Cabbagetown

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Featured Cabbagetown Listings

Cabbagetown is home to many artists, musicians, journalists, writers, lawyers, management consultants, and many other professionals.


MLS® listing #29149926 for sale located at 1905 - 55 COOPER STREET

$749,000

2 beds 2 baths 700 sqft

1905 - 55 COOPER STREET

Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29149926

Courtesy of MORI REZAEI/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.

MLS® listing #29150081 for sale located at UPPER - 283 DAVISVILLE AVENUE

$4,000

3 beds 1 baths 1100 sqft

UPPER - 283 DAVISVILLE AVENUE

Toronto (Mount Pleasant East), Ontario MLS® #29150081

Courtesy of KATE LEIGH YOUNG/BOSLEY REAL ESTATE LTD.

MLS® listing #29150106 for sale located at 397 - 45 ICY NOTE PATH

$649,000

4 beds 3 baths 1500 sqft

397 - 45 ICY NOTE PATH

Oshawa (Windfields), Ontario MLS® #29150106

Courtesy of GITHA VIJO/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY

MLS® listing #29150017 for sale located at 808 - 85 QUEENS WHARF ROAD

$2,000

1 baths

808 - 85 QUEENS WHARF ROAD

Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29150017

Courtesy of Wilson Lee/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.

MLS® listing #29150031 for sale located at 1107 - 1 ROYAL ORCHARD BOULEVARD

$555,000

3 beds 2 baths 1200 sqft

1107 - 1 ROYAL ORCHARD BOULEVARD

Markham (Royal Orchard), Ontario MLS® #29150031

Courtesy of JORDAN ATANASOVSKI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY

MLS® listing #29150120 for sale located at 2208 1015 Patrick CRESCENT

$259,800

2 beds 1 baths 1076 sqft

2208 1015 Patrick CRESCENT

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #29150120

Courtesy of Charmaine Morris/Coldwell Banker Signature

MLS® listing #29150093 for sale located at 115 HARPER CRESCENT

$799,900

4 beds 3 baths 1100 sqft

115 HARPER CRESCENT

Centre Wellington (Fergus), Ontario MLS® #29150093

Courtesy of JACQUELINE GEERLINGS/MV Real Estate Brokerage

MLS® listing #29150219 for sale located at 21397 Highway 2

$349,000

21397 Highway 2

Fort Lawrence, Nova Scotia MLS® #29150219

Courtesy of Matthew Ward/Hants Realty Ltd.

MLS® listing #29150226 for sale located at 157 CRESTVIEW DRIVE

$1,079,888

4 beds 4 baths 2500 sqft

157 CRESTVIEW DRIVE

Middlesex Centre (Kilworth), Ontario MLS® #29150226

Courtesy of SEBASTIAN DZWONCZYK/INFINITY REALTY INC.

MLS® listing #29150182 for sale located at 703 - 65 MUTUAL STREET

$2,400

2 beds 2 baths 500 sqft

703 - 65 MUTUAL STREET

Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29150182

Courtesy of STELLA HUANG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.

MLS® listing #29150327 for sale located at 5233 LINE 2 LINE

$5,750,000

6 beds 6 baths 5000 sqft

5233 LINE 2 LINE

Perth South (Blanshard), Ontario MLS® #29150327

Courtesy of MICHAEL BOSVELD/NU-VISTA PREMIERE REALTY INC.

MLS® listing #29149919 for sale located at 222 BOARDWALK WAY

$995,000

4 beds 4 baths 2500 sqft

222 BOARDWALK WAY

Thames Centre, Ontario MLS® #29149919

Courtesy of MATTHEW BARR/EXP REALTY

MLS® listing #29150290 for sale located at 196 NELSON STREET W

$3,900

3 beds 3 baths 1500 sqft

196 NELSON STREET W

Oakville (BR Bronte), Ontario MLS® #29150290

Courtesy of RITESH JHAMB/HOMELIFE/PARAMOUNT REALTY

MLS® listing #29150423 for sale located at 340 325 Keevil CRESCENT

$263,900

1 beds 1 baths 861 sqft

340 325 Keevil CRESCENT

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #29150423

Courtesy of Bernard Normand/Royal LePage Saskatoon Real Estate

MLS® listing #29150339 for sale located at 3071 BASSWOOD COURT

$569,900

4 beds 3 baths 700 sqft

3071 BASSWOOD COURT

Niagara Falls (Church's Lane), Ontario MLS® #29150339

Courtesy of Jamie Szeibert/RE/MAX NIAGARA REALTY LTD, BROKERAGE

MLS® listing #29150353 for sale located at 513 1061 Fort St

$375,000

1 baths 453 sqft

513 1061 Fort St

Victoria, British Columbia MLS® #29150353

Courtesy of Cody White/RE/MAX Camosun

MLS® listing #29150675 for sale located at 143 GREEN STREET

$419,900

4 beds 2 baths 1500 sqft

143 GREEN STREET

Deseronto (Deseronto (Town)), Ontario MLS® #29150675

Courtesy of SUSAN SABRAMSKY/CENTURY 21 HERITAGE GROUP LTD., BROKERAGE

MLS® listing #29150492 for sale located at B19 - 7500 LUNDY'S LANE

$23.5/sqft

1 baths 5083 sqft

B19 - 7500 LUNDY'S LANE

Niagara Falls (West Wood), Ontario MLS® #29150492

Courtesy of RAYMOND LOYA/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.

MLS® listing #29150500 for sale located at 51 MARCHVALE DRIVE

$1,750,000

4 beds 3 baths 3500 sqft

51 MARCHVALE DRIVE

Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29150500

Courtesy of Christine Hauschild/ROYAL LEPAGE TEAM REALTY

MLS® listing #29150517 for sale located at 111 LELAND Street

$799,000

6 beds 2 baths 1567 sqft

111 LELAND Street

Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29150517

Courtesy of Mark Thomas Woehrle/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.

MLS® listing #29150524 for sale located at 4627 JEPSON STREET

$418,000

3 beds 1 baths 700 sqft

4627 JEPSON STREET

Niagara Falls (Downtown), Ontario MLS® #29150524

Courtesy of Dennis Milani/MASTERSON REALTY LTD,BROKERAGE

MLS® listing #29150663 for sale located at 513 - 259 THE KINGSWAY

$2,550

2 beds 2 baths 600 sqft

513 - 259 THE KINGSWAY

Toronto (Edenbridge-Humber Valley), Ontario MLS® #29150663

Courtesy of SHARON CHUNG/CENTURY 21 ATRIA REALTY INC.

MLS® listing #29150889 for sale located at 268 MURRAY Street

$379,900

4 beds 2 baths 1861 sqft

268 MURRAY Street

Brantford, Ontario MLS® #29150889

Courtesy of Adrian McStravick/Re/Max Twin City Realty Inc

MLS® listing #29150904 for sale located at 26 HURON Street

$1,850,000

7 beds 5 baths 3376 sqft

26 HURON Street

Grand Bend, Ontario MLS® #29150904

Courtesy of Mica Sadler/eXp Realty, Brokerage

MLS® listing #29150505 for sale located at 23 - 680 COMMISSIONERS ROAD W

$529,900

2 beds 2 baths 1200 sqft

23 - 680 COMMISSIONERS ROAD W

London South (South M), Ontario MLS® #29150505

Courtesy of DREW JOHNSON/COLDWELL BANKER POWER REALTY

MLS® listing #29150358 for sale located at Lot 5 Highway 3

$49,000

Lot 5 Highway 3

Hebbville, Nova Scotia MLS® #29150358

Courtesy of Jordan Greige/EXIT Realty Inter Lake

MLS® listing #29151488 for sale located at 2400 ST. CLAIR AVENUE W

$1,199,000

5 beds 4 baths 3500 sqft

2400 ST. CLAIR AVENUE W

Toronto (Junction Area), Ontario MLS® #29151488

Courtesy of ALLISTER JOHN SINCLAIR/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.

MLS® listing #29151630 for sale located at 9 GUINESS AVENUE

$999,000

7 beds 2 baths 700 sqft

9 GUINESS AVENUE

Toronto (West Humber-Clairville), Ontario MLS® #29151630

Courtesy of LAKEJUNE OCER/CENTURY 21 REGAL REALTY INC.

MLS® listing #29151729 for sale located at 9 Esher Street

$299,000

9 Esher Street

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29151729

Courtesy of Kris Fournier/RE/MAX CHARLOTTETOWN REALTY

MLS® listing #29151596 for sale located at 3033 MONARCH DRIVE

$3,580

4 beds 3 baths 2500 sqft

3033 MONARCH DRIVE

Orillia, Ontario MLS® #29151596

Courtesy of WEI HWA/CENTURY 21 LEADING EDGE REALTY INC.

MLS® listing #29152068 for sale located at Lot 24-1 Lorabelle Court

$47,000

Lot 24-1 Lorabelle Court

Montrose, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29152068

Courtesy of Steven Malayny/ROYAL LEPAGE COUNTRY ESTATES 1985 LTD

MLS® listing #29150050 for sale located at 111 Hidden Creek Cove NW

$474,900

3 beds 3 baths 1325 sqft

111 Hidden Creek Cove NW

Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29150050

Courtesy of Brad Crapun/Royal LePage Benchmark

MLS® listing #29150707 for sale located at 32 54TH STREET SOUTH Unit# Upper

$2,300

3 beds 2 baths 1160 sqft

32 54TH STREET SOUTH Unit# Upper

Wasaga Beach, Ontario MLS® #29150707

Courtesy of Peggy Hill/RE/MAX Hallmark Peggy Hill Group Realty Brokerage

MLS® listing #29150714 for sale located at 3650 LOBSINGER Line Unit# 1B

$8/sqft

2300 sqft

3650 LOBSINGER Line Unit# 1B

St. Clements, Ontario MLS® #29150714

Courtesy of PRAKASH ADHIKARI/Kigo Realty Inc.

MLS® listing #29150719 for sale located at 6010 OLD SCUGOG ROAD

$4,000

6 beds 2 sqft

6010 OLD SCUGOG ROAD

Clarington, Ontario MLS® #29150719

Courtesy of LINDA PORRITT/CENTURY 21 INFINITY REALTY INC.

MLS® listing #29150721 for sale located at 7 - 120 GLEN MANOR DRIVE

$879,900

2 beds 2 baths 1000 sqft

7 - 120 GLEN MANOR DRIVE

Toronto (The Beaches), Ontario MLS® #29150721

Courtesy of MATT CARROLL/TFG REALTY LTD.

MLS® listing #29150726 for sale located at 21 MARILYN DRIVE

$850,000

3 beds 4 baths 2000 sqft

21 MARILYN DRIVE

Guelph (Riverside Park), Ontario MLS® #29150726

Courtesy of KAREN JANS/Royal LePage Royal City Realty

MLS® listing #29150740 for sale located at 67 Violet Circle

$359,000

3 beds 2 baths

67 Violet Circle

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29150740

Courtesy of Robbie Sehgal/RE/MAX CHARLOTTETOWN REALTY

MLS® listing #29150745 for sale located at 440 PIONEER Drive Unit# 3

$399,999

3 beds 2 baths 957 sqft

440 PIONEER Drive Unit# 3

Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29150745

Courtesy of SHERI GAERTNER/RED AND WHITE REALTY INC.

MLS® listing #29150790 for sale located at 1057 WARBY TRAIL

$1,388,000

5 beds 4 baths 2000 sqft

1057 WARBY TRAIL

Newmarket (Stonehaven-Wyndham), Ontario MLS® #29150790

Courtesy of MELISSA BERGMANN/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.

MLS® listing #29150803 for sale located at 50 DUNLOP STREET E

$4,980,000

18038 sqft

50 DUNLOP STREET E

Barrie (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29150803

Courtesy of NAVID AZARAKHSH/RE/MAX CROSSROADS REALTY INC.

MLS® listing #29150810 for sale located at 403 1588 JOHNSTON ROAD

$599,000

1 beds 1 baths 639 sqft

403 1588 JOHNSTON ROAD

White Rock, British Columbia MLS® #29150810

Courtesy of Tommy Tieu/Oakwyn Realty Ltd.

MLS® listing #29150815 for sale located at 110 WOLFE TRAIL

$2,500

3 beds 2 baths 700 sqft

110 WOLFE TRAIL

Tiny, Ontario MLS® #29150815

Courtesy of VANYA GLUHIC/Revel Realty Inc

MLS® listing #29150822 for sale located at 1 (LOWER) - 878 GLENCAIRN AVENUE

$1,850

3 beds 1 baths 700 sqft

1 (LOWER) - 878 GLENCAIRN AVENUE

Toronto (Yorkdale-Glen Park), Ontario MLS® #29150822

Courtesy of PAUL CHO/HOMELIFE FRONTIER REALTY INC.

MLS® listing #29150909 for sale located at 4658 DRUMMOND Road Unit# 307

$2,100

2 beds 1 baths 1043 sqft

4658 DRUMMOND Road Unit# 307

Niagara Falls, Ontario MLS® #29150909

Courtesy of Rob Golfi/RE/MAX Escarpment Golfi Realty Inc.

MLS® listing #29150947 for sale located at 493 CARLAW AVENUE

$1,079,000

3 beds 4 baths

493 CARLAW AVENUE

Toronto (North Riverdale), Ontario MLS® #29150947

Courtesy of EFFIE PANAGIOTOPOULOS/RE/MAX ULTIMATE REALTY INC.

MLS® listing #29150954 for sale located at 174 FAWN Court

$1,388,000

5 beds 4 baths 3372 sqft

174 FAWN Court

Penticton, British Columbia MLS® #29150954

Courtesy of Steve Thompson/Chamberlain Property Group

MLS® listing #29150959 for sale located at 2406 - 2916 HIGHWAY 7 ROAD W

$2,350

2 beds 2 baths 600 sqft

2406 - 2916 HIGHWAY 7 ROAD W

Vaughan (Concord), Ontario MLS® #29150959

Courtesy of HEATHER D. GRIFFITHS/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.

MLS® listing #29150961 for sale located at 35 AITKEN CIRCLE

$4,300

5 beds 4 baths 2000 sqft

35 AITKEN CIRCLE

Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #29150961

Courtesy of MARIANNE MA/REAL ONE REALTY INC.

MLS® listing #29150973 for sale located at UPPER - 32 54TH STREET S

$2,300

3 beds 2 baths 1100 sqft

UPPER - 32 54TH STREET S

Wasaga Beach, Ontario MLS® #29150973

Courtesy of PEGGY HILL/RE/MAX HALLMARK PEGGY HILL GROUP REALTY


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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