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.
3303 70 Avenue, Leduc, AB
Leduc, Alberta MLS® #29465687
Courtesy of Michelle A. Plach/HonestDoor Inc
PRO LIQUOR STORE
Vegreville, Alberta MLS® #30006458
Courtesy of Kuljeet Dhaliwal/Royal Lepage Arteam Realty
25 Oceanview Drive
Felix Cove, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #30106939
Courtesy of Diane Wheeler/RE/MAX Realty Professionals Ltd. - Stephenville
141 QUEEN STREET S
Mississauga (Streetsville), Ontario MLS® #30106977
Courtesy of LOUIS WANG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
103 SWIFT Crescent
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #30106989
Courtesy of ANDREW NOGUEIRA/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
Lot 189A Lucy Crescent
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island MLS® #30106991
Courtesy of Kris Fournier/RE/MAX CHARLOTTETOWN REALTY
414 - 260 BRITTANY DRIVE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30107343
Courtesy of Sandra Lee Marques/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
227 FERGUS Avenue Unit# 33
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30107634
Courtesy of BONNIE WILLIAMS/PEAK REALTY LTD.
74 Seaborn Street
St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #30106941
Courtesy of Natalie Osmond/BlueKey Realty Inc.
1271 McKenzie St
Victoria, British Columbia MLS® #30106953
Courtesy of Scott Faber/Royal LePage Coast Capital - Chatterton
47 BURLINGTON Street W
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #30106965
Courtesy of LONG LI/Rock Star Real Estate Inc.
#170 21252 TWP ROAD 530
Rural Strathcona County, Alberta MLS® #30106972
Courtesy of Kevin Balicki/MaxWell Devonshire Realty
118 - 12 WOODSTREAM BOULEVARD
Vaughan (Vaughan Grove), Ontario MLS® #30107021
Courtesy of NIMA NOJAVAN-KHEIRADDIN/HOMELIFE/CIMERMAN REAL ESTATE LIMITED
24 ST ANDREW Street
Port Dover, Ontario MLS® #30107026
Courtesy of Chuck Hogeterp/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
1182 COPE STREET DRIVE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30107069
Courtesy of Saurabh Garg/ROYAL LEPAGE INTEGRITY REALTY
102 GARRITY CRESCENT
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30107071
Courtesy of Shiny Huang/KELLER WILLIAMS ICON REALTY
912 - 55 SOUTH TOWN CENTRE BOULEVARD
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #30107088
Courtesy of CINDY QIAN/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
4802 - 5 BUTTERMILL AVENUE
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #30107090
Courtesy of LEO KIM/HOME STANDARDS BRICKSTONE REALTY
333 MCNEILLY Road
Stoney Creek, Ontario MLS® #30107095
Courtesy of Youming Zhao/Right at Home Realty
#2804 10238 103 ST NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #30107108
Courtesy of Gail A. Gaudry/NOW Real Estate Group
31 WINDERMERE DR SW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #30107211
Courtesy of Chris K. Karampelas/MaxWell Polaris
509 - 8 HILLCREST AVENUE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #30106888
Courtesy of JOSEPH TUCCI/SUTTON GROUP-ASSOCIATES REALTY INC.
2304 Sparrow Lane
Nanaimo, British Columbia MLS® #30106996
Courtesy of Michael Guan/Sutton Group-West Coast Realty (Nan)
323 HIDDEN CREEK Drive
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30106903
Courtesy of Christine Just/Peak Realty Ltd.
LOT 129 Waters Edge Lane
Cornwall, Prince Edward Island MLS® #30106636
Courtesy of Chloe Costa/KELLER WILLIAMS SELECT REALTY
208 5684 West Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia MLS® #30106713
Courtesy of Stephanie Boschel/Parachute Realty
61 MAHOGANY FOREST DRIVE
Vaughan (Patterson), Ontario MLS® #30106895
Courtesy of ALVIN C. LIU/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
BASEMENT - 156 CENTENNIAL ROAD
Toronto (Centennial Scarborough), Ontario MLS® #30106484
Courtesy of SUE VINE/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
27 STONEHILL AVENUE
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30106509
Courtesy of PAM KAMBOJ/RE/MAX GOLD REALTY INC.
8192 PETROLIA LINE
Brooke-Alvinston (Brooke Alvinston), Ontario MLS® #30106523
Courtesy of RENATA KAIJSER/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
3002 PRESERVE DRIVE, UNIT 25 DRIVE
Oakville (GO Glenorchy), Ontario MLS® #30106561
Courtesy of ANGELICA CHUNG/JDL REALTY INC.
501 - 1 VICTORIA STREET S
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30106573
Courtesy of AL IBRAHIM/REALTY ONE GROUP FLAGSHIP
63 - 1220 RIVERBEND ROAD
London South (South B), Ontario MLS® #30106612
Courtesy of HYERAN PARK/CENTURY 21 FIRST CANADIAN CORP
0 SHANVAL LANE
Marmora and Lake (Marmora Ward), Ontario MLS® #30106629
Courtesy of ALEXANDRA MCGUFFIN/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
17 KILBARRY ROAD
Toronto (Yonge-St. Clair), Ontario MLS® #30106718
Courtesy of OLYA WALKER/CHESTNUT PARK REAL ESTATE LIMITED
54 - 1080 WALDEN CIRCLE
Mississauga (Clarkson), Ontario MLS® #30106915
Courtesy of MATHIEU MCDUFF FITZGERALD/HAZELTON REAL ESTATE INC.
1310 RAVINE DRIVE
Mississauga (Lorne Park), Ontario MLS® #30106838
Courtesy of SAM ALLAN MCDADI/SAM MCDADI REAL ESTATE INC.
3111 ROBERT BROWN BOULEVARD
Oakville (GO Glenorchy), Ontario MLS® #30106840
Courtesy of FERAS RIYAL/ROYAL LEPAGE PINNACLE REAL ESTATE
6 EDGEWATER DRIVE
Brighton, Ontario MLS® #30106864
Courtesy of JAMES TASCA/ICI SOURCE REAL ASSET SERVICES INC.
123 Stanmol Drive
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island MLS® #30107045
Courtesy of Robbie Sehgal/RE/MAX CHARLOTTETOWN REALTY
Lot 09-4 Carrol Street
Alberton, Prince Edward Island MLS® #30106927
Courtesy of Julie Parker/CENTURY 21 COLONIAL REALTY INC
1247 Gordon ROAD
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan MLS® #30106876
Courtesy of Jonathan Blanchard/Royal LePage Next Level
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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