9928 81 Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29199942
Courtesy of Mark B. Wilbert/CIR Realty
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.
4807 44 Ave
Stony Plain, Alberta MLS® #29210474
Courtesy of Rohin Geis/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
1903 - 725 DON MILLS ROAD
Toronto (Flemingdon Park), Ontario MLS® #29880570
Courtesy of ALI KAROVALIA/NEWGEN REALTY EXPERTS
69 GILBANK DRIVE
Aurora (Aurora Heights), Ontario MLS® #29880582
Courtesy of VINCENT BONGARD/KELLER WILLIAMS REALTY CENTRES
5922 DELLE DONNE DRIVE
Mississauga (Churchill Meadows), Ontario MLS® #29880587
Courtesy of GURPREET SANDHU/iCloud Realty Ltd.
238 LORMONT BOULEVARD
Hamilton (Stoney Creek Mountain), Ontario MLS® #29880594
Courtesy of SANG DHILLON/EXP REALTY
7110 - 388 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29880602
Courtesy of JENNY JIAN/MAPLE LIFE REALTY INC.
159 FRANK KELLY DRIVE
East Gwillimbury (Holland Landing), Ontario MLS® #29880619
Courtesy of MARGARET MIAO-DAI/RE/MAX CROSSROADS REALTY INC.
1505 - 160 FLEMINGTON ROAD
Toronto (Yorkdale-Glen Park), Ontario MLS® #29880626
Courtesy of LAURA COOPER/ROYAL LEPAGE ESTATE REALTY
3377 HARGROVE ROAD
Mississauga (Erin Mills), Ontario MLS® #29880633
Courtesy of JESSICA GENG/RE/MAX IMPERIAL REALTY INC.
704 - 363 COLBORNE STREET
London East (East K), Ontario MLS® #29880563
Courtesy of JOAN BUTLER/SUTTON GROUP PREFERRED REALTY INC.
901 - 51 TROLLEY CRESCENT
Toronto (Moss Park), Ontario MLS® #29880568
Courtesy of MAJA CURIC/HOUSESIGMA INC.
#205 9908 84 AV NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29880645
Courtesy of Lesa M. Patermann/MaxWell Challenge Realty
61 Braemar Drive
Westmount, Nova Scotia MLS® #29880152
Courtesy of Cheryl Vickers/EXP Realty of Canada Inc.
5249 FAIR FORD CRESCENT
Mississauga (East Credit), Ontario MLS® #29880866
Courtesy of JITENDER KALRA/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
Unit 210 Hybrid Lane
East Uniacke, Nova Scotia MLS® #29880950
Courtesy of Johnathon Benedict/Royal LePage Atlantic - Valley(Windsor)
Lot 12-2 Vincents Road
North Grant, Nova Scotia MLS® #29880955
Courtesy of Dahlia DeCoste/RE/MAX Nova (Halifax)
7 ALONA Avenue
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #29880979
Courtesy of HEIDI HORWAT/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
66 BANFIELD Street
Paris, Ontario MLS® #29881004
Courtesy of Heather Lama/Century 21 Heritage House LTD
86 WHITEHOUSE CRESCENT
Brampton (Bram East), Ontario MLS® #29880758
Courtesy of CHIRAG KUMAR/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
Lot 10 889 Blue Sea Road
Malagash Point, Nova Scotia MLS® #29880892
Courtesy of Jen Demmings/Keller Williams Select Realty
188 KING Street S Unit# 413
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #29880830
Courtesy of Corinna Riquelme/Royal LePage Wolle Realty
4607 - 65 BREMNER BOULEVARD
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29880842
Courtesy of LINA PORRETTA/FOREST HILL REAL ESTATE INC.
Lot 04-5 Bloomfield Subdivision Road
Little Pond, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29880854
Courtesy of John Ployer/COLDWELL BANKER/PARKER REALTY MONTAGUE
88 QUEEN STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29880905
Courtesy of KEVIN HUANG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
203 - 23 BECKWITH STREET N
Smiths Falls, Ontario MLS® #29881047
Courtesy of Timothy Lee/CENTURY 21 SYNERGY REALTY INC.
40 - 2960 HEADON FOREST DRIVE
Burlington (Headon), Ontario MLS® #29881054
Courtesy of COLLEEN SORENSEN/Royal LePage Meadowtowne Realty Inc., Brokerage
4333 MAPLE DRIVE
Frontenac (Frontenac South), Ontario MLS® #29881162
Courtesy of JEN FITZPATRICK/RE/MAX FINEST REALTY INC., BROKERAGE
70 BEACHAM CRESCENT
Clarington (Newcastle), Ontario MLS® #29880657
Courtesy of Stephanie Harrison/The Nook Realty Inc.
24 CORY CRESCENT
Quinte West (Trenton Ward), Ontario MLS® #29880664
Courtesy of Elizabeth Quinn/Century 21 Lanthorn Real Estate Ltd.
154 MCCALL Crescent
Simcoe, Ontario MLS® #29880671
Courtesy of Andy Naudi/RE/MAX Twin City Realty Inc.
74 GREENINGDON Drive
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29880683
Courtesy of Renata Mattina/Royal LePage NRC Realty Inc.
24744 PIONEER LINE
West Elgin (West Lorne), Ontario MLS® #29880688
Courtesy of MIKE HOWARD/BLUE FOREST REALTY INC.
871 FLETCHER CIRCLE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29880695
Courtesy of Amanda Zhang/KELLER WILLIAMS ICON REALTY
952 Port Latour Road
Thomasville, Nova Scotia MLS® #29880703
Courtesy of Anne Swim/Keller Williams Select Realty (Shelburne)
17 RISTAU Crescent
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29880715
Courtesy of ROBERT A. HALTER/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
23 JACWIN DRIVE
Ajax (Central West), Ontario MLS® #29880734
Courtesy of BRENDA SEYMOUR/SUTTON GROUP-HERITAGE REALTY INC.
46 ROMANCE DRIVE
Richmond Hill (Rouge Woods), Ontario MLS® #29880739
Courtesy of MEI XU/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
9 QUAIL HOLLOW
Markham (Cornell), Ontario MLS® #29880741
Courtesy of GALLANT SHAM/TIMES SQUARE REAL ESTATE SERVICES INC.
116 RIVERLANDS AVENUE
Markham (Cornell), Ontario MLS® #29880746
Courtesy of CAMILLE SEGUIN/RE/MAX HALLMARK FIRST GROUP REALTY LTD.
7 MICHAEL CRESCENT
Barrie (East Bayfield), Ontario MLS® #29880753
Courtesy of DANIEL ZULETA/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
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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