The Angus Glen Community

Your guide to Angus Glen

Angus Glen is the golf-course community in north Unionville that Kylemore Communities began building in 1997 on the former Stollery family farm, laid out around the South Course of Angus Glen Golf Club and the Bruce Creek valley. It remains one of Markham's most sought-after neighbourhoods, and the new homes now rising on the former York Downs Golf and Country Club lands to the south mean that it is growing again.

On this page you will find the origins of the community, its villages and later phases, the new communities on the York Downs lands, the housing types, the advantages and trade-offs of living here, and the schools, amenities and transit that serve it.

Welcome to Angus Glen

Angus Glen lies at the northern edge of Unionville, between Major Mackenzie Drive and 16th Avenue and west of Kennedy Road, with the older estate homes around Glenbourne Park Drive along its western side. At its centre is the South Course of Angus Glen Golf Club, which follows the Bruce Creek valley, and the community wraps around the course's southern holes, so that a large share of homes back onto fairways, the creek valley or one of the ponds. The original Kylemore community is made up of two villages on either side of Bruce Creek: East Village, which runs east to Kennedy Road, and West Village, which sits directly across Major Mackenzie Drive from the Angus Glen Community Centre and Library.

Kylemore planned both villages on New Urbanism principles, and the result is a neighbourhood that looks and feels different from most of Markham. Homes have front porches set close to tree-lined streets, garages sit at the back on rear lanes or are set well behind the front of the house, and streets are laid out to end on a view of a park, a pond or the golf course. Street names draw on the great links courses of Scotland and Ireland, among them Muirfield Trail, Royal Troon Crescent, Port Rush Trail and Royal County Down Crescent, while Stollery Pond Crescent recalls the family whose farm this once was.

The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board divides the area differently from the way residents do, and it helps to know how when searching listings or comparing sales. The board's Angus Glen community covers only the land east of Bruce Creek, from Major Mackenzie Drive to Kennedy Road, which takes in East Village and the later homes along Kennedy Road. West Village, on the other side of the creek, is filed under Devil's Elbow, and the new homes on the former York Downs lands to the south are filed under Cachet, although most people simply call that area York Downs or Angus Glen South. A search on the Angus Glen community name alone therefore shows only part of the neighbourhood.

Origins of the Neighbourhood

Angus Glen takes its name from a cattle farm. In 1957 Arthur Stollery, a mining engineer and the son of a Toronto clothier, bought rolling farmland at Kennedy Road and Major Mackenzie Drive and named it Angus Glen Farm after his herd of Black Aberdeen Angus cattle. Over the following decades the farm grew to some 1,800 acres, and from 1967 it was also a thoroughbred breeding operation that produced two Canadian Horses of the Year, Lauries Dancer in 1971 and Kennedy Road in 1973, and earned Arthur Stollery a place in the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame.

In 1992 Arthur Stollery began turning the horse paddocks and the Bruce Creek valley, where his cattle had grazed, into a championship golf course designed by Doug Carrick. He died in 1994 before it was finished, and his son Gordon, a Calgary oil and gas executive, completed the project. Angus Glen Golf Club opened to the public in 1995 and was named Canada's best new course by Golf Digest that year. A second 18 holes, the North Course, followed in 2001, and the club went on to host the Canadian Open twice, in 2002 on the South Course and in 2007 on the North, as well as the golf events of the 2015 Pan American Games.

Gordon Stollery then turned to the land around the course. In 1997 he launched Kylemore Communities with partners Patrick O'Hanlon and Frank Spaziani, and Angus Glen East Village became the company's first community, recognized by the Ontario Home Builders' Association as the province's Best New Community. West Village followed in 2007 on the land west of Bruce Creek, and a series of smaller releases over the next decade completed the community. Gordon Stollery died in 2011, and his daughters, Cailey Stollery and Lindsay Stollery Jephcott, now lead both Kylemore and Angus Glen. Gordon Stollery Park, beside the community centre, was named in his honour in 2019, and Arthur Stollery's original farmhouse still stands beside Stollery Pond in West Village.

The Villages of Angus Glen

East Village, on the east side of Bruce Creek between the golf course and Kennedy Road, was the first phase and set the pattern for everything that followed. Along streets such as Prospectors Drive and Muirfield Trail, it combines detached homes on a range of lot widths with rear-lane townhomes, arranged around a village green off Prospectors Drive. A block in East Village was originally sold to the public school board as the site of an elementary school, but demographic studies never supported one, and the developer bought the land back in 2014 and built homes on it instead. Parkside East, released in 2013 on lots of 30, 35 and 43 feet, was the last group of detached homes in the village, which today numbers close to 600 homes.

West Village, launched in 2007 on the land west of Bruce Creek and south of Major Mackenzie Drive, was planned for the widest mix of homes in the community. Kylemore's original site plan grouped the lots into series: Town Manors, which are townhomes served by rear lanes and set around a central park; the Georgian Series on 35 and 43-foot lots; the Executive Series on 50 and 60-foot lots; and the Custom Series on 70-foot and one-third-acre lots in the southern part of the village. Its streets include Angus Glen Boulevard, Glengordon Crescent, Dungannon Drive and Royal County Down Crescent, and the Stollery Estates release of 2014, 26 lots beside the Stollery farmhouse and Stollery Pond, completed the village.

Through the 2010s Kylemore added a series of smaller releases on the edges of the community. The 6th, a pair of condominium buildings on Stollery Pond Crescent beside the sixth hole of the South Course, welcomed its first residents in 2016. Village Gate brought larger detached homes to the corner of Major Mackenzie Drive and Kennedy Road, the Brownstones at Angus Glen added three-storey townhomes along Major Mackenzie Drive, and Kennedy Manors filled the south-eastern edge of the community on Kennedy Road, where most of its 132 homes sold within ten days of their release in 2015.

York Downs and Angus Glen South

The land immediately south of the original community, known locally as York Downs or Angus Glen South, was until 2020 the York Downs Golf and Country Club. The club was founded in 1922 on a course near Bathurst Street and Sheppard Avenue in North York, which later became Earl Bales Park, and moved north to Unionville around 1970, to a 27-hole property on the north side of 16th Avenue between Warden Avenue and Kennedy Road. In 2015 its members voted to sell the land, a little over 400 acres, to a group of developers for about $412 million, and golf continued under a five-year leaseback until the course closed in 2020. We covered the original development proposal in detail when it was presented in 2017, in York Downs Golf & Country Club - Development Proposal Details.

Markham council supported the redevelopment in 2018, and the plan was approved through the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal in 2019. It divides the property into two communities of roughly 2,300 homes in total, on either side of a green corridor of creek valleys, woodlots and ponds, and more than a third of the former course is being dedicated to the City as parkland, valley and trails. The trail network is planned to link Angus Glen with Toogood Pond to the south and with the trails west of Warden Avenue.

Kylemore is building Angus Glen South Village on the western part of the site, connected by road to the original community. It is planned for more than 1,000 townhomes and detached homes on lots of roughly 30 to 70 feet, ranging from about 2,000 to more than 6,000 square feet, together with mid-rise condominiums and a village centre near 16th Avenue intended for a grocer, cafés, a daycare and medical offices. Sales began in 2020, construction started in 2024, and the first owners are now moving in.

The eastern part of the site, fronting 16th Avenue and Kennedy Road, is Union Village, built by Minto and Metropia. Launched in 2020, it offers detached homes on lots of 30 to 50 feet alongside traditional, rear-lane and back-to-back townhomes, about 1,200 homes in all, and its first residents moved in during 2022. Union Village is marketed under the Unionville name, but it shares the green corridor and the trail system with Angus Glen South Village and falls within the same school boundary.

Angus Glen Housing Types

Angus Glen offers a wider range of housing than most Markham neighbourhoods, from condominium suites to custom estates, and it is possible to move up, or down, without leaving the community. At one end are the suites of The 6th, from roughly 650 to 2,000 square feet, many with views over the South Course. Townhomes come in several forms, including the rear-lane townhomes of East Village, the Town Manors of West Village, the three-storey Brownstones on Major Mackenzie Drive and the Kennedy Manors on Kennedy Road, and most of them fall between about 1,700 and 2,600 square feet.

Detached homes make up the majority of the community. In East Village and much of West Village they sit on lots of about 30 to 50 feet, many of them rear-lane homes with the garage at the back of the lot and a porch facing the street, and they typically range from about 2,000 to 3,500 square feet. The Executive Series homes on 50 and 60-foot lots and the Village Gate homes at Major Mackenzie Drive and Kennedy Road are larger again, and the custom homes on the 70-foot and one-third-acre lots of West Village are the largest in the community.

Architecturally the community is unusually consistent. Kylemore's homes share traditional brick elevations, high-pitched roofs and front porches, and after nearly three decades of growth on the street trees, the older streets of East Village have matured into a settled, established neighbourhood. For buyers and sellers, the variables that matter most are the lot and what it backs onto. Two homes of similar size can differ considerably in value depending on whether they back onto the golf course, the Bruce Creek valley or a pond, face a park or sit on a rear lane, and establishing those differences is the first thing we do when we assess an Angus Glen home.

Living in Angus Glen

The setting is the community's greatest strength. A public championship golf course, the Bruce Creek valley and a series of ponds give a large share of homes an open outlook at the back, and the Angus Glen Community Centre and Library, with its pools, arenas and one of the largest library branches in Markham, is directly across Major Mackenzie Drive. The secondary schools that serve the area rank among the best in Ontario, Highway 404 is a few minutes to the west, and the range of housing allows owners to stay in the community as their needs change.

The trade-offs are worth understanding. Since it was first built, Angus Glen has had no elementary school of its own: the school block planned for East Village was returned to the developer and built on, and children have attended schools outside the community, most recently Buttonville Public School. That is now changing, as the public board has funded Angus Glen South Elementary School with a proposed opening in September 2028, and the existing Angus Glen streets are already within its boundary. Day-to-day errands generally mean a short drive, since shopping within the community is limited to the plaza at Kennedy Road and Major Mackenzie Drive, and the rear-lane design that gives many streets their character also means a smaller back yard and a garage reached from the lane.

Angus Glen is also in a period of change on both sides. To the south, construction on the former York Downs lands will continue for several years yet. To the north, Markham's Angus Glen Secondary Plan, adopted in 2023, provides for about 7,500 homes on the land between Major Mackenzie Drive and Elgin Mills Road and anticipates the golf course being reconfigured over time into a smaller footprint along the Bruce Creek valley. The first step has been announced: after the 2026 season the North Course will be redesigned as a nine-hole course, expected to open in spring 2027, while the South Course, which gives the existing community its setting, remains a full 18-hole championship course. Buyers should expect more construction activity and busier roads in the area as these new communities fill in.

Amenities, Schools and Transit

The Angus Glen Community Centre and Library at 3990 Major Mackenzie Drive East is the hub of the neighbourhood, with two NHL-size ice pads, a 25-metre pool and a leisure pool, a gymnasium, fitness facilities and a large branch of the Markham Public Library. Beside it are the Angus Glen Tennis Centre, with four indoor courts, and Gordon Stollery Park, with its playground, splash pad, skate park, basketball court and soccer field. Within the community, the village green off Prospectors Drive, Arthur Stollery Common on Angus Glen Boulevard and the trails and ponds along Bruce Creek provide open space close to home, and Angus Glen Golf Club, with its Silo restaurant, is open to the public.

For daily needs, the Shoppes of Angus Glen at Kennedy Road and Major Mackenzie Drive has a bank, a coffee shop and restaurants, and The Village Grocer is at 16th Avenue and Kennedy Road. Main Street Unionville, CF Markville and the shops and restaurants along Highway 7 are a short drive south.

The York Region District School Board has funded a new elementary school for the community, Angus Glen South Elementary School, with room for 637 students and a child care centre, proposed to open in September 2028. Until it opens, students in its boundary are held at Buttonville Public School. At the secondary level the area is served by Pierre Elliott Trudeau High School, which opened in 2002 and offers English and French Immersion programs, and Catholic families are served by All Saints Catholic Elementary School and St. Augustine Catholic High School. Pierre Elliott Trudeau and St. Augustine are both consistently among the top-ranked secondary schools in the province in the Fraser Institute's annual report card. Unionville High School's audition-based Arts Unionville program and Bill Crothers Secondary School's athletics program are open to students from the area by application, and Angus Glen Montessori on Kennedy Road incorporates the 1862 Colty's Corners schoolhouse. School boundaries are set by the boards and can change, so families should confirm the designated schools for a specific address with the York Region District School Board or the York Catholic District School Board.

York Region Transit buses run along Major Mackenzie Drive, Kennedy Road and 16th Avenue, and both Unionville and Centennial GO stations on the Stouffville line are a short drive south. Highway 404 has interchanges at Major Mackenzie Drive and 16th Avenue, and Highway 407 is a few minutes further south.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Angus Glen in Markham or Unionville?

Angus Glen is in the City of Markham, at the northern edge of Unionville, and is often described as part of Unionville. Postal addresses read Markham, and the Toronto board lists Angus Glen as a community within Markham, although its boundary covers only part of the neighbourhood.

Who built Angus Glen?

Kylemore Communities, the home building company Gordon Stollery launched in 1997 with Patrick O'Hanlon and Frank Spaziani, built the original East and West Villages and the later releases around them. On the former York Downs lands to the south, Kylemore is building Angus Glen South Village, and Minto and Metropia are building Union Village.

When was Angus Glen built?

East Village was launched in 1997 and West Village in 2007, followed by smaller releases, including The 6th condominiums, Kennedy Manors and the Brownstones, through 2016. Construction of Angus Glen South Village, on the former York Downs lands, began in 2024.

Is the Angus Glen golf course open to the public?

Yes. Angus Glen Golf Club at 10080 Kennedy Road is open to the public for daily play on its two courses, the South Course and the North Course, and it hosted the Canadian Open in 2002 and 2007. After the 2026 season the North Course is being redesigned as a nine-hole course, expected to open in spring 2027, and the South Course remains a full 18 holes.

Is there an elementary school in Angus Glen?

Not yet. A school block was originally planned in East Village but was never built on as a school, and students have attended schools outside the community, most recently Buttonville Public School. The York Region District School Board has funded Angus Glen South Elementary School, proposed to open in September 2028, and the existing Angus Glen streets are within its boundary.

What is being built on the former York Downs golf course?

The former York Downs Golf and Country Club lands, sold to developers in 2015, are being built out as two communities of roughly 2,300 homes in total: Kylemore's Angus Glen South Village on the west and Minto and Metropia's Union Village on the east. More than a third of the former course is being kept as parkland, valley and trails.

Is York Downs part of Angus Glen?

In everyday use, yes. The former York Downs Golf and Country Club lands directly south of the original community are widely called York Downs or Angus Glen South, and Kylemore markets its part of the site as Angus Glen South Village. On the Toronto board, however, these new homes are filed under the Cachet community, and West Village is filed under Devil's Elbow, so a listing search should include all three community names.

What is planned north of Major Mackenzie Drive?

Markham's Angus Glen Secondary Plan, adopted in 2023, provides for about 7,500 new homes between Major Mackenzie Drive and Elgin Mills Road, with the golf course reconfigured over time into a smaller footprint along the Bruce Creek valley. The first change is the North Course's conversion to nine holes after the 2026 season.

Considering a Move to Angus Glen?

Whether you own a home in Angus Glen and would like to know what it is worth in today's market, or you are comparing East Village, West Village and the new homes on the York Downs lands, we would be pleased to help. We have sold homes throughout Angus Glen over the years, and we understand how the phase, the lot and the view behind a home shape its value.  Contact The MAC Team or request a free home value consultation to get started.