2920 - 50 DUNFIELD AVENUE
Toronto (Mount Pleasant West), Ontario MLS® #29161401
Courtesy of SAM LI/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
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.
311 - 17 KENASTON GARDENS
Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #29161406
Courtesy of IREM YILDIRIM/ONE PERCENT REALTY LTD.
20 BEXLEY COURT
Brampton (Fletcher's Creek South), Ontario MLS® #29161418
Courtesy of MANJIT SINGH/HOMELIFE SUPERSTARS REAL ESTATE LIMITED
642 EAGLEMOUNT CRESCENT
Mississauga (Erindale), Ontario MLS® #29161420
Courtesy of EMILY GUO/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
75 MONACO COURT
Brampton (Fletcher's Meadow), Ontario MLS® #29161425
Courtesy of SANTHOSHA KEDLAYA/PROEDGE REALTY INC.
5858 YONGE ST STREET
Toronto (Newtonbrook West), Ontario MLS® #29161437
Courtesy of JACK JI/JDL REALTY INC.
605 - 395 SQUARE ONE DRIVE
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29161456
Courtesy of JAD ALADAL/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
31 GLENHAVEN PVT
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29161432
Courtesy of Raymond Chin/COLDWELL BANKER FIRST OTTAWA REALTY
1421 GERRARD STREET E
Toronto (Greenwood-Coxwell), Ontario MLS® #29161709
Courtesy of BEVERLEY FLEISCHER/RE/MAX WEST REALTY INC.
701 - 33 ISABELLA STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29162264
Courtesy of Spiros Dimitriou/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
110 F AVENUE S
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #29162404
Courtesy of AJ ((Arin John)) Morrison/Coldwell Banker Signature
20 BRAMOAK CRESCENT
Brampton (Northwest Sandalwood Parkway), Ontario MLS® #29162430
Courtesy of GURVIR SINGH GREWAL/RISING SUN REAL ESTATE INC.
778 JOHNSON HEIGHTS
Milton (CO Coates), Ontario MLS® #29162454
Courtesy of PAUL SANGHERA/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
1375 MONARCH DRIVE
Kingston (City Northwest), Ontario MLS® #29161603
Courtesy of Michelle Kennelly/EXP REALTY
1189 ERINLEA AVENUE
Oshawa (Donevan), Ontario MLS® #29162048
Courtesy of MARLENE BOYLE/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
501 - 11 MILL POND COURT
Norfolk (Simcoe), Ontario MLS® #29162461
Courtesy of ASHLEE ELIZABETH JUNEAU/REVEL REALTY INC.
91 - 445 ONTARIO STREET
Milton (TM Timberlea), Ontario MLS® #29161452
Courtesy of UMAIR KHALID/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
210 - 10 OLD YORK MILLS ROAD
Toronto (Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills), Ontario MLS® #29161440
Courtesy of ALICE LEE/RE/MAX CROSSROADS REALTY INC.
23 BRIARWOOD ROAD
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #29161445
Courtesy of JESSICA LI/EASTIDE REALTY
60 - 770 FANSHAWE PARK ROAD E
London North (North C), Ontario MLS® #29161457
Courtesy of MD HASAN IMAM/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
314 - 30 SUNRISE AVENUE
Toronto (Victoria Village), Ontario MLS® #29161438
Courtesy of LAURA COOPER/ROYAL LEPAGE ESTATE REALTY
1510 - 195 MCCAUL STREET
Toronto (Kensington-Chinatown), Ontario MLS® #29161407
Courtesy of JENNY ZHOU/NU STREAM REALTY (TORONTO) INC.
425 MAPLE GROVE DRIVE
Oakville (FD Ford), Ontario MLS® #29161419
Courtesy of WENDI GONG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
56 NORBERT ROAD
Brampton (Brampton South), Ontario MLS® #29161421
Courtesy of BK PATEL/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
402 - 120 BROADWAY AVENUE
Toronto (Mount Pleasant West), Ontario MLS® #29161399
Courtesy of KEVIN LIU/UNION CAPITAL REALTY
6108 - 7 GRENVILLE STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29161402
Courtesy of SAM AL-ZAMAN/ONE PERCENT REALTY LTD.
224 SUMMERIDGE DRIVE
Vaughan (Patterson), Ontario MLS® #29161414
Courtesy of SUE ZHANG/SMART SOLD REALTY
124 Sheppards Run
Beechville Estates, Nova Scotia MLS® #29161678
Courtesy of Scott Moulton/Royal LePage Atlantic
313 - 720 WHITLOCK AVENUE
Milton (CB Cobban), Ontario MLS® #29161863
Courtesy of RAGY MOUSSA/Royal Lepage Real Estate Associates
65 BENNETT ROAD
Toronto (West Hill), Ontario MLS® #29161820
Courtesy of DEAN T. CLEGG/ROYAL HERITAGE REALTY LTD.
3 JOHN DRIVE
Innisfil (Cookstown), Ontario MLS® #29162354
Courtesy of MARK FARIS/FARIS TEAM REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE
2110 - 33 ISABELLA STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29162246
Courtesy of Spiros Dimitriou/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
144 Silversage Terrace Lot# 1
Vernon, British Columbia MLS® #29160525
Courtesy of Chris Holm/Real Broker B.C. Ltd
TH 3 - 4070 PARKSIDE VILLAGE DRIVE W
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29161453
Courtesy of SYED QUMBER RIZVI/HOMELIFE SUPERSTARS REAL ESTATE LIMITED
807 - 8 THE ESPLANADE STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29161441
Courtesy of CHEN LI/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
136 WORTH BOULEVARD
Vaughan (Beverley Glen), Ontario MLS® #29161446
Courtesy of KAIYAN YANG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
770 FANSHAWE PARK Road E Unit# 60
London, Ontario MLS® #29161388
Courtesy of MD Hasan Imam/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
25 - 8038 YONGE STREET
Vaughan (Uplands), Ontario MLS® #29161415
Courtesy of MINA DEMIR/ONE PERCENT REALTY LTD.
616 - 125 SHOREVIEW PLACE
Hamilton (Stoney Creek), Ontario MLS® #29161458
Courtesy of CARLA DE SA/Royal Lepage Real Estate Associates
34 CHARADE COURT
Toronto (L'Amoreaux), Ontario MLS® #29161826
Courtesy of DEBI ALLEWAY/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
140 LANDON LANE
Central Elgin (Belmont), Ontario MLS® #29161903
Courtesy of JENNIFER LONG/THE REALTY FIRM INC.
1213 - 33 ISABELLA STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29162259
Courtesy of Spiros Dimitriou/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
3810 - 8 INTERCHANGE WAY
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #29161416
Courtesy of HENRY ZHAO/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
53 PELICAN LANE
Hamilton (Vincent), Ontario MLS® #29161428
Courtesy of DIPO BRIMMO/NEST AND CASTLE INC.
714 - 1720 BAYVIEW AVENUE
Toronto (Mount Pleasant East), Ontario MLS® #29161442
Courtesy of JOE TU/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
404 - 135 DALHOUSIE STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29161810
Courtesy of ANDREW MEREDITH/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
2109 - 33 ISABELLA STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29162250
Courtesy of Spiros Dimitriou/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE 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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