Published 7 September 2026 · By Jatin Dua, Broker of Record, RE/MAX Quantum Realty
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Get My Free Estimate →Three small townhouse corporations in north Etobicoke: 2004 Martin Grove (1975, 71 units, YCC 239), 2028 Martin Grove (1976, 16 units, YCC 280, self-managed) and 40 Rexdale Boulevard (1979, 60 units, YCC 478).
All three sit far enough down the York numbering sequence to be clearly of their decade rather than pioneers — which itself is useful, because it corrects a common error. And one of them, at 16 units, is self-managed. That is a genuinely important thing for a buyer to understand before making an offer.
The three corporations
| 2004 Martin Grove Townhouses 2002–2018 Martin Grove Rd |
Built 1975 · 71 units · YCC 239 · manager unverified · unit sizes unverified |
| 2028 Martin Grove Townhouses 2028–2058 Martin Grove Rd |
Built 1976 · 16 units · YCC 280 · self-managed · two storeys · roughly 1,299–1,732 sq ft · indoor parking |
| 40 Rexdale Blvd Townhouses 16–40 Rexdale Blvd |
Built 1979 · 60 units · YCC 478 · two storeys · roughly 1,000–1,199 sq ft · one parking space per unit · Rexdale–Kipling |
These are not early corporations — and that matters
Martin Grove Road carries some of the very first condominium corporations in Ontario at its northern end: York Condominium Corporation No. 1 sits at 2068–2088 Martin Grove. It is easy to assume that everything on the street shares that history.
It does not. YCC 239 (1975) is roughly 230 corporations later in the sequence than YCC 1 (1968–69) — about seven years apart, and a different era of construction, financing and design. YCC 478 at 40 Rexdale Boulevard is later still.
If you see a listing on this street invoking “one of the first condos in Ontario,” check the corporation number before you believe it.
A 16-unit self-managed corporation
2028 Martin Grove has 16 units and is listed as self managed. Its fees are reported to exclude hydro, heat, air conditioning and water — a low-inclusion structure.
What self-management gets right. No management fee. Decisions made by people who live there and care about the outcome. Contractors hired on the basis of who actually did good work last time. Plenty of small corporations are run better by their owners than any third party would run them.
What can go wrong. Self-management depends on a small number of volunteers with the time, skill and willingness to do it. Record-keeping can be informal. Status certificates can be slow to produce. Reserve fund studies can be treated as a formality rather than a plan. And when the one person who has quietly run everything for fifteen years moves out, the corporation can find itself with no institutional memory at all.
None of that is a prediction about this corporation. It is a checklist. If you are buying at 2028 Martin Grove, ask who does the administration, how long they have done it, whether the reserve fund study is current, and whether the corporation has ever had a special assessment. The board will tell you, and their answers will tell you a lot.
And the arithmetic again: 16 units means every capital cost is divided sixteen ways.
40 Rexdale Boulevard is the outlier
It is the only one of the three in Rexdale–Kipling rather than the Mount Olive / West Humber cluster, and at 1979 it is the newest. Both sources agree on 60 units, two storeys, roughly 1,000–1,199 square foot homes, and one parking space per unit with indoor and visitor parking. Equity Builders Mississauga Corp is named as manager by a single source.
One parking space per unit is worth flagging for a two-vehicle household. Confirm whether additional parking can be rented from the corporation and on what terms.
A data problem worth knowing about
The same database tags 2004 Martin Grove as Mount Olive–Silverstone–Jamestown and the immediately adjacent 2028 Martin Grove as West Humber–Clairville. Those are neighbouring properties on one block of one street. At least one tag is wrong.
Neighbourhood tags in listing databases are not authoritative. If neighbourhood matters — for school catchment, for resale comparison, for anything — use the City of Toronto’s official neighbourhood map.
What is unverified across all three
- Developer — unknown for all three.
- Storeys at 2004 Martin Grove — one database says “1,” which is a known artifact for townhouse corporations and is not a measurement.
- Unit sizes at 2004 Martin Grove and 40 Rexdale — one source returns no data.
- Property managers — single-sourced where named, and contracts change.
- Registration dates — none confirmed against a registry. Use the free Condominium Authority of Ontario search.
- Any maintenance fee figure — no source publishes one at building level and I am not going to extrapolate from a single listing.
The takeaway
Three ordinary, affordable 1970s townhouse corporations that almost nothing has ever been written about. The most useful things I can tell you: they are of their decade, not pioneers, whatever a listing implies about Martin Grove Road; 2028 Martin Grove is a 16-unit self-managed corporation, which is a real consideration deserving direct questions to the board; and 40 Rexdale comes with one parking space per unit, which matters if you have two cars.
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Frequently asked questions
Are the Martin Grove townhouse condos among Ontario’s first?
No. 2004 Martin Grove is YCC 239 (1975) and 2028 Martin Grove is YCC 280 (1976) — roughly 230 and 280 corporations later in the sequence than York Condominium Corporation No. 1, which is also on Martin Grove Road and dates to 1968–69. Check the corporation number before believing a listing’s history claim.
What does it mean that 2028 Martin Grove is self-managed?
There is no professional property manager; the owners run the corporation themselves. That saves a management fee and can work very well, but it depends on volunteers with time and skill. Ask who handles administration, how long they have done it, whether the reserve fund study is current, and whether there has ever been a special assessment.
How many units are in each of these corporations?
2004 Martin Grove has 71, 2028 Martin Grove has 16, and 40 Rexdale Boulevard has 60. The 16-unit figure at 2028 makes it a very small corporation where every capital cost is divided sixteen ways.
How much parking comes with a home at 40 Rexdale Boulevard?
One space per unit, with indoor and visitor parking available. If you have two vehicles, ask whether additional parking can be rented from the corporation and on what terms.
Why do listing sites disagree about the neighbourhood?
One database tags 2004 Martin Grove as Mount Olive–Silverstone–Jamestown and the adjacent 2028 Martin Grove as West Humber–Clairville — neighbouring properties on the same block. Listing neighbourhood tags are not authoritative; use the City of Toronto official neighbourhood map.
What do the fees include at 2028 Martin Grove?
Reported to exclude hydro, heat, air conditioning and water — a low-inclusion fee structure. That means a lower monthly fee but higher separate utility costs, so compare total monthly cost rather than fee alone.
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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 — 2004 Martin Grove Townhouses. Year built, 71 units, YCC 239, amenity tags and the Mount Olive–Silverstone–Jamestown neighbourhood tag. Accessed 7 September 2026.
- strata.ca — 2028–2058 Martin Grove Rd. Year built, 16 units, two storeys, suite size range, indoor parking, fee exclusions and the West Humber–Clairville tag. Accessed 7 September 2026.
- condos.ca — 2028 Martin Grove Townhouses. Corporation number YCC 280 and the “self managed” designation. Accessed 7 September 2026.
- condos.ca — 40 Rexdale Blvd Townhouses. Year built, 60 units, YCC 478, property manager, unit sizes, one space per unit parking and the Rexdale–Kipling neighbourhood. Accessed 7 September 2026.
- strata.ca — 16–40 Rexdale Blvd. Year built, unit count, two storeys and neighbourhood, corroborating the condos.ca entry. Accessed 7 September 2026.
- Condominium Authority of Ontario — condo registry search. Free public verification of any Ontario condominium corporation number and registration. 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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