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
778 LAURELWOOD Drive Unit# 710
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #29901403
Courtesy of RANA MOUFTI/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC., BROKERAGE
10 DARRAS COURT
Brampton (Southgate), Ontario MLS® #29901434
Courtesy of PRITAM KAHLON/RE/MAX GOLD REALTY INC.
4844 OWL CIRCLE
Mississauga (Hurontario), Ontario MLS® #29901484
Courtesy of MANOJ JOSHI/CENTURY 21 PEOPLE'S CHOICE REALTY INC.
1004 - 33 BAY STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29901547
Courtesy of ANNA ZHENG/HOMELIFE GOLCONDA REALTY INC.
5030 HEATHERLEIGH AVENUE
Mississauga (East Credit), Ontario MLS® #29901554
Courtesy of JACK LI/JDL REALTY INC.
Turner Street
Glace Bay, Nova Scotia MLS® #29902329
Courtesy of Glenda MacAskill/RE/MAX Park Place Inc.
South Blackett Lake Road
Blacketts Lake, Nova Scotia MLS® #29902324
Courtesy of Glenda MacAskill/RE/MAX Park Place Inc.
261 WOODBINE Avenue Unit# 58
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29901528
Courtesy of INDIRA ZUKAN/ROYAL LEPAGE WOLLE REALTY
109 SOVEREIGNS GATE
Barrie (Innis-Shore), Ontario MLS® #29902305
Courtesy of HEATHER BEAUCHESNE/RE/MAX HALLMARK CHAY REALTY
23 Elwyck gate
Spruce Grove, Alberta MLS® #29902398
Courtesy of Jogy Mathew/MaxWell Devonshire Realty
86 PEMBERTON AVENUE
Toronto (Newtonbrook East), Ontario MLS® #29902139
Courtesy of GRACE HE/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
4 BIGHAM CRESCENT
Toronto (Eringate-Centennial-West Deane), Ontario MLS® #29902196
Courtesy of IRENA COYNE/RE/MAX PROFESSIONALS INC.
17 FERRIS LANE
New Tecumseth (Alliston), Ontario MLS® #29901840
Courtesy of NICOLE OSTRYNSKI/RE/MAX HALLMARK CHAY REALTY
2006 - 25 CAPREOL COURT
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29902141
Courtesy of PING XIAO/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
1112 - 1050 MAIN STREET E
Milton (DE Dempsey), Ontario MLS® #29902064
Courtesy of SEHAR MALIK/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
12 - 120 NORFINCH DRIVE
Toronto (Black Creek), Ontario MLS® #29902146
Courtesy of CHARANJIT SINGH BAWA/KING REALTY INC.
93 BRUNSWICK AVENUE
Markham (Berczy), Ontario MLS® #29902191
Courtesy of APPLE WANG/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
123 SENECA DRIVE
Hamilton (Ancaster), Ontario MLS® #29902230
Courtesy of ANWAR MAJEED/GLOBAL BRICKS EXECUTIVE HOMES REALTY
317 - 111 UPPER DUKE CRESCENT
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #29902273
Courtesy of ELAINE WANG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
3345 ERASMUM STREET
Oakville (GO Glenorchy), Ontario MLS® #29902228
Courtesy of SOFIA LING/ANJIA REALTY
BASEMENT - 136 REGINA AVENUE
Toronto (Englemount-Lawrence), Ontario MLS® #29902172
Courtesy of DOMENIC RICCI/SUTTON GROUP - SUMMIT REALTY INC.
10 THIRD STREET
Collingwood, Ontario MLS® #29901667
Courtesy of GREG WEEKS/Royal LePage Locations North
3108 - 6 SONIC WAY
Toronto (Flemingdon Park), Ontario MLS® #29901674
Courtesy of SAM HUANG/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
73 WAGNER CRESCENT
Essa (Angus), Ontario MLS® #29901718
Courtesy of DEBBIE TERRY/COLDWELL BANKER RONAN REALTY
16 LAGROTTO ROAD
Brampton (Madoc), Ontario MLS® #29901648
Courtesy of RANJIT NIJJAR/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
2112 - 2033 KENNEDY ROAD
Toronto (Agincourt South-Malvern West), Ontario MLS® #29901953
Courtesy of JOYCE YI/GLOBAL BRICKS EXECUTIVE HOMES REALTY
#330 50150 RGE RD 232 NE
Rural Leduc County, Alberta MLS® #29901960
Courtesy of Yad Dhillon/Nationwide Realty Corp
1001 - 609 SHERBOURNE STREET
Toronto (North St. James Town), Ontario MLS® #29901679
Courtesy of GILBERT WANG/HOMELIVING EMPIRE REALTY INC.
1101 - 666 SPADINA AVENUE
Toronto (University), Ontario MLS® #29901991
Courtesy of TODOR YORDANOV/CITY REALTY POINT
212 - 2388 KHALSA GATE
Oakville (WM Westmount), Ontario MLS® #29902007
Courtesy of RAHMAN BELLO/EXP REALTY
17 - 1240 WESTVIEW TERRACE
Oakville (WT West Oak Trails), Ontario MLS® #29902432
Courtesy of ZHENPO XU/REAL HOME CANADA REALTY INC.
622 - 102 GROVEWOOD COMMON
Oakville (GO Glenorchy), Ontario MLS® #29901435
Courtesy of CECILIA SAILIN WANG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
BASMENT - 2931 BUR OAK AVENUE S
Markham (Cornell), Ontario MLS® #29901430
Courtesy of RIYAZ MALAM/CENTURY 21 TITANS REALTY INC.
BASEMENT - 27 ELMARTIN DRIVE
Toronto (Steeles), Ontario MLS® #29901428
Courtesy of JOE REA/ROYAL LEPAGE PREMIUM ONE REALTY
2763 Highway 376
Lyons Brook, Nova Scotia MLS® #29901827
Courtesy of Marjorie Henderson-Macdonald/Royal LePage Atlantic(Stellarton)
507 - 609 SHERBOURNE STREET E
Toronto (North St. James Town), Ontario MLS® #29902173
Courtesy of CHRISTINE HWANG/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
501 - 275 BAMBURGH CIRCLE
Toronto (Steeles), Ontario MLS® #29902180
Courtesy of VINCENT CHIN-YAN LIU/HOMELIFE/BAYVIEW REALTY INC.
406 - 9085 JANE STREET S
Vaughan (Concord), Ontario MLS® #29902192
Courtesy of ARIF AMEER/QUEENSWAY REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE INC.
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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