4807 44 Ave
Stony Plain, Alberta MLS® #29210474
Courtesy of Rohin Geis/Royal LePage Noralta 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.
400 5556 50 Avenue
St. Paul Town, Alberta MLS® #29199362
Courtesy of Tyler J. Poirier/Century 21 Poirier Real Estate
28 Milton Road
Paradise, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29244531
Courtesy of DEBBIE BUDDEN/Keller Williams Platinum Realty
200 7 St. Anne Street
St. Albert, Alberta MLS® #29308248
Courtesy of Guy C. Hebert/Bermont Realty (1983) Ltd
205 7 St. Anne Street
St. Albert, Alberta MLS® #29308246
Courtesy of Guy C. Hebert/Bermont Realty (1983) Ltd
321 7 St. Anne Street
St. Albert, Alberta MLS® #29308247
Courtesy of Guy C. Hebert/Bermont Realty (1983) Ltd
BSMT - 71 MAJOR OAK TERRACE
Toronto (Milliken), Ontario MLS® #29308818
Courtesy of LEO LIN/RE/MAX ATRIUM HOME REALTY
23 CORAL Drive
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29308798
Courtesy of Naim Hassab/RE/MAX Real Estate Centre Inc.
501 - 9 CLEGG ROAD
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #29308849
Courtesy of REBECCA KOPEL/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
24 KIPLING DRIVE
Belleville (Thurlow Ward), Ontario MLS® #29308856
Courtesy of HOMER ZHU/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
4403 - 300 FRONT STREET W
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29308837
Courtesy of LOU PICCIONI/KELLER WILLIAMS PORTFOLIO REALTY
495 HIGHWAY NO. 8 Unit# 510
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29308933
Courtesy of Sarah Kiani/Keller Williams Edge Realty
308 - 88 COLGATE AVENUE
Toronto (South Riverdale), Ontario MLS® #29308919
Courtesy of LISA REILLY/REAL ESTATE HOMEWARD
15 Guy Street
Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia MLS® #29308894
Courtesy of Cheryl Vickers/EXP Realty of Canada Inc.
LOWER A - 62 SUNNYPOINT CRESCENT
Toronto (Cliffcrest), Ontario MLS® #29308899
Courtesy of SUNNY XU/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
9413 118 Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29273031
Courtesy of Conor J. Clarke/NAI Commercial Real Estate Inc
4864 MICHELLE DRIVE
Greater Sudbury (Sudbury), Ontario MLS® #29308826
Courtesy of Lindsay Allison/RE/MAX GARDEN CITY REALTY INC, BROKERAGE
511 - 60 HONEYCRISP CRESCENT
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #29308852
Courtesy of MEI XU/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
3001 - 70 FOREST MANOR ROAD
Toronto (Henry Farm), Ontario MLS® #29308838
Courtesy of AMIR RAHI/VIP BAY REALTY INC.
272 CARLTON Street
St. Catharines, Ontario MLS® #29308857
Courtesy of Nadia Pavici/Stonemill Realty Inc.
3 MARY WILLSON COURT
East Gwillimbury (Sharon), Ontario MLS® #29308819
Courtesy of PETER WANG/HOMECOMFORT REALTY INC.
9 ORANGEVILLE STREET
Erin, Ontario MLS® #29308934
Courtesy of EARL STEVENSON/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
806 - 15 SKYRIDGE DRIVE
Brampton (Bram East), Ontario MLS® #29308927
Courtesy of AYSHA NATHOO/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
81 CORNER BROOK TRAIL
Innisfil (Alcona), Ontario MLS® #29308922
Courtesy of MARK FARIS/FARIS TEAM REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE
4112 4108 Calgary Trl NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29273032
Courtesy of Julie Lam/NAI Commercial Real Estate Inc
6011 LITTLE FORT 24 HIGHWAY
Lone Butte, British Columbia MLS® #29308327
Courtesy of Zach Anderson/RE/MAX Real Estate (Kamloops)
7671 RUTHERFORD ROAD
Bridge Lake, British Columbia MLS® #29308682
Courtesy of Danita McLaren/eXp Realty (100 Mile)
4 - 196 ROBERT STREET
Toronto (University), Ontario MLS® #29308839
Courtesy of AMANDA JI-YUN LEE/RARE REAL ESTATE
25 NOAH COMMON STREET
St. Catharines (Oakdale), Ontario MLS® #29308935
Courtesy of NAVEEN CHATRATH/RE/MAX GOLD REALTY INC.
30 BRIGHTON ROAD
Barrie (Georgian Drive), Ontario MLS® #29308923
Courtesy of GABRIEL BOZOLASCO/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
99 - 32 FIELDWAY ROAD
Toronto (Islington-City Centre West), Ontario MLS® #29308928
Courtesy of DAVID YIN/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
5616 94A Street
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29268471
Courtesy of Edward W. Stenger/NAI Commercial Real Estate Inc
LOWER - 211 OSLER STREET
Toronto (Weston-Pellam Park), Ontario MLS® #29308823
Courtesy of PETER WANG/HOMECOMFORT REALTY INC.
173 FIRST AVENUE|Cultus Lake North
Cultus Lake, British Columbia MLS® #29308277
Courtesy of Julie Ydenberg/Century 21 Creekside Realty (Luckakuck)
461 GREEN Road Unit# B
Stoney Creek, Ontario MLS® #29308931
Courtesy of Nicholas Kazan/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
1603 - 1360 RATHBURN ROAD E
Mississauga (Rathwood), Ontario MLS® #29308900
Courtesy of TREVOR WARCOP/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY, BROKERAGE
31 FLURRY CIRCLE
Brampton (Credit Valley), Ontario MLS® #29308924
Courtesy of RUDY LACHHMAN/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
95 FICUS WY
Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta MLS® #29308936
Courtesy of Timothy S. Baker/RE/MAX Edge Realty
TH115 - 90 STADIUM ROAD
Toronto (Niagara), Ontario MLS® #29308917
Courtesy of JASON GAVADZA/KELLER WILLIAMS REFERRED URBAN REALTY
23 CORAL DRIVE
Hamilton (Lawfield), Ontario MLS® #29308824
Courtesy of NAIM HASSAB/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
4403 - 300 FRONT STREET W
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29308836
Courtesy of LOU PICCIONI/KELLER WILLIAMS PORTFOLIO 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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