Published 7 September 2026 · By Jatin Dua, Broker of Record, RE/MAX Quantum Realty
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Get My Free Estimate →Five townhouse corporations within about a kilometre of each other in north Etobicoke carry York Condominium Corporation numbers 3, 8, 10, 19 and 25 — placing them among the very first condominiums registered in Ontario after the Condominium Act, 1967.
Nobody writes about them. They are ordinary brick townhouse complexes housing thousands of people, they are among the most affordable family-sized homes left in Toronto, and they are approaching sixty years old. Here is what is actually known about each, and what that age means for a buyer.
The five corporations
| YCC 3 415 Silverstone Drive Townhouses also 1720–1730 Albion Rd, 59–69 Lexington Ave |
Built 1969 · 46 units · two storeys · developer reported as Rockport Group · roughly 859–1,499 sq ft |
| YCC 8 3 Kendleton Drive Townhouses also 1797 Martin Grove Rd, 1555–1605 Albion Rd, 6415–6466 Finch Ave W |
Built 1969 · 296 units · developer reported as Bramalea · roughly 1,000–1,399 sq ft · 2 parking spaces per unit reported |
| YCC 10 43 Lexington Townhouses 39–47 Lexington Ave |
Built 1970 · 61 units · developer unverified · unit sizes unverified |
| YCC 19 444 Silverstone Drive Townhouses also 1667–1671 Albion Rd, 2–22 Litchfield Crt |
Built 1970 · 142 units · developer unverified · roughly 1,200–1,399 sq ft, some four-bedroom homes |
| YCC 25 252 John Garland Townhouses 242–262 John Garland Blvd |
Built 1970 · unit count disputed · developer unverified · roughly 1,200–1,599 sq ft |
What the numbers actually mean
Ontario condominium corporations are numbered sequentially within a land registry region, so the number is a dependable proxy for age: the lower it is, the older the corporation. Different prefixes — YCC, MTCC, TSCC and others — run independent sequences.
There is a useful internal check here. The nearby corporations at YCC 239 (1975), YCC 280 (1976), YCC 409 (1978) and YCC 478 (1979) sit exactly where a sequential numbering system would predict. That consistency is good evidence that the low numbers on these five are real rather than data errors.
I will not tell you what the “York” in York Condominium Corporation stands for. The one source I found addressing it says York Region north of Toronto — which cannot be right, because every corporation here is inside the City of Toronto and York Region corporations use a different prefix. The likeliest explanation is the historic York land registry division, but I could not source it.
I will also not repeat the claim that Ontario had a 1978 Condominium Act. The authoritative legal timeline runs 1967 to 1998, with no 1978 statute. That appears to be a confusion in a secondary source.
The number that looks like a data error
252 John Garland Townhouses is named for a street address, and its unit count is also reported as 252. That is a suspicious coincidence — exactly the shape of a data-entry error where a street number found its way into a unit-count field. It might be genuinely correct. Get it from the status certificate rather than from a website.
Also worth correcting: one database tags this corporation as West Humber–Clairville, but MLS listings on John Garland Boulevard are filed under Mount Olive–Silverstone–Jamestown. The same database misfiles several Silverstone Drive and Lexington Avenue addresses the same way. If neighbourhood matters to your search, check the City’s official neighbourhood map rather than a listing tag.
The Rockport cluster
YCC 3 at 415 Silverstone Drive is attributed to the Rockport Group — the same developer as YCC 1 on Martin Grove Road. Two of the first three York condominium corporations, by the same developer, within about a kilometre of each other. That is a genuinely interesting fact about this corner of Etobicoke, and it is why the Globe and Mail’s description of Bert Winberg’s first condominium as being “on Albion Road” is ambiguous: 415 Silverstone fronts Albion Road too.
Note also that Lexington Avenue appears in the address list of YCC 1 (6 Lexington), YCC 3 (59–69 Lexington) and YCC 10 (39–47 Lexington). Ontario’s earliest condominium corporations are physically clustered along one short street.
What to check before buying in any of them
- The declaration. Written under the 1967 Act, these documents define units and common elements in ways that differ from modern practice. What you maintain versus what the corporation maintains may surprise you. This is a lawyer’s job, not a skim.
- The reserve fund study and the two before it. At fifty-plus years the trend across studies is the real signal.
- Special assessment history, asked for in writing.
- Parking. “Parking garage” is an amenity tag that appears on nearly every one of these complexes and I do not believe it is verified in every case. Confirm what parking comes with the specific home and whether it is owned or exclusive-use.
- The unit count, for the reasons above.
- The corporation number itself, via the free Condominium Authority of Ontario registry search. Every number in this article comes from a single listings database.
Why these are worth your attention
Family-sized townhouses of 1,000 to 1,500 square feet, some with four bedrooms, at prices well below anything comparable in the rest of Toronto. That is what these corporations are. The trade-off is age, and age in a condominium is a documents problem, not a mystery. Read the documents properly and you will know more about what you are buying than most purchasers of a brand-new tower suite ever do.
The takeaway
Five of Ontario’s earliest condominium corporations sit within a kilometre of each other in north Etobicoke, still doing what they were built to do: housing families in three-bedroom and four-bedroom townhouses at prices that no longer exist elsewhere in the city. Their age is not a reason to avoid them. It is a reason to read the declaration and the reserve fund studies properly, and to get the unit count and corporation number from the status certificate rather than from any website, including this one.
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Frequently asked questions
Which are the oldest condominium corporations in Etobicoke?
York Condominium Corporation numbers 1, 3, 8, 10, 19 and 25 are all townhouse complexes in north Etobicoke, built between 1968 and 1970. YCC 1 is on Martin Grove Road; YCC 3 is 415 Silverstone Drive; YCC 8 is 3 Kendleton Drive; YCC 10 is 43 Lexington; YCC 19 is 444 Silverstone Drive; YCC 25 is 252 John Garland.
How do condominium corporation numbers work in Ontario?
They are assigned sequentially within a land registry region, so a lower number means an older corporation. Different prefixes such as YCC, MTCC and TSCC run independent sequences. Nearby corporations at YCC 239, 280, 409 and 478 date from 1975 to 1979, which is exactly where sequential numbering would put them.
Which is the largest of these early corporations?
3 Kendleton Drive, YCC 8, at 296 units spanning four separate street addresses across a superblock bounded by Albion, Finch, Martin Grove and Kendleton. It is reported as a Bramalea development, from a single source.
Is 252 John Garland really 252 units?
It is reported as 252 units, but the complex is also named after a street number of 252 — a coincidence that has the shape of a data-entry error. Confirm the unit count on the status certificate before relying on it.
Why does the declaration matter so much in these buildings?
These declarations were drafted under the Condominium Act, 1967 and define units and common elements differently from modern documents. What you are responsible for maintaining, versus what the corporation maintains, may not be what you expect. Have a lawyer read it in full.
Are these good value?
They are among the most affordable family-sized homes in Toronto — 1,000 to 1,500 square feet, some with four bedrooms. The trade-off is age, which in a condominium is a documents question. Read the reserve fund studies and the special assessment history and you will understand the risk clearly.
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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 — 415 Silverstone Drive Townhouses. Year built, 46 units, YCC 3, the Rockport Group attribution, property manager and address grouping. Accessed 7 September 2026.
- condos.ca — 3 Kendleton Drive Townhouses. Year built, 296 units, YCC 8, the Bramalea attribution, unit sizes, the two-spaces-per-unit parking figure and the four-address superblock. Accessed 7 September 2026.
- condos.ca — 43 Lexington Townhouses. Year built, 61 units, YCC 10, property manager and amenity tags. Accessed 7 September 2026.
- condos.ca — 444 Silverstone Drive Townhouses. Year built, 142 units, YCC 19, property manager, unit sizes and the four-bedroom homes in the listing history. Accessed 7 September 2026.
- condos.ca — 252 John Garland Townhouses. Year built, the disputed 252-unit figure, YCC 25, property manager, unit sizes and parking. Accessed 7 September 2026.
- Law Society of Ontario Great Library — Ontario condominium law changes. The Condominium Act, S.O. 1967 and the Condominium Act, 1998 in force May 2001 — the basis for rejecting the claim of a 1978 Act. Accessed 7 September 2026.
- Condominium Authority of Ontario — condo registry search. Free public verification of corporation numbers and registrations. 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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