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
411 - 360 BLOOR STREET E
Toronto (Rosedale-Moore Park), Ontario MLS® #29926843
Courtesy of SHAR ALIANI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
115 BERGEN ROAD
Toronto (Dorset Park), Ontario MLS® #29926855
Courtesy of JACK MA/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
781 ROCKAWAY ROAD
Georgina (Historic Lakeshore Communities), Ontario MLS® #29926862
Courtesy of ANITA REZAEI/ONE PERCENT REALTY LTD.
2027 ROY IVOR CRESCENT
Mississauga (Erin Mills), Ontario MLS® #29926874
Courtesy of YUBIN HUANG/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
TH120 - 26 CHURCHILL AVENUE
Toronto (Willowdale West), Ontario MLS® #29926886
Courtesy of LAN WENG/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
22 - 39 DREWRY AVENUE
Toronto (Newtonbrook West), Ontario MLS® #29926836
Courtesy of CHRISTOPHER TACK CHEUNG CHAN/RE/MAX IMPERIAL REALTY INC.
1811 - 340 DIXON ROAD
Toronto (Kingsview Village-The Westway), Ontario MLS® #29926901
Courtesy of VANZUL MONGA/HOUSESIGMA INC.
34 FREEMAN WILLIAMS STREET
Markham (Angus Glen), Ontario MLS® #29926898
Courtesy of RAY LIU/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
601 Lakeview Avenue
Middle Sackville, Nova Scotia MLS® #29926623
Courtesy of Alisha Caillie-Fleet/EXP Realty of Canada Inc.
6607 53 AV
Beaumont, Alberta MLS® #29926926
Courtesy of Ravi Mander/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
6175 Stinson WY NW NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29926818
Courtesy of Sean Lee/Royal Lepage Arteam Realty
119 STRATHALLAN BOULEVARD
Toronto (Lawrence Park South), Ontario MLS® #29926837
Courtesy of JING CHEN/HC REALTY GROUP INC.
67 NORTH EDGELY AVENUE
Toronto (Clairlea-Birchmount), Ontario MLS® #29926849
Courtesy of Eva Yan/SMART SOLD REALTY
527 - 98 LILLIAN STREET
Toronto (Mount Pleasant West), Ontario MLS® #29926844
Courtesy of JOY WU/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
409 - 86 DUNDAS STREET E
Mississauga (Cooksville), Ontario MLS® #29926870
Courtesy of SHEKHAR BANSAL/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
19 - 66 EASTVIEW ROAD
Guelph (Grange Road), Ontario MLS® #29926856
Courtesy of CHRIS MOCHRIE/M1 Real Estate Brokerage Ltd
22 BORDEN HILL COURT
Brampton (Central Park), Ontario MLS® #29926875
Courtesy of WILSON CHAN NGO/ROYAL LEPAGE CERTIFIED REALTY
28 BRIGHTWAY CRESCENT
Richmond Hill (North Richvale), Ontario MLS® #29926894
Courtesy of Patrick Posh/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
709 - 4070 CONFEDERATION PARKWAY
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29926899
Courtesy of PALLAVI SHARMA/CENTURY 21 PROPERTY ZONE REALTY INC.
5735 TAYSIDE CRESCENT
Mississauga (Central Erin Mills), Ontario MLS® #29926868
Courtesy of SYLVIA ZHANG/RE/MAX IMPERIAL REALTY INC.
2730 EWERT CRESCENT
Prince George, British Columbia MLS® #29926516
Courtesy of Jorden Birks/Royal LePage Aspire Realty
PH11 - 19 SINGER COURT
Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #29926833
Courtesy of EDWARD XIN/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
43 FINSBURY CRESCENT
London North (North J), Ontario MLS® #29926821
Courtesy of HILL HAM/KELLER WILLIAMS LIFESTYLES
2508 - 180 GEORGE STREET
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29926826
Courtesy of Kapilan Ramachandran/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
2504 - 308 JARVIS STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29926840
Courtesy of AMBER WEI/AVION REALTY INC.
1113 - 27 BATHURST STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29926838
Courtesy of BONNIE BO LI/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
606 - 30 HAYDEN STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29926845
Courtesy of DAVE MALONEY/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
22 LATITUDE LANE
Whitchurch-Stouffville (Stouffville), Ontario MLS® #29926864
Courtesy of KEVIN HOU/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
8 PACIFIC WIND CRESCENT
Brampton (Sandringham-Wellington), Ontario MLS® #29926871
Courtesy of JOGA REEHAL/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
2954 WISTERIA COURT
Mississauga (Central Erin Mills), Ontario MLS® #29926869
Courtesy of DONNA LEE/HOME STANDARDS BRICKSTONE REALTY
26 ALAI CIRCLE
Markham (Milliken Mills East), Ontario MLS® #29926895
Courtesy of Patrick Posh/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
2606 - 763 BAY STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29926839
Courtesy of RICK TIAN/HOMELIFE GOLCONDA REALTY INC.
13 - 825 SHELBORNE STREET
London South (South J), Ontario MLS® #29926822
Courtesy of MARCUS CAPORICCI/NU-VISTA PINNACLE REALTY BROKERAGE INC
10 ROSE AVENUE
Thorold (Thorold Downtown), Ontario MLS® #29926827
Courtesy of Annie Liu/Wisdomax Realty LTD
37 - 384 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29926841
Courtesy of MAY SALEHI/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
2607 - 252 CHURCH STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29926846
Courtesy of PERVEZ LAKHANI/iCloud Realty Ltd.
621 BEL TWP CON 8 CONCESSION
Havelock-Belmont-Methuen (Belmont-Methuen), Ontario MLS® #29926877
Courtesy of CD MOON/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
712 BRIMLEY ROAD
Toronto (Bendale), Ontario MLS® #29926891
Courtesy of RAJIB DAS/REAL ESTATE HOMEWARD
4788 KITWANGA DRIVE
108 Mile Ranch, British Columbia MLS® #29926734
Courtesy of James Carter/REMAX 100
71 RIMROCK CRESCENT
Whitby (Williamsburg), Ontario MLS® #29926854
Courtesy of RAMNEET GADI/ROYAL LEPAGE CERTIFIED REALTY
2910 - 3515 KARIYA DRIVE
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29926873
Courtesy of JUAN SANTOS/CITY CENTRE REAL ESTATE 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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