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
2336 MALCOLM CRESCENT
Burlington (Brant Hills), Ontario MLS® #29940639
Courtesy of SHERLY XAVIER ARUL SAMY/REAL ESTATE HOMEWARD
480 GEORGE STREET S
Peterborough (Town Ward 3), Ontario MLS® #29940735
Courtesy of Thomas Coughlan/The Nook Realty Inc.
#207 4075 CLOVER BAR RD
Sherwood Park, Alberta MLS® #29940848
Courtesy of Jodie M. Allen/Royal LePage Prestige Realty
538 Wilson ST
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario MLS® #29940475
Courtesy of Andrew Addante/Exit Realty True North
145 - 10 FARM VIEW LANE
Prince Edward County (Athol Ward), Ontario MLS® #29940660
Courtesy of SANDY GARDNER/Royal LePage Frank Real Estate
906 - 725 DON MILLS ROAD
Toronto (Flemingdon Park), Ontario MLS® #29940677
Courtesy of GARY SINGH/HOMELIFE/CIMERMAN REAL ESTATE LIMITED
MAIN FLR - 1572 QUEEN STREET E
Toronto (Greenwood-Coxwell), Ontario MLS® #29940684
Courtesy of SAHIR PARMAR/KELLER WILLIAMS PORTFOLIO REALTY
29 WILLCHER DRIVE
St. Catharines (Lakeshore), Ontario MLS® #29940367
Courtesy of Faith Rolleman/COLDWELL BANKER ADVANTAGE REAL ESTATE INC, BROKERAGE
724 RATHBOURNE AVENUE
Woodstock (Woodstock - North), Ontario MLS® #29940658
Courtesy of Craig Van Wees/Sutton Group Select Realty Inc Brokerage
13 MCKEE DRIVE
Caledon (Caledon East), Ontario MLS® #29941214
Courtesy of PETER RAMON DROOG/ROYAL LEPAGE MEADOWTOWNE REALTY
674189 HURONTARIO STREET
Mono, Ontario MLS® #29941269
Courtesy of MATTHEW GORDON LINDSAY/ROYAL LEPAGE RCR REALTY
276 Circlebrooke DRIVE
Yorkton, Saskatchewan MLS® #29941233
Courtesy of Delphine Gehl/Living Skies Realty Ltd.
667 BRASSWINDS TRAIL
Oshawa (Pinecrest), Ontario MLS® #29941276
Courtesy of Ray Schroer/Re/Max Impact Realty
112 - 275 CALLAWAY ROAD
London North (North R), Ontario MLS® #29941308
Courtesy of PETE LEBLANC/SUTTON GROUP PREFERRED REALTY INC.
1731 HUGHES LANDING ROAD
Addington Highlands (Addington Highlands), Ontario MLS® #29940355
Courtesy of Andrew Walmsley/Re/Max Quinte Ltd.
17 VERNON LANE
Huntsville (Stisted), Ontario MLS® #29940381
Courtesy of JENNAH MCINTYRE/Chestnut Park Real Estate
7516 ISLAND CRESCENT W
Ramara, Ontario MLS® #29940401
Courtesy of BECKY SPENCER/KELLER WILLIAMS EXPERIENCE REALTY
39 FIRE ROUTE 50
Havelock-Belmont-Methuen (Belmont-Methuen), Ontario MLS® #29940261
Courtesy of Tanya A Hudson/RE/MAX HALLMARK EASTERN REALTY
3 SIR LANCELOT DRIVE
Markham (Markham Village), Ontario MLS® #29940177
Courtesy of JESSICA LIU/GOLDENWAY REAL ESTATE LTD.
211 DALHOUSIE Street
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #29940689
Courtesy of Diana Wilson/Royal LePage Brant Realty
81 Fort Creek DR
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario MLS® #29940571
Courtesy of Andrea Zavitz/Century 21 Choice Realty Inc.
120 McNabb ST
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario MLS® #29940569
Courtesy of Alex Khamseh/Exit Realty True North
Lot 89 Rivercrest Lane
Greenwood, Nova Scotia MLS® #29940463
Courtesy of Kyla Stanick/Exit Realty Town & Country
31 BUD LEGGETT CRESCENT
Georgina (Keswick South), Ontario MLS® #29940139
Courtesy of HEATHER LYNN SOPOVSKI/ORIGIN COLLECTIVE REALTY LTD.
12A DELROY DRIVE
Toronto (Stonegate-Queensway), Ontario MLS® #29941618
Courtesy of RAKA PAUL/RE/MAX CROSSROADS REALTY INC.
739 - 125 OMNI DRIVE W
Toronto (Bendale), Ontario MLS® #29941500
Courtesy of DONNA GAO/RE/MAX EXCEL REALTY LTD.
3 AUBREY AVENUE
Richmond Hill (Oak Ridges), Ontario MLS® #29941543
Courtesy of UMER FAROOQ/RE/MAX GOLD REALTY INC.
325 GORDON DRIVE
North Bay (Widdifield), Ontario MLS® #29941702
Courtesy of ANITA KAPITANCHUK/Royal LePage Northern Life Realty, Brokerage
3553 MONASHEE STREET
Abbotsford, British Columbia MLS® #29941699
Courtesy of Victor Klassen/RE/MAX Nyda Realty Inc.
1311 PLAYTER PLACE
Oakville (GA Glen Abbey), Ontario MLS® #29941024
Courtesy of MICHAEL ZHANG/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY, BROKERAGE
46 TRILLIUM CRESCENT
St. Marys, Ontario MLS® #29941687
Courtesy of RONALD WILLIAM MORRISON/Coldwell Banker Homefield Legacy Realty
24 MCGREGOR DRIVE
Caledon, Ontario MLS® #29941601
Courtesy of AIYATHURAI KANAPATHIPPILLAI/HOMELIFE SUPERSTARS REAL ESTATE LIMITED
538 Pit Road
Nictaux, Nova Scotia MLS® #29941485
Courtesy of Elysha Juhlke/Royal LePage Atlantic (Greenwood)
10072 257 ROAD
Fort St. John, British Columbia MLS® #29941839
Courtesy of John Alexander/RE/MAX Action Realty Inc
541 PARKVIEW Crescent
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #29940824
Courtesy of CLARE DEJONG/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC. BROKERAGE-3
11 ORMSBY CRESCENT
Toronto (Forest Hill South), Ontario MLS® #29941067
Courtesy of AARON LUFTSPRING/RE/MAX REALTRON BARRY COHEN HOMES INC.
212 Roleika Drive
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia MLS® #29941625
Courtesy of Jeremy Snider/Domus Realty Limited
1097 Fleetwood Drive
Fall River, Nova Scotia MLS® #29940754
Courtesy of Todd Richardson/Exit Realty Metro
504 - 127 QUEEN STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29941466
Courtesy of SALLY LIAN/ROYAL LEPAGE TERREQUITY YMSL REALTY
67 LONGWOOD Drive
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #29940076
Courtesy of Keshia Williams/Royal LePage Wolle Realty
3208 - 255 VILLAGE GREEN SQUARE
Toronto (Agincourt South-Malvern West), Ontario MLS® #29940134
Courtesy of RYAN HUM/TRUSTWELL REALTY INC.
46 ALBERTA AVENUE
Toronto (Wychwood), Ontario MLS® #29940127
Courtesy of LOWREY CAIN/SAGE REAL ESTATE LIMITED
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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