3303 70 Avenue
Leduc, Alberta MLS® #29465687
Courtesy of Michelle A. Plach/HonestDoor 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.
4807 44 Ave
Stony Plain, Alberta MLS® #29210474
Courtesy of Rohin Geis/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
812 - 1 CONCORD CITYPLACE WAY
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29506993
Courtesy of FRANKY LI/PROMPTON REAL ESTATE SERVICES CORP.
2105 - 190 BOROUGH DRIVE
Toronto (Bendale), Ontario MLS® #29506998
Courtesy of KATHARINE LIU/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
83 CONEY ROAD
Toronto (Stonegate-Queensway), Ontario MLS® #29506979
Courtesy of GLORIA J. VALVASORI/Century 21 Signature Service
3 17 Heatherway Drive
Cornwall, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29507321
Courtesy of Mark Corney/ELITE REAL ESTATE ADVISORS INC.
3652 HAVEN GLENN
Mississauga (Applewood), Ontario MLS® #29507333
Courtesy of JYOTI RATH/Royal Lepage Real Estate Associates
44 CARLISLE STREET
St. Catharines (Downtown), Ontario MLS® #29507345
Courtesy of NATALIE KESHAVARZNIA/ROYAL LEPAGE NRC REALTY
51 BOWAN COURT
Toronto (Bayview Woods-Steeles), Ontario MLS® #29507193
Courtesy of KASH ALAVI-MEHR/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
225 McColl Street
New Glasgow, Nova Scotia MLS® #29507376
Courtesy of Fred El-Haddad/Blinkhorn Real Estate Ltd.
2 PARMBELLE CRESCENT
Toronto (Parkwoods-Donalda), Ontario MLS® #29507415
Courtesy of ROBERT CROCIONE/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
933 GLASGOW Street Unit# A
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29507201
Courtesy of CHRIS PUDIFIN/Royal LePage Wolle Realty
703 - 19 WOODLAWN ROAD E
Guelph (Riverside Park), Ontario MLS® #29507408
Courtesy of ROB GREEN/Royal LePage Royal City Realty
269 - 6 SAKURA WAY
Toronto (Banbury-Don Mills), Ontario MLS® #29507422
Courtesy of FALYN JENSEN/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
315 - 1200 DON MILLS ROAD
Toronto (Banbury-Don Mills), Ontario MLS® #29507434
Courtesy of SARA MISTRY/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
52 - 1131 SANDHURST CIRCLE
Toronto (Agincourt North), Ontario MLS® #29507441
Courtesy of JOHNNY CHOI/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
59 - 735 NEW WESTMINSTER DRIVE
Vaughan (Brownridge), Ontario MLS® #29507453
Courtesy of PATRICK ZAHAROV/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
BSMT - 29 GORE DRIVE
Barrie (Ardagh), Ontario MLS® #29507465
Courtesy of IRINA YOFFE/NORTH 2 SOUTH REALTY
B417 - 271 SEA RAY AVENUE
Innisfil, Ontario MLS® #29507458
Courtesy of DAVID BERTOLO/ROYAL LEPAGE MAXIMUM REALTY
10 PALACE Street Unit# D5
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29507477
Courtesy of Jignesh Dave/HOMELIFE MIRACLE REALTY LTD
15B BINGHAM Road
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29507484
Courtesy of Jessica Alexopoulos/Royal LePage Macro Realty
16 FALLGATE DRIVE
Brampton (Credit Valley), Ontario MLS® #29507504
Courtesy of GAURAV BAWEJA/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
3 TYNEDALE COURT
Hamilton (Carlisle), Ontario MLS® #29507516
Courtesy of KYRSTEN SHELBY FEERE/Royal Lepage Real Estate Associates
8 33860 MARSHALL ROAD
Abbotsford, British Columbia MLS® #29507511
Courtesy of Lovish Kalra/eXp Realty of Canada, Inc.
2704 - 60 TOWN CENTRE COURT
Toronto (Bendale), Ontario MLS® #29507446
Courtesy of RAJ VERMA/CENTURY 21 LEADING EDGE REALTY INC.
122 Windsor Drive
Stillwater Lake, Nova Scotia MLS® #29507303
Courtesy of Anne Pryde/Domus Realty Limited
200 KETCHIKAN CRESCENT
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29507264
Courtesy of Mike Robinson/ROYAL LEPAGE TEAM REALTY
1 3085 Sherman Rd
Duncan, British Columbia MLS® #29507341
Courtesy of Susan Hancock/RE/MAX Generation (CH)
4 April Lane
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29507322
Courtesy of Junkai Zhou/GOLD KEY REALTY LTD.
Route 12|Travalot Drive
Kildare Capes, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29507226
Courtesy of Perry Batten/ROYAL LEPAGE COUNTRY ESTATES 1985 LTD
107 WINNIETT Street
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #29507353
Courtesy of Jason Tangorra/Royal LePage Brant Realty
222 SCHOONER Drive
Port Dover, Ontario MLS® #29507478
Courtesy of Rod Fess/RE/MAX Erie Shores Realty Inc. Brokerage
787 BENNETT CRESCENT
Oshawa (Pinecrest), Ontario MLS® #29507182
Courtesy of TYLER SMITH/HOMESMITHS REAL ESTATE LTD.
1256 LINE 2 Road
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario MLS® #29507473
Courtesy of Scott Fishman/Royal LePage NRC Realty Inc.
15 WELLINGTON Street S Unit# 506
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29507480
Courtesy of Roy Gogna/CONDO CULTURE INC. - BROKERAGE 2
3306 - 223 WEBB DRIVE
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29507492
Courtesy of JUDITH ANN BROKKING/RE/MAX ABOUTOWNE REALTY CORP.
136 CINNAMON FERN Street
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #29507485
Courtesy of STEVEN W. SMITH/Re/Max Icon Realty
514 - 7405 GOREWAY DRIVE
Mississauga (Malton), Ontario MLS® #29507505
Courtesy of ANIL KUMAR SAKHUJA/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
955 ZELLER Crescent
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29507163
Courtesy of DUSTIN FORRESTER/ROYAL LEPAGE CROWN REALTY SERVICES INC.
50 MURRAY WILSON DRIVE
Markham (Cornell), Ontario MLS® #29507207
Courtesy of MICHAEL JOHN LAU/EXP REALTY
6370 ATHERLY Crescent
Mississauga, Ontario MLS® #29507396
Courtesy of Jasmina Topuz/Right at Home Realty
9384 Chemainus Rd
Chemainus, British Columbia MLS® #29507411
Courtesy of Mark Brotherton/Real Broker
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
Toronto Neighbourhood Guide