2905 - 125 BLUE JAYS WAY
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29173331
Courtesy of KEN SUI/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
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.
807 - 50 BRIAN HARRISON WAY
Toronto (Bendale), Ontario MLS® #29173336
Courtesy of RYAN SEE/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
681 BRISTOL ROAD W
Mississauga (Hurontario), Ontario MLS® #29173343
Courtesy of MICHELLE YU/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES SUCCESS TEAM
622 - 33 MILL STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29173332
Courtesy of MICHAEL SIDNEY SKROBACKY/KELLER WILLIAMS REFERRED URBAN REALTY
819 PAPE AVENUE
Toronto (Danforth Village-East York), Ontario MLS® #29173337
Courtesy of MAHMUD NAQVI/ROYAL LEPAGE VISION REALTY
90 JACQUELINE STREET
London South (South I), Ontario MLS® #29173325
Courtesy of FADY FADDOUL/OAK AND KEY REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE, INC.
2508 - 85 WOOD STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29173333
Courtesy of JAY KUANG/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
MAIN - 1162 NELSON STREET
Oshawa (Farewell), Ontario MLS® #29173338
Courtesy of HENRY ZHAO/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
REAR - 59 HEMINGWAY CRESCENT
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #29173340
Courtesy of BARRY ZHUANG/HARVEY KALLES REAL ESTATE LTD.
508 - 20 THOMAS RILEY ROAD W
Toronto (Islington-City Centre West), Ontario MLS® #29173345
Courtesy of RONALD HUANG/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
2316 - 121 MCMAHON DRIVE
Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #29173334
Courtesy of SERENA WU/RE/MAX EXCEL REALTY LTD.
BASEMENT - 62 ADRIAN CRESCENT
Markham (Raymerville), Ontario MLS® #29173341
Courtesy of ANNIE LIN/HC REALTY GROUP INC.
1008 - 65 EAST LIBERTY STREET
Toronto (Niagara), Ontario MLS® #29173330
Courtesy of PENG GAO/MASTER'S TRUST REALTY INC.
301 - 1400 KINGSTON ROAD
Toronto (Birchcliffe-Cliffside), Ontario MLS® #29173335
Courtesy of SUE VINE/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
MAIN FLOOR - 21 THOMSON STREET
Barrie (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29173342
Courtesy of ANDREW O. ENOFE/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
129 Champagne Lane
Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia MLS® #29173266
Courtesy of Sandra Bryant/Bryant Realty Atlantic
84 CONFEDERATION AVENUE
Thorold (Confederation Heights), Ontario MLS® #29170281
Courtesy of Karen Blackley/BOLDT REALTY INC., BROKERAGE
414 - 251 MASONRY WAY
Mississauga (Port Credit), Ontario MLS® #29170298
Courtesy of CHERYL MICKOLWIN/BOSLEY REAL ESTATE LTD.
8923 MORNING GLORY ROAD
Georgina (Baldwin), Ontario MLS® #29170332
Courtesy of JENNIFER JONES/EXP REALTY
5 WELLINGTON Street S Unit# 703
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29170337
Courtesy of Arch Sharma/HomeLife Power Realty Inc.
8 150 RIVER STREET
Lumsden, Saskatchewan MLS® #29170344
Courtesy of Ryan Spanier/RE/MAX Crown Real Estate
606 - 107 ROGER STREET
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #29170351
Courtesy of ALEX MIRANDA/RE/MAX PREMIER INC.
3654 NAVAN ROAD
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29170356
Courtesy of Josee Blaskie/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY GROUP
256 MOUNTAIN ROAD
Grimsby (Grimsby Escarpment), Ontario MLS® #29170399
Courtesy of DARIO GRANIC/ASHLEY, C., REALTY INC.
1105 - 15 ICEBOAT TERRACE
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29170419
Courtesy of SARAH LOUISE STANWAY/RE/MAX ULTIMATE REALTY INC.
F*28 - 4300 STEELES AVENUE E
Markham (Milliken Mills East), Ontario MLS® #29170438
Courtesy of RACHEL ALISON MOK/CENTURY 21 ATRIA REALTY INC.
479 Bear River Road
Bear River, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29170457
Courtesy of Christopher Blaisdell/COLDWELL BANKER/PARKER REALTY MONTAGUE
235-241 Beachy Cove Road
Portugal Cove-St. Philip's, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29170469
Courtesy of RUBY MANUEL/Royal LePage Atlantic Homestead
PH2 - 260 BESSERER STREET
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29170503
Courtesy of Todd McLaughlin/ROYAL LEPAGE PERFORMANCE REALTY
104 SOUTH Street E
Aylmer, Ontario MLS® #29170508
Courtesy of Melissa Carter/KELLER WILLIAMS INNOVATION REALTY
50 ARAMAN DRIVE
Toronto (Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan), Ontario MLS® #29170546
Courtesy of SAM EL-HAJJ/ROYAL LEPAGE YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
1381 HUNTER STREET
Innisfil (Alcona), Ontario MLS® #29170572
Courtesy of RYAH LOPIZZO/KELLER WILLIAMS REALTY CENTRES
1 - 19 PETER STREET S
Orillia, Ontario MLS® #29170589
Courtesy of STELLA HUTCHINSON/ROYAL LEPAGE FIRST CONTACT REALTY
3826 ALLCROFT ROAD
Mississauga (Lisgar), Ontario MLS® #29170609
Courtesy of ROBERT W. SPENCE/SUNBELLE REALTY LTD.
404 - 101 PINHEY STREET N
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29170630
Courtesy of Joanne Hutchinson/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY GROUP
152 BISHOP DRIVE
Barrie (Ardagh), Ontario MLS® #29170647
Courtesy of VANESSA MOREAU/Team Hawke Realty
112 YORK DOWNS DRIVE
Toronto (Clanton Park), Ontario MLS® #29170673
Courtesy of DAVID SOBERANO/RE/MAX REALTRON DAVID SOBERANO GROUP
431 ROXTON ROAD
Toronto (Palmerston-Little Italy), Ontario MLS® #29170678
Courtesy of ROBBIE XU/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
Nebraska Road
South West Lot 16, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29170692
Courtesy of Roger Wells/ROYAL LEPAGE COUNTRY ESTATES 1985 LTD
215 13468 KING GEORGE BOULEVARD
Surrey, British Columbia MLS® #29170731
Courtesy of Chris Gaundan/RE/MAX Colonial Pacific Realty
1611 - 3845 LAKE SHORE BOULEVARD W
Toronto (Long Branch), Ontario MLS® #29170748
Courtesy of BECKY T. LU-DO/CENTURY 21 LEADING EDGE REALTY INC.
97 TINER AVENUE
Thames Centre (Dorchester), Ontario MLS® #29170781
Courtesy of GRAHAM GOSS/SUTTON GROUP - SELECT REALTY
5109 - 1 CONCORD CITYPLACE WAY
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29170820
Courtesy of MAGGIE MA/CENTURY 21 KENNECT REALTY
201 - 9191 YONGE STREET
Richmond Hill (Langstaff), Ontario MLS® #29170868
Courtesy of HYUN JI KIM/REMAX YC 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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