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.
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.
45 Seventh Street
Glace Bay, Nova Scotia MLS® #29204655
Courtesy of Leijsa Wilton/RE/MAX Park Place Inc.
2969 MURPHY PLACE
Innisfil, Ontario MLS® #29204663
Courtesy of JAMES TASCA/ICI SOURCE REAL ASSET SERVICES INC.
44 FRONTENAC AVENUE
Toronto (Bedford Park-Nortown), Ontario MLS® #29204606
Courtesy of CINDY SUN/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
BASEMENT - 69 SMOKEY HOLLOW PLACE
Hamilton (Waterdown), Ontario MLS® #29204668
Courtesy of ZULFIQAR AHMED MALIK/iCloud Realty Ltd.
3 - 7195 TRANMERE DRIVE
Mississauga (Northeast), Ontario MLS® #29204687
Courtesy of AMAN GANDHI/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
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.
1501, 1122 3 Street SE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29204694
Courtesy of Eric Boyd/RE/MAX House of Real Estate
186 FINDLAY DRIVE
Collingwood, Ontario MLS® #29204670
Courtesy of NICK SHORTT/Royal LePage Locations North
2842 Makowsky CRESCENT
Regina, Saskatchewan MLS® #29204638
Courtesy of Neal Schaefer/Realty Executives Diversified Realty
203A Dunlop STREET
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #29204688
Courtesy of Andy Goddard Realty P.C. Ltd./Realty ONE Group Dynamic
308 - 1720 BAYVIEW AVENUE
Toronto (Mount Pleasant East), Ontario MLS® #29204676
Courtesy of PETER RICHTER/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
44 Dale Close
Red Deer, Alberta MLS® #29204879
Courtesy of Michelle Langelaar/RE/MAX real estate central alberta
539 WILLOW Road Unit# 66
Guelph, Ontario MLS® #29204627
Courtesy of John Sanvido/eXp Realty (Team Branch)
2 - 2476 POST ROAD N
Oakville (RO River Oaks), Ontario MLS® #29204684
Courtesy of MANANTER KHOKHAR/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
105 - 181 ELMIRA ROAD S
Guelph (Willow West/Sugarbush/West Acres), Ontario MLS® #29204691
Courtesy of BALWANT SINGH BHANGU/RE/MAX PRESIDENT REALTY
38 HOWARD DRIVE
Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #29204677
Courtesy of YASHAR EINY/ROYAL LEPAGE TERREQUITY CONFIDENCE REALTY
806 - 75 DALHOUSIE STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29204659
Courtesy of JAMES TASCA/ICI SOURCE REAL ASSET SERVICES INC.
3602 - 55 CHARLES STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29204680
Courtesy of CASSIE WANG/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
523 - 3250 CARDING MILL TRAIL
Oakville (GO Glenorchy), Ontario MLS® #29204685
Courtesy of SUNNY GIROTI/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
239 ST PAUL STREET
St. Catharines (Downtown), Ontario MLS® #29204692
Courtesy of RAJNISH GARG/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
12 OSGOODE STREET
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #29204832
Courtesy of KAMAL KAUR/ROYAL LEPAGE FLOWER CITY REALTY
7295 ROAD 506 ROAD
Frontenac (Frontenac North), Ontario MLS® #29204717
Courtesy of Kerri Bradley/HOMES & COTTAGES UNLIMITED REALTY INC.
1507 - 208 ENFIELD PLACE
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29204887
Courtesy of PETER BHANDARI/RE/MAX GOLD REALTY INC.
389 North Market Street
Summerside, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29204268
Courtesy of Jeff Rodgerson/ROYAL LEPAGE COUNTRY ESTATES 1985 LTD
106 Saddlecrest Crescent NE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29204376
Courtesy of Sunny Bhandohal/Century 21 Bravo Realty
105B - 3071 TRAFALGAR ROAD
Oakville (JM Joshua Meadows), Ontario MLS® #29204270
Courtesy of SHERRY YANG/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
1210 - 5858 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Newtonbrook West), Ontario MLS® #29204256
Courtesy of ERIC GUO/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
1624 - 498 CALDARI ROAD
Vaughan (Concord), Ontario MLS® #29204251
Courtesy of MOLLY AU/HOMELIFE/BAYVIEW REALTY INC.
#LOWER - 58 MEADOWCREST LANE
Brampton (Northwest Brampton), Ontario MLS® #29204225
Courtesy of MICHAEL ZHANG/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY, BROKERAGE
C - 417 TWEEDSMUIR AVENUE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29204249
Courtesy of Simon Si/ROYAL LEPAGE PERFORMANCE REALTY
127 REVERIE Way
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29204287
Courtesy of Mai Phung/TrilliumWest Real Estate Brokerage
348 CARADOC STREET S
Strathroy-Caradoc (SW), Ontario MLS® #29204833
Courtesy of UTSAV GEHLOT/EXP REALTY
152.13 Acres Lochend Road & Twp Rd 262
Rural Rocky View County, Alberta MLS® #29204410
Courtesy of Shelly D. Profit/CIR Realty
156 Crestridge Common SW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29204454
Courtesy of Ryan L. Shandruk/RE/MAX Realty Professionals
MAIN - 3346 IVERNIA ROAD
Mississauga (Applewood), Ontario MLS® #29204555
Courtesy of ART ROITMAN/TIMES REALTY GROUP INC.
1908 NOLAN'S ROAD, R.R.#6 ROAD
Montague, Ontario MLS® #29204240
Courtesy of Mallory Desveaux/EXP REALTY
5014 50 Street
Eckville, Alberta MLS® #29204238
Courtesy of Sandi Hallgren/RE/MAX real estate central alberta
23 REVERIE Way
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29204288
Courtesy of Mai Phung/TrilliumWest Real Estate Brokerage
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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