Published 20 October 2026 · By Jatin Dua, Broker of Record, RE/MAX Quantum Realty
Building at a glance · West Hill
Tradewinds in one look.
189 Galloway Rd, Toronto
Built
1998
Suites
56
Developer
The Tradewinds Developments
Corporation
MTCC-1214
Walk Score
79
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What is your unit at Tradewinds worth today?
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How you get around
Scores from Walk Score®
Walk Score
Very Walkable
Transit Score
Excellent Transit
Bike Score
Somewhat Bikeable
Transit, nearest first
- 54Lawrence EastTTC busSteps away
- 954Lawrence East ExpressTTC busSteps away
- 12Kingston RdTTC bus0.3 km
- GOGuildwood GOLakeshore East line1.2 km
- 2Kennedy stationLine 2 Bloor–Danforth6.6 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–8
Galloway Road Public School
192 Galloway Rd, Scarborough
Steps away
Zoned for this address
Catholic elementary
St Martin de Porres Catholic Elementary School
0.7 km · ~11 min walk
Nearest, confirm zoning
Catholic elementary
St Ursula Catholic Elementary School
1.8 km
Nearest, confirm zoning
Catholic secondary
St John Paul II Catholic Secondary School
2.8 km
Nearest, confirm zoning
French-language · Viamonde (public)
Academie Alexandre Dumas
1.3 km · ~20 min walk
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.
Living here
Renters, Airbnb and elevators at Tradewinds
Do mostly owners or renters live here?
Renter-heavy building. Of 5 deals here in the last 24 months, 4 were leases and 1 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 Tradewinds?
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 Tradewinds
- 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.
Send me the status certificate and I will flag anything that matters before your conditional period runs out.
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Eat, drink and shop nearby
Within about a 10-minute walk.
Chicken
Chicken N' Dough Express
0.2 km · ~3 min walk
Coffee
Tim Hortons
0.3 km · ~5 min walk
Chicken
Kajun Chicken & Seafood
0.3 km · ~5 min walk
Indian
Rowdys Indian and Hakka
0.3 km · ~5 min walk
Shawarma
Paradise Shawarma
0.3 km · ~5 min walk
Chicken
Popeyes
0.3 km · ~5 min walk
Places from OpenStreetMap. Check hours before you go.
Parks nearby
- St. Margarets Parkette
- Morningside Park
- Highland Creek
Nearest grocery
Muhammad Halal Meat and Supermarket
0.3 km · ~5 min walk
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.
Tradewinds is one of the small condominium complexes on Galloway Road that most buyers only discover when a listing pops up, and listings here are rare. With 56 homes and a fee that leaves utilities to the owner, it behaves more like a cluster of freehold towns than a condo building. That is the appeal, and it is also where the homework lies. I’m Jatin Dua, RE/MAX Quantum Realty.
Quick answer
Tradewinds is a 56-home low-rise condominium at 189 Galloway Road in West Hill, Scarborough, part of the Scarborough Bluffs, West Hill, Guildwood, Woburn, Malvern and Rouge area. It was built by The Tradewinds Developments in 1998 and registered on 25 September 1998 as MTCC-1214. Condos.ca lists Pro-House Management Ltd as manager. Maintenance fees include common elements, building insurance and parking. Homes run from about 830 to 1,155 sq ft.
Tradewinds at a glance
A small complex with a short paper trail
The City of Toronto’s list of 1997 condominium draft approvals shows The Trade Winds Development Inc. receiving draft approval for a condominium at 189 Galloway Road on 30 October 1997, in what Scarborough’s planners called the Highland Creek community. The corporation was registered less than a year later, in September 1998, as MTCC-1214.
Today the area is usually marketed as West Hill, and you will see both names on listings. Condos.ca records the complex as a low-rise with 56 homes. It lists the building at one storey, which I would not rely on for a townhouse complex; ask for the floor plan of the specific home to see how many levels it has.
Fifty-six homes is a small corporation. That has real advantages: owners tend to know each other, the board is reachable, and decisions can be quick. It also means every major repair is shared among relatively few owners.
Family-sized homes
Condos.ca puts homes here between about 830 and 1,155 square feet. That is a family-sized range by Toronto condo standards, with no studios or small one-bedrooms to dilute the market.
Homes from 1998 have usually been updated at least once, but rarely all at the same time. Kitchens and bathrooms may be recent while windows, the furnace, the air conditioner or the electrical panel are original. Have an inspector go through each system, and ask the seller for receipts for major work.
Ask also what is owned and what is common. In many townhouse condominiums the windows, doors, roofs and exterior walls are common elements maintained by the corporation, while furnaces and water heaters belong to the owner. The declaration sets that out, and it decides who pays when something fails.
Thinking about buying or selling here?
I work this area every week and I will give you a straight answer, including when the answer is to wait. No pressure, and no drip campaign you cannot get out of.
Call or text 833-330-1925 Send me a message
Jatin Dua, Broker of Record — RE/MAX Quantum Realty Inc., Brokerage. Not intended to solicit buyers or sellers currently under contract with another brokerage.
What the fee covers, and what it does not
Condos.ca lists the fee as covering common elements, building insurance and parking. Water, heat and hydro are not on that list, so expect to pay your own utilities as you would in a freehold home. Confirm how water is billed, because in some complexes it is metered per home and in others it is buried in the common budget.
A fee that covers only the basics is lower, but the corporation still has to fund roofs, windows, private roads or driveways, walkways, drainage and fencing. In a complex of this age, several of those have been done once or are due. Read the reserve fund study and the planned spending for the next ten years, and check the status certificate for any special assessment.
Pro-House Management Ltd is listed as manager. In a small complex, ask how often the manager attends board meetings and how quickly repairs are handled, and read the minutes for the last two years.
West Hill living on Galloway Road
Galloway Road runs through a residential part of West Hill made up mostly of detached houses, with a handful of small townhouse condominiums like this one. Daily life is quiet and car-oriented, with shopping and services along the main roads nearby.
Highland Creek’s valley parks, the University of Toronto Scarborough campus and Centennial College’s Morningside campus are part of the wider neighbourhood, which keeps steady rental demand in the area. The automatic panel on this page shows the nearest transit, parks and schools.
How I would approach a purchase here
Because sales are rare, buyers here often feel pressure to move fast when a home appears. I would still make the offer conditional on reviewing the status certificate, even in a competitive situation, or get the certificate ordered before offers are due. In a small corporation, one under-funded project can change the economics of the home.
Ask the listing agent early for the declaration, the rules, the latest budget and the reserve fund study. Look at how fees have moved over the past few years: small, steady increases are usually healthier than long freezes followed by a jump.
If you plan to rent the home out, read the rules for any leasing restrictions and registration requirements before you count on the income. Owner-occupiers should check the same rules for what they allow on renovations, such as flooring changes or exterior alterations.
Pricing at Tradewinds
Condos.ca does not publish an average price per square foot for Tradewinds, and there were no homes for sale or rent at the time of writing. With only 56 homes, a year can pass with very few sales, so any single sale can move the apparent average a long way.
The right comparison set is other small townhouse condominiums in West Hill and Highland Creek, including the Manor at Highland Creek further up Galloway Road, plus freehold towns nearby. Adjust for size, parking, the number of levels and what the fee includes.
Expect a home here to compete with freehold townhouses on price per square foot rather than with Scarborough tower suites. The low fee and the absence of elevators and amenities help, but buyers will still discount a home that needs updating more heavily than they would in a tower, because the owner usually carries more of the systems.
If you are watching this complex, set up an alert for it and ask me for the recent sale record through the building sold report. In a complex this small, knowing when a home is coming is half the battle.
Building specifications
| Building name | Tradewinds |
| Address | 189 Galloway Road, Scarborough, Toronto |
| Developer | The Tradewinds Developments (draft approval issued to The Trade Winds Development Inc.) |
| Building type | Low-rise condominium |
| Total homes | 56 |
| Condo corporation | MTCC-1214 |
| Registered | 25 September 1998 |
| Property management | Pro-House Management Ltd |
| Home sizes | Approximately 830 to 1,155 sq ft |
| Fees include | Common elements, building insurance and parking |
Amenities at Tradewinds
There are no shared facilities to speak of: condos.ca lists a security system and notes that pets are permitted. You are buying a home, not a club, and the fee reflects that.
Jatin’s honest take on Tradewinds
Who this building suits
Families and couples who want a home of 830 square feet or more in a quiet West Hill street without the price of a detached house. It also suits buyers who prefer a small corporation where they can know the board, and investors looking at rental demand around the Scarborough campuses.
What I’d want you to check
Get the status certificate, reserve fund study and two years of board minutes before you firm up. In a 1998 complex, ask about roofs, windows, driveways and drainage, and confirm what the owner maintains versus the corporation. Confirm the pet rule in the declaration even though condos.ca lists pets as permitted, and confirm how many levels and parking spaces the home has.
The value question
The value case is space and a low fee in a settled neighbourhood. The risk is a small corporation facing big repairs with few owners to share them. If the reserve fund is healthy, a home here can be a better buy than a similarly sized suite in a tower with a much larger fee.
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Send me your email and I’ll put together a current report on Tradewinds — real sold comparables, what’s listed right now, and what the maintenance fees actually cover.
- Every sale in the building over the last 12 months
- Current active listings and asking prices
- Maintenance fee breakdown and what’s included
- My read on which exposures and floors hold value
Tell me what you are planning
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Thinking about buying or selling here?
I work this area every week and I will give you a straight answer, including when the answer is to wait. No pressure, and no drip campaign you cannot get out of.
Call or text 833-330-1925 Send me a message
Jatin Dua, Broker of Record — RE/MAX Quantum Realty Inc., Brokerage. Not intended to solicit buyers or sellers currently under contract with another brokerage.
Tradewinds — frequently asked questions
When was Tradewinds built?
In 1998. The condominium was registered on 25 September 1998 as MTCC-1214.
Who built 189 Galloway Road?
Condos.ca names The Tradewinds Developments. The City’s record of 1997 draft approvals lists the applicant as The Trade Winds Development Inc.
How many homes are there?
56, according to condos.ca.
How big are the homes?
About 830 to 1,155 square feet.
What do maintenance fees include?
Common elements, building insurance and parking. Utilities are not listed as included.
Who manages Tradewinds?
Condos.ca lists Pro-House Management Ltd. Confirm the current manager in the status certificate.
Are pets allowed?
Condos.ca lists pets as permitted. Check the declaration and rules for any limits before you buy.
Is it in West Hill or Highland Creek?
Both names are used. The City’s 1997 records place it in the Highland Creek community, and most listings today say West Hill.
Does it have amenities?
Only a security system is listed. There is no gym, pool or party room.
How does it compare with Manor at Highland Creek?
Both are small 1998 low-rise condominiums on Galloway Road. The Manor has 32 homes of about 1,267 to 1,425 square feet; Tradewinds has 56 smaller homes.
Do mostly owners or renters live at Tradewinds?
Mostly renters. Of the deals here in the last 24 months, 80% were leases and 20% were sales.
Can you Airbnb a unit at Tradewinds?
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 Tradewinds 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 Tradewinds zoned for?
For TDSB public schools, the address is zoned for Galloway Road Public School (Elementary, JK–8). 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 Tradewinds?
The nearest subway is Kennedy station (Line 2 Bloor–Danforth), 6.6 km away; the nearest GO station is Guildwood GO on the Lakeshore East line, 1.2 km; the closest bus is the Lawrence East (TTC bus). Distances are straight-line from the building.
What is the Walk Score of Tradewinds?
Walk Score 79, Transit Score 70 and Bike Score 46. Most daily errands can be done on foot.
What restaurants and shops are near Tradewinds?
Within about a 10-minute walk: Chicken N' Dough Express (Chicken), Tim Hortons (Coffee), Kajun Chicken & Seafood (Chicken), Rowdys Indian and Hakka (Indian), Paradise Shawarma (Shawarma). The closest grocery store is Muhammad Halal Meat and Supermarket, 0.3 km away.
Which parks are near Tradewinds?
St. Margarets Parkette, Morningside Park, Highland Creek are the closest green spaces.
What is my unit at Tradewinds worth?
Use the free AI estimator at the top of this page. It uses this building’s own recent sales and adjusts for floor, view and parking, and your number appears instantly. For a written CMA, I will price your exact unit against the latest comparable sales.
How do I find out when a unit at Tradewinds lists or sells?
Join the building alerts on this page. I watch this building by hand and will tell you when a unit lists, sells or drops in price, with my read on whether it is priced right.
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That happens constantly in condos — one has the parking, the right exposure, or a board that keeps the reserve fund healthy. A model can’t see your status certificate. I can.
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 Scarborough Bluffs, West Hill, Guildwood, Woburn, Malvern and Rouge. 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 Tradewinds, 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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