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.
5556 50 Avenue
St. Paul Town, Alberta MLS® #29199362
Courtesy of Tyler J. Poirier/Century 21 Poirier Real Estate
1D18** - 4675 STEELES AVENUE E
Toronto (Milliken), Ontario MLS® #29223434
Courtesy of GRACE LO/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
61 WAKE ROBIN Drive
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29223340
Courtesy of Gaurav Narula/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC. BROKERAGE-3
20 MCKENZIE AVENUE
Toronto (Rosedale-Moore Park), Ontario MLS® #29223383
Courtesy of SUSAN FROESE-MCHARDY/CHESTNUT PARK REAL ESTATE LIMITED
2201 - 181 DUNDAS STREET E
Toronto (Moss Park), Ontario MLS® #29223395
Courtesy of JACK LY/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
216 - 2277 RIVERSIDE ROAD
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29223427
Courtesy of Haifeng Sun/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY GROUP
1180 SHAGBARK CRESCENT
Mississauga (Creditview), Ontario MLS® #29223410
Courtesy of MARK DU/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
95 MADSEN CRESCENT
Markham (Markville), Ontario MLS® #29223403
Courtesy of LEON ZHOU/NU STREAM REALTY (TORONTO) INC.
2110 11 Avenue NE Unit# B103
Salmon Arm, British Columbia MLS® #29220202
Courtesy of Craig Shantz/RE/MAX Shuswap Realty
19 Quarry Road
Torbay, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29223542
Courtesy of ROSEMARY VATERS/Royal LePage Property Consultants Limited
1005 - 15 LOWER JARVIS STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29223768
Courtesy of CHRISTINA SHEPPARD/ROYAL LEPAGE TERREQUITY REALTY
BSMT - 103 GLOUCESTER STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29223775
Courtesy of SHERENE FARAH/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
103 - 100 WINGARDEN COURT
Toronto (Malvern), Ontario MLS® #29223782
Courtesy of MAIRAJ AHMED/RE/MAX HALLMARK FIRST GROUP REALTY LTD.
2180-2186 HWY 141
Muskoka Lakes (Watt), Ontario MLS® #29223833
Courtesy of MARK FARIS/FARIS TEAM REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE
224 ROSETHORN AVENUE
Toronto (Keelesdale-Eglinton West), Ontario MLS® #29223819
Courtesy of DANYELLE BOILY/BOSLEY REAL ESTATE LTD.
3205 - 36 ZORRA STREET
Toronto (Islington-City Centre West), Ontario MLS® #29223821
Courtesy of JOE GENTILE/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
69 ROEHAMPTON CRESCENT
Guelph (Pineridge/Westminster Woods), Ontario MLS® #29223763
Courtesy of ANDRA ARNOLD/Royal LePage Royal City Realty
296 OKANAGAN PATH
Oshawa (Donevan), Ontario MLS® #29223960
Courtesy of MOE ABBAS/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
646 IROQUOIS Avenue
Ancaster, Ontario MLS® #29223972
Courtesy of Rico Sacchini/Royal LePage Macro Realty
2125 - 9000 JANE STREET
Vaughan (Vellore Village), Ontario MLS® #29223989
Courtesy of ROXANNA VERNI/CENTURY 21 REGAL REALTY INC.
B-226 - 50 UPPER MALL WAY
Vaughan (Brownridge), Ontario MLS® #29223991
Courtesy of ANITA PATEVA/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
9471 YONGE STREET
Richmond Hill (Observatory), Ontario MLS® #29223996
Courtesy of KYUNG HWAN BAE/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
290 COUNTRY LANE
Barrie (Painswick South), Ontario MLS® #29224002
Courtesy of WASIM JARRAH/EXP REALTY
1923 STEEPBANK CRESCENT
Mississauga (Applewood), Ontario MLS® #29224019
Courtesy of JAY PRENTICE/EXP REALTY
LOWER - 436 CONCORD AVENUE
Toronto (Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction), Ontario MLS® #29224026
Courtesy of LAUREN JAMIESON/RE/MAX ABOUTOWNE REALTY CORP.
170 TROILESS STREET
Caledon (Caledon Village), Ontario MLS® #29224033
Courtesy of JAG B SAIMBI/iCloud Realty Ltd.
901 - 299 MILL ROAD
Toronto (Markland Wood), Ontario MLS® #29224514
Courtesy of MARCO SIMONE/HOME REALTY QUEST CORPORATION
148 SAHARA TRAIL
Brampton (Sandringham-Wellington), Ontario MLS® #29224507
Courtesy of NICK SHARMA/RE/MAX GOLD REALTY INC.
2891 BRADY DRIVE
Severn (Washago), Ontario MLS® #29223845
Courtesy of ERIC BEUTLER/Keller Williams Experience Realty
20 Bremner Drive
Hackett's Cove, Nova Scotia MLS® #29223573
Courtesy of Denise MacDonell/Red Door Realty
473A CHURCH STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29223592
Courtesy of LAURA SONG/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
251 HEMLOCK Street Unit# 221
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #29223446
Courtesy of Ayse Temirci/ROYAL LEPAGE WOLLE REALTY
8 KEEWAYDIN Street
Waterdown, Ontario MLS® #29223561
Courtesy of Jon Van Geest/Keller Williams Edge Realty
207 720 Baltzan TERRACE
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #29223566
Courtesy of Ryan Stanek/Coldwell Banker Signature
1202 - 250 PALL MALL STREET
London East (East F), Ontario MLS® #29223585
Courtesy of JEN PORTER/ROYAL LEPAGE TRILAND REALTY
606 - 1171 AMBLESIDE DRIVE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29223643
Courtesy of Julie Patterson/ENGEL & VOLKERS OTTAWA
49 UNITY SIDE Road
Caledonia, Ontario MLS® #29223662
Courtesy of Anthony Costa/Royal LePage State Realty Inc.
53 - 41 RIVER STREET
Toronto (Regent Park), Ontario MLS® #29223674
Courtesy of DEANNA CATHERINE PARRELL/BOSLEY REAL ESTATE LTD.
24 ALAN WILLIAMS TRAIL
Uxbridge, Ontario MLS® #29223681
Courtesy of RANJIT NIJJAR/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
101 - 115 BOND STREET
Orillia, Ontario MLS® #29223686
Courtesy of MARK FARIS/FARIS TEAM REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE
64 ELYSIAN FIELDS CIRCLE
Brampton (Bram West), Ontario MLS® #29223693
Courtesy of KARL WULF/KELLER WILLIAMS EDGE REALTY
695 ROBERT FERRIE Drive Unit# LOWER
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29223698
Courtesy of Preet Shah/KELLER WILLIAMS INNOVATION REALTY
3138 Bowen STREET
Regina, Saskatchewan MLS® #29223706
Courtesy of Heather Szeles/RE/MAX Crown Real Estate
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
Toronto Neighbourhood Guide