Centennial Park Town Homes, 1-15 Centennial Park Rd: 35 Towns by the Park

Centennial Park Town Homes is the kind of complex buyers drive past without noticing: 35 townhouses from 1977, tucked onto a short street off Renforth Drive in central Etobicoke. What it offers is a family-sized home next to one of Toronto’s biggest parks, at a price well under a detached house on the same streets. What it asks of you is homework on a corporation that is almost 50 years old. I’m Jatin Dua, RE/MAX Quantum Realty.

Two corporations on one short street

The first thing to know is that Centennial Park Road has more than one townhouse condominium on it. This complex, YCC-305, covers 1 to 15 Centennial Park Road. Right beside it is a separate and older corporation, YCC-133, which takes in 11 to 19 Centennial Park Road and 580 to 586 Renforth Drive.

The street numbers overlap, which makes this easy to get wrong. Two corporations means two boards, two reserve funds, two sets of rules and two managers. A listing on this street tells you very little until you know which corporation it belongs to, so check the legal description on the listing before you compare fees or book a viewing. Your lawyer will confirm it again on closing, but you want to know much earlier.

For a buyer, the overlap is also useful. Two complexes of a similar age side by side give you a natural comparison. If one corporation has kept up its roofs and paving and the other has not, you will see it from the sidewalk.

Living next to Centennial Park

The street takes its name from Centennial Park, the large city park to the west that Etobicoke opened in 1967 for Canada’s 100th birthday on part of a former dairy farm. It has a golf centre, a conservatory, a stadium, arenas, sports fields, a toboggan hill, a splash pad and the Etobicoke Olympium athletic centre.

The park is also changing. The city’s master plan closed the go-kart track, and the city ended skiing on the hill in 2022. The park was a team training site for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, and in 2026 the city unveiled new baseball diamonds, beach volleyball and pickleball courts, soccer pitches and a multi-use field. For a family here, that is a lot of free recreation within reach.

The surrounding neighbourhood was mostly built out in the 1960s, with brick bungalows and side splits on wide lots. A 1977 townhouse complex is one of the few ways into this pocket of Etobicoke without buying one of those detached houses.

What 1977 means for the homes

Condos.ca lists the complex as one storey. That is how its database often records townhouse complexes, and it does not describe the homes. The listing currently on the market is described with three bedrooms plus an extra room, which points to family-sized layouts over several levels.

Condos.ca also lists a parking garage, visitor parking and permission to barbecue. In a townhouse complex of this era that can mean a garage attached to each home or a shared garage, and the difference matters for winter mornings and for your fee. Confirm which you are getting, and how many spaces come with the unit.

Homes from the 1970s often look dated inside and many have been renovated in pieces over the years. Ask the seller what has been updated and when, and have your home inspector look closely at windows, the electrical panel, plumbing and insulation. Some of those items belong to you and some to the corporation, depending on the declaration.

A small corporation with a long history

With 35 homes, every major project is shared among few owners. A new roof cycle or a repaving job that would barely move the fee in a 300-unit tower can mean a noticeable increase, or a special assessment, here.

At this age the complex is likely on its second cycle of roofs and possibly windows, and older underground services and site drainage start to need attention. The reserve fund study tells you what is planned and whether there is money set aside for it. Read it alongside the status certificate and recent board minutes before you firm up an offer.

Small corporations also depend heavily on a few volunteers. Ask how often the board meets, whether it has had trouble filling seats, and how long the current manager has been in place. A settled board with a clear plan is worth more than a fresh coat of paint on the unit you are viewing.

Pricing a 35-home complex

At the time of writing there was one home for sale here and none for lease. I do not quote a single listing’s price or fee, and condos.ca did not publish a building price per square foot, so there is no clean building average to work from.

A complex this small may go months without a sale, and each one moves the numbers a lot. Start with the recorded sales and leases in the data panel on this page. Then compare with the neighbouring corporation, YCC-133, and with other 1970s condominium townhouses in central Etobicoke, adjusting for parking, basement finish and what each fee covers.

The other comparison is freehold. If the gap between a townhouse here and a small bungalow nearby is narrow, the bungalow may be the better long-term buy. If it is wide, this complex gets you into the neighbourhood for less. I can pull both sets of comparables through my building sold report.

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Amenities at Centennial Park Town Homes

There is no gym, pool or party room here. Your amenities are your own front door, your parking and a barbecue on your own patio, and the biggest shared amenity is the city park down the road, which your fee does not have to maintain.

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