5556 50 Avenue
St. Paul Town, Alberta MLS® #29199362
Courtesy of Tyler J. Poirier/Century 21 Poirier 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.
1414 SIMCOE STREET N
Oshawa (Samac), Ontario MLS® #29207700
Courtesy of JEFF RENDALL/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
16 MANTELL CRESCENT
Ajax (Central West), Ontario MLS® #29207717
Courtesy of HEIKE LYONS/SUTTON GROUP-HERITAGE REALTY INC.
195, 300 MARINA Drive
Chestermere, Alberta MLS® #29207697
Courtesy of Patrick M. Hospes/RE/MAX Complete Realty
1339 163 STREET
Surrey, British Columbia MLS® #29207736
Courtesy of Tammy Kennedy/RE/MAX Colonial Pacific Realty
2930 NOTRE DAME DRIVE
Wilmot, Ontario MLS® #29207750
Courtesy of LEE S. QUAILE/CHESTNUT PARK REALTY(SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO) LTD
MAIN - 17 PORTRUSH TRAIL
Brampton (Credit Valley), Ontario MLS® #29207748
Courtesy of KUNAL CHADHA/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
2301 - 35 HOLLYWOOD AVENUE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #29207767
Courtesy of HONG XIE/EXPRESS REALTY INC.
3310 - 4 DAYSPRING CIRCLE
Brampton (Goreway Drive Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29207832
Courtesy of USMAN UL AHSAN/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
198 HOYLAKE CRESCENT
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29207724
Courtesy of Fern Beauchamp/RE/MAX ABSOLUTE REALTY INC.
310 - 6 PARKWOOD AVENUE
Toronto (Forest Hill South), Ontario MLS® #29207762
Courtesy of SABINE EL GHALI/KELLER WILLIAMS PORTFOLIO REALTY
PH8 - 273 SOUTH PARK ROAD
Markham (Commerce Valley), Ontario MLS® #29207774
Courtesy of RAY KWOK WAI CHEUNG/HOMELIFE FRONTIER REALTY INC.
809 SMYTH Road
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29207786
Courtesy of LEE S. QUAILE/Chestnut Park Realty Southwestern Ontario Limited
1242 GARNER Road W Unit# 6
Ancaster, Ontario MLS® #29207729
Courtesy of Konstantinos Violaris/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
1503 - 628 FLEET STREET
Toronto (Niagara), Ontario MLS® #29207856
Courtesy of ALI EIDIZADEH/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
31 FAYE STREET
Brampton (Bram East), Ontario MLS® #29207868
Courtesy of ANDRE LILL/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
405 - 3700 KANEFF CRESCENT
Mississauga (Mississauga Valleys), Ontario MLS® #29207870
Courtesy of DIANA GONCALVES/SUTTON GROUP QUANTUM REALTY INC.
29 POGIE DRIVE
Welland (Dain City), Ontario MLS® #29207882
Courtesy of FADI YOUNES/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
2&3 Privateer Island
West Dover, Nova Scotia MLS® #29207837
Courtesy of Kyle Smyth/EXP Realty of Canada Inc.
1255 UPPER GAGE Avenue Unit# 15
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29207818
Courtesy of Renee Ibrahim/Royal LePage State Realty Inc.
635019 PRETTY RIVER ROAD
Blue Mountains, Ontario MLS® #29207793
Courtesy of IAN HAWKINS/Royal LePage Locations North
76 - 120 NONQUON ROAD
Oshawa (Centennial), Ontario MLS® #29207887
Courtesy of HAROON IQBAL/KELLER WILLIAMS ENERGY REAL ESTATE
772 S GREEN LAKE ROAD
70 Mile House, British Columbia MLS® #29207573
Courtesy of Arlene Jongbloets/RE/MAX 100
7 ORBIT AVENUE
Richmond Hill (Observatory), Ontario MLS® #29207667
Courtesy of KATIE ZHU/RE/MAX ATRIUM HOME REALTY
4711 HAMER AVENUE
Terrace, British Columbia MLS® #29207679
Courtesy of Dawn Monsen/RE/MAX Coast Mountains
169 SADDY AVENUE
London East (East I), Ontario MLS® #29207840
Courtesy of JUSTIN DESECK/SUTTON GROUP - SELECT REALTY
J - 103 FRASER FIELDS WAY
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29207845
Courtesy of Veronika Martseniuk/ROYAL LEPAGE INTEGRITY REALTY
1307, 211 13 Avenue SE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29207814
Courtesy of Richard Bergeron/RE/MAX Realty Professionals
1505 - 23 LORRAINE DRIVE
Toronto (Willowdale West), Ontario MLS® #29207706
Courtesy of KAMRAN ANVARI-HAMEDANI/RE/MAX EXCEL REALTY LTD.
(REAR) - 6 MARKHAM STREET
Toronto (Trinity-Bellwoods), Ontario MLS® #29207713
Courtesy of DANI HABBAL/Royal Lepage Real Estate Associates
50B WOODLAWN AVENUE
Mississauga (Port Credit), Ontario MLS® #29207720
Courtesy of ELIAS MOUAWAD/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
701 - 2369 DANFORTH AVENUE
Toronto (East End-Danforth), Ontario MLS® #29207686
Courtesy of LENA AL-SAIDI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
109 FRUITVALE CIRCLE
Brampton (Northwest Brampton), Ontario MLS® #29207833
Courtesy of BALRAJ NARANG/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
1 - 46 CORK STREET E
Guelph (Downtown), Ontario MLS® #29207838
Courtesy of HADEN FRANKE/Royal LePage Royal City Realty
4631 DUNEDIN CRESCENT
Mississauga (Hurontario), Ontario MLS® #29207871
Courtesy of TENZIN KHEDUP/CENTURY 21 PEOPLE'S CHOICE REALTY INC.
UPPER - 3935 STONEHAM WAY
Mississauga (Lisgar), Ontario MLS® #29207876
Courtesy of ADEEL ANWAR/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
56 Samuel Danial Drive
Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia MLS® #29207725
Courtesy of Ryan MacLean/Keller Williams Select Realty
319E - 8868 YONGE STREET
Richmond Hill (South Richvale), Ontario MLS® #29207701
Courtesy of FEANCA HO/RE/MAX CROSSROADS REALTY INC.
1812 - 460 ADELAIDE STREET E
Toronto (Moss Park), Ontario MLS® #29207732
Courtesy of DUANE LESLIE/BRAD J. LAMB REALTY 2016 INC.
413 - 3660 HURONTARIO STREET
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29207744
Courtesy of FRANCIS D'ATRI-GUIRAN/ADVISORS REALTY
3506 11967 80 AVENUE
Delta, British Columbia MLS® #29207737
Courtesy of Parm Deol/Royal LePage Global Force Realty
MAIN FL - 2972 GRANDVIEW STREET
Windsor, Ontario MLS® #29207751
Courtesy of JAMES TASCA/ICI SOURCE REAL ASSET SERVICES INC.
6 BALSAM STREET
Tay (Waubaushene), Ontario MLS® #29207782
Courtesy of BEN ROSS/RE/MAX HALLMARK CHAY REALTY
126, 11409 96 Street
Grande Prairie, Alberta MLS® #29207756
Courtesy of Dave Pilger/RE/MAX Grande Prairie
84 Acorn Drive
Cascumpec, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29207787
Courtesy of Kelly Reddin/PLATINUM ATLANTIC REALTY
59 BAR HARBOUR SQUARE
Toronto (Centennial Scarborough), Ontario MLS® #29207768
Courtesy of JEAN MARIE SKAPURA/ROYAL LEPAGE CONNECT 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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