3303 70 Avenue, Leduc, AB
Leduc, Alberta MLS® #29465687
Courtesy of Michelle A. Plach/HonestDoor Inc
Cabbagetown
Preserving Victorian Housing Architechture
Featured Cabbagetown Listings
Cabbagetown is home to many artists, musicians, journalists, writers, lawyers, management consultants, and many other professionals.

3303 70 Avenue, Leduc, AB
Leduc, Alberta MLS® #29465687
Courtesy of Michelle A. Plach/HonestDoor Inc

42 - 3020 CEDARGLEN GATE
Mississauga (Erindale), Ontario MLS® #30447287
Courtesy of JIM BEH/TFN REALTY INC.

1280 New Cumberland Road
Lake Centre, Nova Scotia MLS® #30447314
Courtesy of Katie Iyoupe/EXIT Realty Inter Lake

1586 GETA CIRCLE
Pickering (Village East), Ontario MLS® #30447631
Courtesy of SADIA ALAM/RE/MAX ACE REALTY INC.

Lot 13 Maple Drive Drive
Lower Ohio, Nova Scotia MLS® #30447085
Courtesy of Corey Huskilson/Royal Lepage Atlantic (Mahone Bay)

212 455 Sitkum Rd
Victoria, British Columbia MLS® #30447561
Courtesy of Molly Marland/Royal LePage Coast Capital - Chatterton

141 CATHARINE Street S Unit# 1004
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #30447701
Courtesy of Craig R. Bush/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.

2453 BAINTREE CRESCENT
Oakville (WM Westmount), Ontario MLS® #30447989
Courtesy of AUDREY ASHWORTH/INTERNATIONAL REALTY FIRM, INC.

2 (MAIN) - 878 GLENCAIRN AVENUE
Toronto (Yorkdale-Glen Park), Ontario MLS® #30447996
Courtesy of PAUL CHO/HOMELIFE FRONTIER REALTY INC.

14 GAIL GROVE
Toronto (Humbermede), Ontario MLS® #30448007
Courtesy of JORDAN LAVINE/VANGUARD REALTY BROKERAGE CORP.

6 - 32 CURZON STREET
Toronto (South Riverdale), Ontario MLS® #30447186
Courtesy of KUN XU/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.

377 BERRYHILL PLACE
London North (North B), Ontario MLS® #30447213
Courtesy of SHAMAIRAH NOUFARO/ROBIN HOOD REALTY LIMITED

4404 UNITY ROAD
Kingston (City North of 401), Ontario MLS® #30447143
Courtesy of JASON CLARKE/LPT REALTY, BROKERAGE

12 - 8 MISEFERI CRESCENT
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #30447073
Courtesy of Joe Pisciuneri/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.

42687 WATER TOWER LINE
Central Elgin, Ontario MLS® #30447150
Courtesy of RYAN FEATHERSTONE/CALL IT CLOSED INTERNATIONAL BROKERAGE

403 - 63 ST CLAIR AVENUE W
Toronto (Yonge-St. Clair), Ontario MLS® #30448432
Courtesy of DAVID SPEEDIE/SAGE REAL ESTATE LIMITED

416A - 3660 HURONTARIO STREET
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #30447282
Courtesy of FRANCIS D'ATRI-GUIRAN/ADVISORS REALTY

2797 ST CLAIR AVENUE E
Toronto (O'Connor-Parkview), Ontario MLS® #30447270
Courtesy of ROBIN MILLAR/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.

49 Point Aconi Road
Point Aconi, Nova Scotia MLS® #30447744
Courtesy of Eric Young/3% Realty Nova Scotia

69 CROATIA AVENUE
Timmins (SCH - Main Area), Ontario MLS® #30447737
Courtesy of Pam Mavrinac/REVEL REALTY INC.

179 Key Avenue
Summerside, Prince Edward Island MLS® #30447698
Courtesy of Ron Barrett/CENTURY 21 NORTHUMBERLAND REALTY

11 FOUR OAKS CRESCENT
London South (South N), Ontario MLS® #30447814
Courtesy of MICHAEL KALOPSIS/CENTURY 21 FIRST CANADIAN CORP

243 - 1145 JOURNEYMAN LANE E
Mississauga (Clarkson), Ontario MLS® #30447876
Courtesy of TSUN-WANG NG/GENESIS REALTY

687 Parkside Drive
Coaldale, Alberta MLS® #30447890
Courtesy of KIMBERLY TAMS/Real Estate Centre - Coaldale

206 WARREN AVENUE
Hamilton (Balfour), Ontario MLS® #30447903
Courtesy of Rebecca Foster/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.

49 KENNEBEC CRESCENT
Toronto (Rexdale-Kipling), Ontario MLS® #30447458
Courtesy of DAVID ELFASSY/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.

4 DIVERS ROAD
Brampton (Northwest Brampton), Ontario MLS® #30447460
Courtesy of AFZAL PARACHA/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.

749 - 24 SOUTHPORT STREET
Toronto (High Park-Swansea), Ontario MLS® #30447465
Courtesy of BARBARA SIKORSKI/RE/MAX WEST REALTY INC.

104 - 7549A KALAR ROAD
Niagara Falls (Brown), Ontario MLS® #30447496
Courtesy of ARJUN SANILKUMAR/PROPERTY.CA INC.

101 - 214 VIEWMOUNT DRIVE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30447662
Courtesy of John Roberts/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY GROUP

45 WESTMOUNT Road N Unit# 202
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #30446897
Courtesy of David Kupka/RED AND WHITE REALTY INC.

169 DOOLEY CRESCENT
Ajax (Northwest Ajax), Ontario MLS® #30446912
Courtesy of PARSA SALIMI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY

309 - 9 CHALMERS ROAD
Richmond Hill (Doncrest), Ontario MLS® #30446917
Courtesy of PUI YEE SHIRLEY CHENG/RE/MAX EXCEL REALTY LTD.

809 - 65 ANNIE CRAIG DRIVE
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #30446924
Courtesy of MAURA LAU/INTERNATIONAL REALTY FIRM, INC.

315 - 2628 MCCOWAN ROAD
Toronto (Agincourt North), Ontario MLS® #30446936
Courtesy of ALLEN LI/RE/MAX CROSSROADS REALTY INC.

1 - 368 PRINCES STREET S
Kincardine, Ontario MLS® #30446955
Courtesy of SHIRLEY LEWIS/Century 21 Millennium Inc.

806 6369 Coburg Road
Halifax, Nova Scotia MLS® #30446962
Courtesy of David Langstroth/House Maestro Realty Inc.

LOVELY BEDROOM 2ND FLOOR - 3 BUTTERFILED DR DRIVE
Toronto (Parkwoods-Donalda), Ontario MLS® #30446986
Courtesy of JACK JI/JDL REALTY INC.

513 - 25 NEIGHBOURHOOD LANE
Toronto (Stonegate-Queensway), Ontario MLS® #30446998
Courtesy of SAMUEL ANYANWU/STARION REALTY

LOWER LEVEL - 316 EAGLEWOOD DRIVE
Hamilton (Eleanor), Ontario MLS® #30447011
Courtesy of AMANDA SUN/BAY STREET GROUP INC.

861070 HWY 743
Rural Northern Lights, County of, Alberta MLS® #30447035
Courtesy of Layne Gardner/RE/MAX Northern Realty

65 GEORGE ROAD
Georgina (Sutton & Jackson's Point), Ontario MLS® #30447105
Courtesy of JENNIFER JONES/LPT REALTY

944 COLLINS DRIVE
London South (South L), Ontario MLS® #30447148
Courtesy of JORDAN HOWARD/THRIVE REALTY GROUP INC.

3207 - 38 GANDHI LANE
Markham (Commerce Valley), Ontario MLS® #30447193
Courtesy of LOUIS WAI KEUNG SIN/BAY STREET GROUP INC.

19 EDER TRAIL
Springwater (Snow Valley), Ontario MLS® #30447198
Courtesy of CASSIDY DANIELS/RE/MAX HALLMARK CHAY 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".
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.
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.
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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