4807 44 Ave
Stony Plain, Alberta MLS® #29210474
Courtesy of Rohin Geis/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
Cabbagetown
Cabbagetown
Preserving Victorian Housing Architechture
Featured Cabbagetown Listings
Featured Cabbagetown Listings
Cabbagetown is home to many artists, musicians, journalists, writers, lawyers, management consultants, and many other professionals.
400 5556 50 Avenue
St. Paul Town, Alberta MLS® #29199362
Courtesy of Tyler J. Poirier/Century 21 Poirier Real Estate
28 Milton Road
Paradise, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29244531
Courtesy of DEBBIE BUDDEN/Keller Williams Platinum Realty
Lot 5 VERNON ROAD
Quesnel, British Columbia MLS® #29243759
Courtesy of Curtis Burbs Burbee/Royal LePage Aspire Realty (Que)
2815 - 108 PETER STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29244271
Courtesy of CHRIS SY/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
26 BUCKINGHAM AVENUE
Toronto (Lawrence Park South), Ontario MLS® #29244226
Courtesy of MO ALIAZIZI/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
1510 - 65 BROADWAY AVENUE
Toronto (Mount Pleasant West), Ontario MLS® #29244233
Courtesy of KYLE WANG/SMART SOLD REALTY
11 MACKINAC CRESCENT
Toronto (Bendale), Ontario MLS® #29244238
Courtesy of SAL CAMERA/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
229 - 30 DREAMERS WAY
Toronto (Regent Park), Ontario MLS® #29244269
Courtesy of SKY QIU/RE/MAX IMPERIAL REALTY INC.
10 OAK STREET - 4449 MILBUROUGH LINE
Burlington, Ontario MLS® #29244505
Courtesy of MARNIE CROMPTON/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
100 - 896 EGLINTON AVENUE E
Toronto (Leaside), Ontario MLS® #29244473
Courtesy of SHAY ASNANI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
2605F BATTLEFORD ROAD
Mississauga (Meadowvale), Ontario MLS® #29244500
Courtesy of ARLYN FORTIN/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
170 HADDON Avenue N
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29244497
Courtesy of Laura Doucette/Sutton Group Innovative Realty Inc.
236 LONGBOAT Run
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #29244492
Courtesy of Nick Bhullar/Re/Max REALTY SERVICES INC
N/A BASELINE ROAD
Georgina (Historic Lakeshore Communities), Ontario MLS® #29244480
Courtesy of JENNIFER JONES/EXP REALTY
Lot Gulf Shore Road
Gulf Shore, Nova Scotia MLS® #29244442
Courtesy of Derek Near/Royal LePage Atlantic (Dartmouth)
904 - 77 LOMBARD STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29244234
Courtesy of CHRISTINA CRUISE/THE AGENCY
901 - 286 MAIN STREET
Toronto (East End-Danforth), Ontario MLS® #29244239
Courtesy of SERWAT NAZ AHMED/THE AGENCY
345 QUEEN MARY DRIVE
Brampton (Fletcher's Meadow), Ontario MLS® #29244246
Courtesy of ANDRE DELONNIE DAWKINS/INFINITE REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE INC.
1036 - 55 GEORGE APPLETON WAY
Toronto (Downsview-Roding-CFB), Ontario MLS® #29244284
Courtesy of MICHAEL GORDON SIM/REAL ESTATE HOMEWARD
212 - 20 BURKEBROOK PLACE
Toronto (Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills), Ontario MLS® #29244335
Courtesy of ALEXANDRA LINTON/SAGE REAL ESTATE LIMITED
183 WAVERLEY ROAD
Toronto (The Beaches), Ontario MLS® #29244412
Courtesy of BEVERLEY CRAIG/ROYAL LEPAGE ESTATE REALTY
1855 MARCONI BOULEVARD
London East (East I), Ontario MLS® #29244525
Courtesy of REMUS CIMPAN/PEAK REALTY LTD.
720 PARKVIEW CRESCENT
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #29244520
Courtesy of MATTHEW STEPHEN ROONEY/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
410 - 3385 DUNDAS STREET W
Toronto (Runnymede-Bloor West Village), Ontario MLS® #29244498
Courtesy of ARLYN FORTIN/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
9 MIA Drive
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29244493
Courtesy of Robert E. De Benedetti/Royal LePage Macro Realty
1 WILLIS DRIVE
Aurora (Aurora Highlands), Ontario MLS® #29244486
Courtesy of PASHA FARZANEH/FOREST HILL REAL ESTATE INC.
60 OWENS ROAD
New Tecumseth, Ontario MLS® #29244481
Courtesy of KRISTINA BARYBINA/HOMELIFE OPTIMUM REALTY
355 Oak Island Road
Avonport, Nova Scotia MLS® #29244405
Courtesy of Stephanie Boschel/Parachute Realty
10 COBBLESTONE STREET
Belleville (Belleville Ward), Ontario MLS® #29244223
Courtesy of George Wang/EXP REALTY
2108 - 2A CHURCH STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29244235
Courtesy of PHILIP YUNG/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
PH 11 - 280 DUNDAS STREET W
Toronto (Kensington-Chinatown), Ontario MLS® #29244230
Courtesy of SANDEEP BATRA/SAVE MAX REAL ESTATE INC.
3709 E - 1926 LAKE SHORE BOULEVARD W
Toronto (High Park-Swansea), Ontario MLS® #29244247
Courtesy of SUSAN DELEAN/SUTTON GROUP-ASSOCIATES REALTY INC.
117 MONTEBELLO AVENUE
Vaughan (Sonoma Heights), Ontario MLS® #29244242
Courtesy of SHIRLEY YB XU/RE/MAX IMPERIAL REALTY INC.
36 VALONIA DRIVE
Brampton (Brampton North), Ontario MLS® #29244285
Courtesy of SARABJIT SINGH BEDI/CENTURY 21 LEGACY LTD.
40 DOUET LANE
Ajax (South East), Ontario MLS® #29244413
Courtesy of FARHAN MALIK/CENTURY 21 SKYLARK REAL ESTATE LTD.
301 - 58 MARINE PARADE DRIVE
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #29244420
Courtesy of SOCRATES APALLAS/REAL ESTATE HOMEWARD
14 JUNE CALLWOOD Way
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #29244292
Courtesy of Tony Pucci/Royal LePage Action Realty
409 - 10 CONCORD PLACE
Grimsby (Grimsby Beach), Ontario MLS® #29244519
Courtesy of ALI VAHIDI-ARBABI/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
126 MOUNTAIN Road
Grimsby, Ontario MLS® #29244514
Courtesy of Zoi A. Ouzas/RE/MAX Garden City Realty Inc.
Toronto Cabbagetown Community
Toronto Cabbagetown Community
Cabbagetown is a neighbourhood in central Toronto. It largely features semi-detached Victorian houses and is recognized as "the largest continuous area of preserved Victorian housing in all of North America".
HISTORY
Cabbagetown's history began in the 1840's when thousands of Irish immigrants settled there after fleeing the potato famine in their homeland. To help put food on the table these first Cabbagetown residents grew cabbages on their front lawns, which is how this district came to be known as Cabbagetown.
The area grew up in the 1840s around the Winchester Street Bridge, which before the construction of the Prince Edward Viaduct was the main northern bridge over the Don River. This was near the site where Castle Frank Brook flowed in the Don River. By the bridge the Don Vale Tavern and Fox's Inn were established to cater to travelers. In 1850 the Toronto Necropolis was established in the area as the city's main cemetery.
In the late 19th century the area was absorbed into the city of Toronto. It became home to the working class Irish inhabitants who were employed in the industries along the lake shore to the south in Corktown. Brick Victorian style houses were built throughout the area.
After the war the area became increasingly impoverished. A large number of poorer residents moved in, many resorting to share one house among multiple families. The nineteenth century brick houses began deteriorating, and as landlords saw less value in the neighbourhood, they were not maintained. It became known as one of Toronto's largest slums and much of the original Cabbagetown was razed in the late 1940s to make room for the Regent Park housing project.
The construction of new housing projects was halted in the 1970s. A bylaw was approved in the 1970s to ban any building higher than four storeys, in reaction to the high density high rises being built in neighbouring St. James Town.
Cabbagetown was gentrified by affluent professionals, beginning in the 1970s. Many residents restored small Victorian row houses and became community activists.
Vestiges of a 1960s, counter-culture ambiance remain at vintage clothing stores, health food stores and a gestalt therapy clinic. A Victorian farm, once the site of a zoo, is located adjacent to Riverdale Park West, where a weekly farmer's market is held. A short distance away is the Cabbagetown Youth Centre, home of the Cabbagetown Boxing Club, a reminder of an earlier, and rougher, past.
FESTIVALS
The (Annual) Cabbagetown Festival is held on the second weekend in September each year. Various individual events during the week lead up to the two-day Festival on the weekend. The highlight of the Festival is a parade on Saturday morning, which usually starts at 10:00 a.m.
The first Sunday in May sees the annual Forsythia festival organized by the Cabbagetown Residents Association. The festival includes a parade from Riverdale Park West to Wellesley Park, where games and family entertainment are held.
CABBAGETOWN REAL ESTATE
The neighbourhood is home to many artists, musicians, journalists and writers. Other residents include professors, doctors and social workers, many affiliated with the nearby University of Toronto. Proximity to the financial district and downtown core have also made the area popular with other professionals such as lawyers, management consultants and those in financial services.
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Toronto Neighbourhood Guide
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