Published 7 September 2026 · By Jatin Dua, Broker of Record, RE/MAX Quantum Realty
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Get My Free Estimate →Burnhamthorpe Gate, at 65–73 Old Burnhamthorpe Road with addresses also at 701–713 Burnhamthorpe Road, is a two-storey townhouse condominium built in 1971 in Markland Wood, registered as York Condominium Corporation No. 35.
YCC 35 is an extraordinarily low number. Ontario’s first condominium statute came into force in 1967, so a number in the thirties places this among the first few dozen condominium corporations registered in the York land registry area. Published unit counts range from 100 to 110 — nobody agrees, and I explain why that matters.
What YCC 35 tells you
Ontario’s first condominium legislation was the Condominium Act, 1967. Corporations were numbered sequentially within each registry region, so the number is a reliable proxy for age: the lower it is, the older the corporation.
YCC 35 at a 1971 build makes this plausibly one of the oldest condominium corporations in Etobicoke. I say plausibly rather than definitely because I have not confirmed the registration date against the Condominium Authority of Ontario registry — that search is free and public, and anyone can run it in a minute.
What matters more than the trivia: a corporation this old has been through the full lifecycle of every major component at least once. Roofs, windows, plumbing stacks, parking structures, retaining walls. That is not a bad thing — it means there is fifty years of actual history to look at, rather than a projection. But it makes the reserve fund study and the repair history the entire ball game.
The unit count nobody agrees on
One database shows both 107 units and 100 units on the same page. Another says 110.
I am not going to pick one. The unit count is the denominator for every shared cost and every vote in the corporation, and it is stated plainly on the status certificate. Do not take it from a website.
The rest of the picture
- Two storeys — both sources agree, which is more than can be said for most townhouse corporations in these databases.
- Suite sizes roughly 1,200 to 2,100 square feet. That is family housing, not starter housing.
- Parking garage and indoor parking, bike storage and visitor parking are listed.
- Goldview Property Management is named as manager by one source — the same manager named for another Markland Wood corporation. Single-sourced; confirm it.
- The developer is unverified. No source names one.
- One source notes proximity to Kipling station. No verified walking time exists.
What to check before buying in a fifty-year-old townhouse corporation
- The reserve fund study, in full, plus the two previous ones if you can get them. The trend across studies tells you more than any single study does. A fund that has been under-contributed for two decades shows up as a widening gap, not as a single alarming number.
- Special assessment history. Ask directly. A corporation of this age that has never had one is either extremely well run or has been deferring work.
- What the fee includes. Older corporations vary enormously — some include heat and water, some include nothing.
- Whether there is an underground garage, and its condition. Garage membrane replacement is the single most expensive thing that happens to a townhouse corporation, and it is nearly always the reason for a large special assessment.
- The status certificate’s disclosure of any pending litigation, and the minutes of the last year of board meetings if the corporation will provide them.
Markland Wood, for context
The neighbourhood was developed from 1960 on land purchased from the Silverthorn family in 1958, with most single-family housing complete by 1967 and the Mill Road condominium apartments following in the mid-to-late 1970s. Burnhamthorpe Gate, at 1971, sits right in the gap between those two waves — which is exactly what it looks like on the ground: townhouse density on a subdivision street pattern.
The takeaway
Burnhamthorpe Gate is family-sized townhouse housing in one of Etobicoke’s better-kept postwar neighbourhoods, in a corporation old enough to have a genuine track record you can read. Two instructions. First, get the unit count from the status certificate, because the three published figures cannot all be right. Second, treat the reserve fund study and the garage condition as the transaction — at fifty-plus years, that is where every real risk in this purchase lives.
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Frequently asked questions
How old is Burnhamthorpe Gate?
It was built in 1971 and is registered as York Condominium Corporation No. 35. Ontario’s first condominium statute came into force in 1967 and corporations were numbered sequentially, so YCC 35 places it among the first few dozen registered in the York registry area.
How many units are in Burnhamthorpe Gate?
Published figures conflict: one database shows both 107 and 100 on the same page, another says 110. The status certificate states the actual number, and it is the denominator for every shared cost and every vote.
How big are the homes at Burnhamthorpe Gate?
Roughly 1,200 to 2,100 square feet across two storeys — family-sized housing rather than starter units.
What should I check before buying in a fifty-year-old townhouse corporation?
The reserve fund study in full plus earlier studies to see the trend, special assessment history, exactly what the fee includes, the condition of any underground garage, and any pending litigation disclosed on the status certificate.
Why does the underground garage matter so much?
Garage membrane replacement is typically the single most expensive capital project a townhouse corporation faces, and it is the most common cause of large special assessments. Ask when it was last done and when the reserve fund study schedules the next one.
Who developed Burnhamthorpe Gate?
Unverified. No source I found names a developer for this corporation, which is common for townhouse corporations of this era.
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Sources
Everything above that is a number or a name comes from one of these. Anything I could not source, I have marked as unverified in the text.
- condos.ca — Burnhamthorpe Gate, 65–73 Old Burnhamthorpe Rd. Year built, corporation number YCC 35, the conflicting 107 and 100 unit figures, two storeys, property manager, parking and amenity listings and Kipling station proximity. Accessed 7 September 2026.
- strata.ca — Burnhamthorpe Gate Townhomes. Year built, the 110 unit figure, two storeys, suite size range and parking amenities. Accessed 7 September 2026.
- Law Society of Ontario Great Library — Ontario condominium law changes. The Condominium Act, S.O. 1967, c. 12 and its replacement by the Condominium Act, 1998, in force May 2001 — the basis for reading corporation numbers as a proxy for age. Accessed 7 September 2026.
- Condominium Authority of Ontario — condo registry search. Free public search to confirm any corporation number and registration. Accessed 7 September 2026.
- Wikipedia — Markland Wood. Neighbourhood development timeline from the 1958 land purchase through the 1970s condominium apartments. Accessed 7 September 2026.
Related reading
- The Etobicoke condo directory — every condominium corporation I could find, by neighbourhood
- Boutique low-rise condos between Islington and Kipling
- The condos within walking distance of Islington station
- All of my Etobicoke real estate writing
About the author — Jatin Dua, Etobicoke real estate agent
I’m the Broker of Record at RE/MAX Quantum Realty, 799 The Queensway in Etobicoke, a few minutes from every building on this page. I work with buyers, sellers and investors across Mimico, Humber Bay Shores, New Toronto, Long Branch, Alderwood and the Stonegate–Queensway corridor. I write these building guides the way I’d brief a client at my own kitchen table: what is documented, what isn’t, and where the published numbers disagree with each other.
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