5556 50 Avenue
St. Paul Town, Alberta MLS® #29199362
Courtesy of Tyler J. Poirier/Century 21 Poirier 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.
4206 - 252 CHURCH STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29205045
Courtesy of MIN ZHU/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
45 Seventh Street
Glace Bay, Nova Scotia MLS® #29204655
Courtesy of Leijsa Wilton/RE/MAX Park Place Inc.
307 - 1 HYCREST AVENUE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #29204679
Courtesy of JOE DEMMA/CENTURY 21 HERITAGE GROUP LTD.
3280 MEAD CRESCENT
Burlington (Headon), Ontario MLS® #29204686
Courtesy of DANIELLA RENEE AITKEN/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
66 MANLEY LANE
Milton (DE Dempsey), Ontario MLS® #29204989
Courtesy of SUSHIL MISHRA/RE/MAX WEST REALTY INC.
LOWER - 47 BESSARION ROAD
Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #29205007
Courtesy of YULIA IVANOVA/UPPERSIDE REAL ESTATE LIMITED
2201 - 23 SPADINA AVENUE
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29205038
Courtesy of MUXIA HAO/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
B - 26 DREW BROWN BOULEVARD
Orangeville, Ontario MLS® #29205040
Courtesy of ANDREW MURDOCH/ROYAL LEPAGE RCR REALTY
292 POETRY DRIVE
Vaughan (Vellore Village), Ontario MLS® #29204775
Courtesy of GISSEL LOPEZ-LEIVA/RE/MAX GOLD REALTY INC.
34 ENDEAVOUR COURT
Whitby (Williamsburg), Ontario MLS® #29204876
Courtesy of OLIVIA MURPHY/KELLER WILLIAMS ENERGY REAL ESTATE
504 - 1037 THE QUEENSWAY
Toronto (Islington-City Centre West), Ontario MLS® #29204903
Courtesy of WILLIAM WEI/EASTIDE REALTY
2309 - 8 HILLCREST AVENUE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #29204605
Courtesy of CLAUDIA CHEUNG/PROPERTY.CA INC.
12 LIVELY WAY
Whitby (Rolling Acres), Ontario MLS® #29204612
Courtesy of BENJAMIN LAU/PMA BRETHOUR REAL ESTATE CORPORATION INC.
BASEMENT - 22 CHESTER STREET
Oakville (RO River Oaks), Ontario MLS® #29204617
Courtesy of BAOLIN ZHU/CENTURY 21 PERCY FULTON LTD.
1 - 772 STEPHENTOWN LANE
Kingston (City North of 401), Ontario MLS® #29204629
Courtesy of MISHELE MAHONEY/SUTTON GROUP-MASTERS REALTY INC., BROKERAGE
47 Willow Springs CR
Sylvan Lake, Alberta MLS® #29204636
Courtesy of Darcy L. Joubert/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
72 JOLLY WAY
Toronto (Dorset Park), Ontario MLS® #29204725
Courtesy of FRANK FARHANGI/SOTHEBY'S INTERNATIONAL REALTY CANADA
106 112th STREET W
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #29204787
Courtesy of Kevin A Tran/Boyes Group Realty Inc.
BASEMENT - 41 MINNACOTE AVENUE
Toronto (West Hill), Ontario MLS® #29204802
Courtesy of ISMAIL BHAM/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
19934 45A AVENUE
Langley, British Columbia MLS® #29204799
Courtesy of Karen Krinbill/Century 21 Coastal Realty Ltd.
709 - 215 VETERANS DRIVE
Brampton (Northwest Brampton), Ontario MLS® #29204807
Courtesy of SURESH RAMSUCHIT/iCloud Realty Ltd.
32 RED FOX PLACE
Toronto (Rouge), Ontario MLS® #29204821
Courtesy of UTHAYAK SUBRAMANIAM/RE/MAX COMMUNITY REALTY INC.
LOWER - 5278 ASTWELL AVENUE
Mississauga (Hurontario), Ontario MLS® #29204852
Courtesy of MANOG JAIN/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
4402 - 4015 THE EXCHANGE E
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29204871
Courtesy of SUMEET JOHAL/RE/MAX PRESIDENT REALTY
334 RATTLESNAKE Road Unit# 48
Lowbanks, Ontario MLS® #29204910
Courtesy of Tonya Kowch/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
20 ESQUIRE WAY
Whitby (Taunton North), Ontario MLS® #29204927
Courtesy of TIFFAN KANNATHASAN/RE/MAX METROPOLIS REALTY
16322 HILLVIEW PLACE
Caledon (Palgrave), Ontario MLS® #29204939
Courtesy of PURVA BHATIA/CENTURY 21 PARAMOUNT REALTY INC.
7878 SEABISCUIT DRIVE
Niagara Falls (Ascot), Ontario MLS® #29204965
Courtesy of SANDY BAL/EXP REALTY
6553 Andrews Gate Southwest
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29204977
Courtesy of Sam H. Shah/RE/MAX Excellence
4 DANTEK COURT
Brampton (Brampton North), Ontario MLS® #29204984
Courtesy of SUSHIL MISHRA/RE/MAX WEST REALTY INC.
5533 LOONLAKE AVENUE
Mississauga (East Credit), Ontario MLS® #29205021
Courtesy of YOUNG YE/WANTHOME REALTY INC.
3212 - 395 SQUARE ONE DRIVE
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29205019
Courtesy of SHERIF SALIB/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY, BROKERAGE
33 - 270 MELVIN AVENUE
Hamilton (McQuesten), Ontario MLS® #29205034
Courtesy of ANNA KOZLOVA/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
44 FRONTENAC AVENUE
Toronto (Bedford Park-Nortown), Ontario MLS® #29204606
Courtesy of CINDY SUN/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
2969 MURPHY PLACE
Innisfil, Ontario MLS® #29204663
Courtesy of JAMES TASCA/ICI SOURCE REAL ASSET SERVICES INC.
BASEMENT - 69 SMOKEY HOLLOW PLACE
Hamilton (Waterdown), Ontario MLS® #29204668
Courtesy of ZULFIQAR AHMED MALIK/iCloud Realty Ltd.
186 FINDLAY DRIVE
Collingwood, Ontario MLS® #29204670
Courtesy of NICK SHORTT/Royal LePage Locations North
3 - 7195 TRANMERE DRIVE
Mississauga (Northeast), Ontario MLS® #29204687
Courtesy of AMAN GANDHI/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
1501, 1122 3 Street SE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29204694
Courtesy of Eric Boyd/RE/MAX House of Real Estate
5205 - 50 CHARLES STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29204721
Courtesy of TERESA GU/HC REALTY GROUP INC.
111 ALBERT STREET S
Kawartha Lakes (Lindsay), Ontario MLS® #29204834
Courtesy of PERRY SUN/RE/MAX EXCEL REALTY LTD.
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.
Get the life you’ve always wanted in Cabbagetown! Whether you’re looking for a place to call home or a home for your growing family, let the FreemanTeam® help you find the perfect place to live. Contact Freeman Real Estate, today and start living!
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Toronto Neighbourhood Guide
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