally an agreement that sets out how the costs of running and eventually replacing them are split. Ask for that agreement with the status certificate, and see what the reserve fund study says about the pool and its equipment.
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Suites with room to grow
Condos.ca records suites from about 606 to 1,665 square feet, which is a wider range at the top than most towers nearby. There are no tiny studios at the bottom, and the larger plans give downsizers and families a real option.
The current listings sit mainly in the 600 to 899 square foot bands: one-plus-dens, a two-bedroom and a two-plus-den. Gemterra’s suite specifications included quartz counters, Energy Star stainless steel appliances and full-size washers and dryers, which is a practical upgrade over the stacked compact units in many newer buildings.
At about seven years old, many suites will still have their original finishes. Focus on layout, exposure and storage first; finishes are easy to update, a poor plan is not.
The larger plans at the top of the range are where JOY stands apart. A suite well over 1,000 square feet in a Scarborough tower is rare, and those plans tend to attract owner-occupiers who stay for years. If you are moving from a house, they are worth waiting for.
Daily life on Bonis Avenue
Bonis Avenue sits just off Kennedy and Sheppard, which puts the building in the Kennedy and Sheppard area and a short drive from Highway 401. The UrbanToronto thread pointed to Agincourt GO and the Agincourt library as nearby, and the data panel shows the actual transit distances and Walk Score.
Set back on Bonis with townhomes and pedestrian streets around it, the immediate setting should feel calmer than towers right on Sheppard. If you are comparing with buildings on the main roads, walk the block at rush hour to feel the difference.
For drivers, ask how visitor parking works in practice. In a community of two towers and townhomes, visitor spaces can fill up on weekends, and it is easier to learn that from the concierge before you buy than from your guests after.
What JOY costs and what the fee covers
Condos.ca puts JOY’s average at about $716 per square foot. The five active listings asked from $469,000 to $599,900 when I checked, which is in line with the larger newer buildings around Kennedy and Sheppard.
Fees on those listings ran from $517 to $681 a month, about $0.80 per square foot. The fee includes heat, air conditioning, common elements and building insurance. That inclusion list is better than most newer towers, where heating and cooling are metered to the suite.
Condos.ca does not list water or parking in the inclusions, so confirm both. If parking is a separate charge or water is billed to the suite, add those to your monthly comparison.
With a pool, saunas and a shared amenity building, I would expect fees to rise more steadily over time than in a building with a gym and a party room. That is not a reason to avoid JOY, but read the reserve fund study and budget closely.
It also helps to compare JOY against the all-in cost of a newer tower without a pool. Add heating and cooling bills to a newer building’s lower fee and the gap often narrows, and you may find that the pool and saunas cost you less than a gym membership would.
Building specifications
| Building name | JOY Condos |
| Address | 195 Bonis Ave, Toronto (Scarborough); condos.ca groups it with 215 Bonis Ave |
| Developer | Gemterra Developments Corporation |
| Architect | Turner Fleischer |
| Storeys | 21 per condos.ca (20 per UrbanToronto) |
| Total suites | 282, plus 20 townhomes in the community |
| Condo corporation | TSCC-2651 |
| Registered | 23 April 2018 |
| Property management | Crossbridge Condominium Services (per condos.ca) |
| Suite sizes | About 606 to 1,665 sq ft |
| Maintenance fees | About $0.80 per sq ft across active listings |
| Fees include | Heat, air conditioning, common elements and building insurance |
Amenities at JOY Condos
The pool, hot tub and saunas in the shared amenity building make this one of the stronger amenity packages near Kennedy and Sheppard. Because the facilities are shared with Love Condos, how the costs are split matters as much as what is there.
Jatin’s honest take on JOY Condos
Who this building suits
Swimmers and anyone who wants a sauna and hot tub without a membership, plus buyers who like predictable bills with heat and cooling in the fee. The larger plans suit downsizers and small families who want more than a typical new-build two-bedroom.
What I’d want you to check
Ask for the shared facilities agreement with Love Condos and see how pool and amenity costs are divided. Read the reserve fund study for the pool equipment, roof terrace and heating and cooling systems. Confirm whether water and parking are included, since condos.ca does not list them, and which locker and parking space come with the suite.
The value question
At about $716 per square foot with heat and cooling included and a pool across the courtyard, JOY is good value for an owner-occupier. You give up the newest finishes and gain a stronger amenity package and a few years of building history to examine. If the shared-cost arrangement and the reserve fund look healthy, I think it is one of the better buys in this pocket.
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JOY Condos — frequently asked questions
Who built JOY Condos?
Gemterra Developments built JOY as the second phase of its Love Condos community. Turner Fleischer was the architect.
How tall is JOY Condos?
Condos.ca and Gemterra describe 21 storeys; the UrbanToronto project listing shows 20 storeys and about 62 metres.
How many suites does JOY have?
Condos.ca lists 282 suites, and the community also includes 20 three-storey townhomes.
When was JOY Condos completed?
It was completed in 2018, and condominium corporation TSCC-2651 was registered on 23 April 2018.
Does JOY Condos have a pool?
Yes. A glass amenity building shared with Love Condos has an indoor pool, a hot tub, saunas, a fitness room and a yoga room, with a green roof terrace on top.
What does the fee at JOY include?
Heat, air conditioning, common elements and building insurance. Condos.ca does not list water or parking, so confirm both.
Who manages JOY Condos?
Condos.ca lists Crossbridge Condominium Services. Confirm the current manager in the status certificate.
What suite sizes does JOY have?
Suites run from about 606 to 1,665 square feet, a wider top end than most towers nearby.
How does JOY compare with Love Condos?
They are sister buildings by Gemterra with a similar design and a shared amenity building. JOY is the newer of the two, completed in 2018.
How much do condos at JOY Condos sell for?
Over the last 12 months the median resale at JOY Condos was $460,000, across 5 sales. The typical unit sold in 65 days at about 96% of the asking price. That works out to roughly $708 per square foot.
How much is rent at JOY Condos?
The median lease at JOY Condos over the last 12 months was $2,300/mo, from 29 leases. Units typically leased in 24 days.
What does each unit type cost at JOY Condos?
Over the last 24 months: One-bedrooms sold for a median $399,000 and rented for $2,250/mo; Two-bedrooms rented for $2,500/mo. Each median uses three or more deals.
Are prices at JOY Condos up or down since 2022?
Down about 27%. The median sold price per square foot was $971 in 2022 and $708 over the last 12 months. Pricing off 2022 comparables is the most common mistake sellers make here.
What rental yield does JOY Condos offer an investor?
At a median price of $460,000 and a median rent of $2,300 a month, the gross yield is about 6.0%, before maintenance fees, property tax, insurance and mortgage interest. Net cash flow depends on the fee and your down payment, so run the numbers for the exact unit.
Do mostly owners or renters live at JOY Condos?
Mostly renters. Of the deals here in the last 24 months, 75% were leases and 25% were sales.
Can you Airbnb a unit at JOY Condos?
Only in limited cases. Toronto allows short-term rentals only in your principal residence, a whole unit for at most 180 nights a year, with a $390 yearly City registration and 6% accommodation tax. The City’s register shows no active short-term rental registrations at this address. The condo’s declaration and rules can ban short stays outright, so check them in the status certificate.
Has JOY Condos had elevator outages?
None on record. Ontario requires residential buildings to report elevator outages of 48 hours or more to TSSA, and this address has no reported outage since July 2022.
What schools is JOY Condos zoned for?
For TDSB public schools, the address is zoned for Tam O'Shanter Junior Public School (Elementary, JK–6), John Buchan Senior Public School (Middle, Gr 7–8), Stephen Leacock Collegiate Institute (High school, Gr 9–12). Catholic and French-language schools are listed on this page by distance. Boundaries change, so confirm with the board before you buy.
What is the closest subway or GO station to JOY Condos?
The nearest subway is Don Mills station (Line 4 Sheppard), 4.5 km away; the nearest GO station is Agincourt GO on the Stouffville line, 0.6 km; the closest bus is the Kennedy (TTC bus). Distances are straight-line from the building.
What is the Walk Score of JOY Condos?
Walk Score 86, Transit Score 64 and Bike Score 43. Most daily errands can be done on foot.
What restaurants and shops are near JOY Condos?
Within about a 10-minute walk: The Coffee Spot (Coffee), Burger King (Burgers), McDonald's (Burgers), Pizza Pizza (Pizza), Subway (Sandwiches). The closest grocery store is No Frills, 0.2 km away.
Which parks are near JOY Condos?
Ron Watson Park, Collingwood Park, Inglewood Heights Park are the closest green spaces.
What is my unit at JOY Condos worth?
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About the author — Jatin Dua, Toronto condo broker
I’m Jatin Dua, Broker of Record at RE/MAX Quantum Realty. I work condo buildings across Toronto and the GTA every week, including Agincourt, L’Amoreaux, Milliken, Dorset Park and Wexford in Scarborough. What buyers and sellers usually need is someone who knows the individual buildings: which exposures get the light, which corporations keep healthy reserve funds, and which units are priced past what they will appraise for.
If you’re buying or selling at JOY Condos, I’ll give you the honest version — including when I think you should walk away. Reach me at [email protected] or 833-330-1925, or book a free consultation.
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