3303 70 Avenue
Leduc, Alberta MLS® #29465687
Courtesy of Michelle A. Plach/HonestDoor 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.
4807 44 Ave
Stony Plain, Alberta MLS® #29210474
Courtesy of Rohin Geis/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
514 - 6 GREENBRIAR ROAD
Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #29627092
Courtesy of ARI ESMAIL/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
64 - 740 KENNEDY ROAD
Toronto (Ionview), Ontario MLS® #29627097
Courtesy of NEIL YASIN ABAM/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
1205A - 705 DAVIS DRIVE
Newmarket (Huron Heights-Leslie Valley), Ontario MLS® #29627100
Courtesy of VICTORIA MAKHNIN/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
113 SOUTHWOOD DRIVE
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29627136
Courtesy of VIKTOR VERBITSKY/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
4609 - 3900 CONFEDERATION PARKWAY
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29627129
Courtesy of JASON LI/RE/MAX REALTRON JIM MO REALTY
1415 WILLIAM HALTON PARKWAY
Oakville (NW Northwest), Ontario MLS® #29627131
Courtesy of SELENA CHEN/MASTER'S TRUST REALTY INC.
123 Trout Lake Road
Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia MLS® #29627369
Courtesy of Whitney Purdy/Exit Realty Town & Country
11 Glencoe Drive
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia MLS® #29627410
Courtesy of Jody Allen/Royal LePage Anchor Realty
Lot D Janinas Way
Cavendish, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29627679
Courtesy of Steven Barber/HOMELIFE P.E.I. REALTY INC.
10 - 1260 JOURNEY'S END CIRCLE
Newmarket (Newmarket Industrial Park), Ontario MLS® #29627698
Courtesy of MIKE BANCHERI/INTERCITY REALTY INC.
1404 - 5 LISA STREET
Brampton (Queen Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29627732
Courtesy of SAAD AHMED/NEWGEN REALTY EXPERTS
204 - 70 PORT STREET E
Mississauga (Port Credit), Ontario MLS® #29627737
Courtesy of DRAGA CORONA/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
304 REGENT STREET
Goderich (Goderich (Town)), Ontario MLS® #29627617
Courtesy of JENNA MARTIN/Royal LePage Heartland Realty
160 ANDREW STREET
Clarington (Newcastle), Ontario MLS® #29627612
Courtesy of TYLER SMITH/HOMESMITHS REAL ESTATE LTD.
308 - 7378 YONGE STREET
Vaughan (Crestwood-Springfarm-Yorkhill), Ontario MLS® #29627530
Courtesy of DONNA MICHELLE MURRAY/BOSLEY REAL ESTATE LTD.
2502 - 238 DORIS AVENUE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #29627504
Courtesy of PETER FAY HWAY CHOI/MASTER'S TRUST REALTY INC.
48 Old Settlement Hill
Freshwater, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29627629
Courtesy of Jessica Brazil/3% Realty East Coast
8512 BUENA VISTA RD NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29627631
Courtesy of Janice L. Kosak/MaxWell Challenge Realty
320 - 505 GLENCAIRN AVENUE S
Toronto (Englemount-Lawrence), Ontario MLS® #29627636
Courtesy of SAURABH SABHARWAL/NEWGEN REALTY EXPERTS
909 - 25 SCRIVENER SQUARE
Toronto (Rosedale-Moore Park), Ontario MLS® #29627643
Courtesy of SARAH B. GIACOMELLI/CHESTNUT PARK REAL ESTATE LIMITED
0 MADAWASKA RIVER
McNab/Braeside, Ontario MLS® #29627655
Courtesy of Cliff Judd/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY GROUP
10895 143 STREET
Surrey, British Columbia MLS® #29627650
Courtesy of Sukh Sangha/Century 21 Coastal Realty Ltd.
314 Yankee Line Road
Middle River, Nova Scotia MLS® #29627674
Courtesy of Jennifer Foley/3% Realty Nova Scotia
UPPER - 1899 ROSEFIELD ROAD
Pickering (Liverpool), Ontario MLS® #29627667
Courtesy of JULIE STRAZZERI/REMAX CONNECT REALTY
Lot F Janinas Way
Cavendish, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29627681
Courtesy of Steven Barber/HOMELIFE P.E.I. REALTY INC.
4 LILLIAN Street
St. George, Ontario MLS® #29627744
Courtesy of Kyle Jansink/Re/Max Twin City Realty Inc
TH 107 - 8010 DERRY ROAD
Milton (CO Coates), Ontario MLS® #29627477
Courtesy of FRANCINE COUNTRYMAN/Royal LePage Meadowtowne Realty Inc., Brokerage
1063 SECRETARIATE ROAD
Newmarket (Stonehaven-Wyndham), Ontario MLS® #29627701
Courtesy of FRANK POLSINELLO/EXP REALTY
89 VAIL MEADOWS CRESCENT
Clarington (Bowmanville), Ontario MLS® #29627662
Courtesy of NIRESHA ROET/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
LOT 32 RIDGELINE DRIVE
Alnwick/Haldimand (Grafton), Ontario MLS® #29628127
Courtesy of RYAN FRIEDRICH/ROYAL LEPAGE PROALLIANCE REALTY
611 - 55 FRONT STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29628134
Courtesy of SONIA MARTINHO/RE/MAX CONDOS PLUS CORPORATION
326 - 25 LOWER SIMCOE STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29628139
Courtesy of JAMIE VIEIRA/CENTURY 21 MILLER REAL ESTATE LTD.
80 OWEN BOULEVARD
Toronto (St. Andrew-Windfields), Ontario MLS® #29628141
Courtesy of BARRY COHEN/RE/MAX REALTRON BARRY COHEN HOMES INC.
1107 - 475 LAURIER AVENUE W
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29628146
Courtesy of Richard J. Smith/ROYAL LEPAGE PERFORMANCE REALTY
218 FLOOD AVENUE
Clarington (Newcastle), Ontario MLS® #29628160
Courtesy of KUGEENTHAN KRISHNAMOORTHY/RE/MAX ACE REALTY INC.
11 DURHAM STREET
Whitby (Brooklin), Ontario MLS® #29628158
Courtesy of MARIE ALLISON TUGWELL/ROYAL HERITAGE REALTY LTD.
12 RUDEN CRESCENT
Toronto (Parkwoods-Donalda), Ontario MLS® #29627338
Courtesy of KAREN MILLAR/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
2386 STONE GLEN CRESCENT
Oakville (WM Westmount), Ontario MLS® #29627725
Courtesy of HELIO DOMINGOS/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
534 HYSSOP STREET
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29627869
Courtesy of Josee Blaskie/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY GROUP
173 WALKER BOULEVARD
New Tecumseth (Alliston), Ontario MLS® #29628177
Courtesy of ADAMO COLELLA/RE/MAX WEST REALTY INC.
9 WHEATLEY ROAD
Vaughan (Maple), Ontario MLS® #29628184
Courtesy of SAMUEL RIGGI/PROSPECT REALTY INC.
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.
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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Toronto Neighbourhood Guide
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