6 CAMBRAY LANE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29098200
Courtesy of Zyaire Zhang/KELLER WILLIAMS ICON REALTY
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.
LOWER - 81A SHAVER AVENUE N
Toronto (Islington-City Centre West), Ontario MLS® #29098231
Courtesy of NATALIIA IAVORSKA/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
118 CANROBERT STREET
Woodstock (Woodstock - South), Ontario MLS® #29098181
Courtesy of Rachel Isaac/Revel Realty Inc Brokerage
156 NORTHVIEW HEIGHTS Drive
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #29098155
Courtesy of Anne Costabile/PEAK REALTY LTD.
703 - 1195 THE QUEENSWAY
Toronto (Islington-City Centre West), Ontario MLS® #29098193
Courtesy of RAJIV DHAWAN/ESTATE #1 REALTY SERVICES INC.
1606 - 32 FOREST MANOR ROAD
Toronto (Henry Farm), Ontario MLS® #29098206
Courtesy of LAWRENCE LIANG/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
43 MERRICKVILLE WAY
Brampton (Bram West), Ontario MLS® #29098232
Courtesy of GURPREET SANDHU/iCloud Realty Ltd.
2002 - 8 CUMBERLAND STREET
Toronto (Annex), Ontario MLS® #29098187
Courtesy of ROBIN BIAN/DREAM HOME REALTY INC.
804 ASPEN TERRACE
Milton (CB Cobban), Ontario MLS® #29098194
Courtesy of AHMED HANAFY/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
3 MONTROSE Avenue
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29098175
Courtesy of Jennifer Kreidl/Keller Williams Complete Realty
704 BOOKHAM CRESCENT
Mississauga (Rathwood), Ontario MLS® #29098233
Courtesy of MINA DEMIR/ONE PERCENT REALTY LTD.
3705 - 2033 KENNEDY ROAD
Toronto (Agincourt South-Malvern West), Ontario MLS® #29098190
Courtesy of SID CHEN/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
97 FORESTGROVE CIRCLE
Brampton (Heart Lake East), Ontario MLS® #29098195
Courtesy of KARAN DEVGAN/SAVE MAX FIRST CHOICE REAL ESTATE INC.
2008 - 210 SIMCOE STREET
Toronto (Kensington-Chinatown), Ontario MLS® #29098208
Courtesy of DONNA LI/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
603 - 22 OLIVE AVENUE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #29098210
Courtesy of VINCENT JIANG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
408 - 49 WELLINGTON STREET
Port Hope, Ontario MLS® #29098234
Courtesy of ARNIE SAN AGUSTIN/RARE REAL ESTATE
55 DUKE Street W Unit# 1405
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29098203
Courtesy of Soham Das/eXp Realty, Brokerage
7 5115 SWANNELL DRIVE
Hazelton, British Columbia MLS® #29098139
Courtesy of Jesse Butler/Calderwood Realty Ltd.
57 HANNON Crescent
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29098160
Courtesy of Goran Gligorovic/CENTURY 21 GREEN REALTY INC
3248 3RD AVENUE
Smithers, British Columbia MLS® #29097504
Courtesy of Peter Lund/RE/MAX Bulkley Valley
94 REANSBURY CRESCENT
Markham (Cachet), Ontario MLS® #29098191
Courtesy of PAUL GROSSI/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
3205 - 805 CARLING AVENUE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29098172
Courtesy of Eugine Wong/HOME RUN REALTY INC.
2210 - 5180 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Willowdale West), Ontario MLS® #29098209
Courtesy of HARRY LUO/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
2310 - 7 KING STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29098142
Courtesy of LEE FUNG/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
141 Federation ST
Thessalon, Ontario MLS® #29088009
Courtesy of Elinor Mick/Century 21 Choice Realty Inc.
126 - 43 HANNA AVENUE
Toronto (Niagara), Ontario MLS® #29093572
Courtesy of PAVEL SHAGANENKO/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
302 - 3260 SHEPPARD AVENUE E
Toronto (Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan), Ontario MLS® #29093577
Courtesy of CECILIA HE/CENTURY 21 KING'S QUAY REAL ESTATE INC.
9451 WEDGEWOOD DRIVE NORTH
Wedgewood, Alberta MLS® #29093940
Courtesy of DJ Golden/RE/MAX Grande Prairie
55 KERMAN Avenue Unit# 9
Grimsby, Ontario MLS® #29093983
Courtesy of Laura Carbell-Gillis/Royal LePage State Realty Inc.
401 Chemainus Rd
Ladysmith, British Columbia MLS® #29093990
Courtesy of Cheri Mactier/eXp Realty (NA)
1368-1370 Torbay Road
Torbay, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29093995
Courtesy of Lyndon Johnston/Century 21 Seller's Choice Inc.
69 JANICE DRIVE
Barrie (Sunnidale), Ontario MLS® #29094051
Courtesy of ADAM SCARATI/CENTURY 21 B.J. ROTH REALTY LTD.
193 KENEDON DRIVE
Kawartha Lakes (Emily), Ontario MLS® #29094119
Courtesy of COLE MURRAY/CENTURY 21 UNITED REALTY INC.
606 - 160 MACDONELL STREET
Guelph (Downtown), Ontario MLS® #29094121
Courtesy of MICHAEL CHRISTIE/Royal LePage Royal City Realty
44 North River Road
North River, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29094138
Courtesy of Amanda Hiscock/Century 21 Seller's Choice Inc.
Meeting Lake Cottage Home
Meeting Lake, Saskatchewan MLS® #29094140
Courtesy of Chris Molenaar Realty Prof. Corp./eXp Realty
9 18777 68A AVENUE
Surrey, British Columbia MLS® #29094183
Courtesy of Teresa Magsambol/Sutton Premier Realty
10 GLEN ABBEY Court
Woodstock, Ontario MLS® #29094208
Courtesy of PAUL FAUSTINO/GRAND WEST REALTY INC., BROKERAGE
78 FRED VARLEY DRIVE
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #29094239
Courtesy of LINDA JIANG/RE/MAX CROSSROADS REALTY INC.
241 BUTLER DRIVE
North Kawartha, Ontario MLS® #29094241
Courtesy of JASMINE NORTHEY/CENTURY 21 UNITED REALTY INC.
25 AMSTERDAM DRIVE
Barrie, Ontario MLS® #29094253
Courtesy of PEGGY HILL/RE/MAX HALLMARK PEGGY HILL GROUP REALTY
9 HAGER CREEK TERRACE
Hamilton (Waterdown), Ontario MLS® #29096610
Courtesy of MOHAMED ABDELRAHMAN/CENTURY 21 PROPERTY ZONE REALTY INC.
138 Brien AVE
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario MLS® #29096622
Courtesy of Marty Rowe/Remax Sault Ste. Marie Realty Inc.
82 ROBERT STREET
Toronto (University), Ontario MLS® #29096634
Courtesy of DEANA FELDMAN/CHESTNUT PARK REAL ESTATE LIMITED
26-914033 Range Rd 234
Rural Northern Lights, County of, Alberta MLS® #29096639
Courtesy of Sharon Holmes/RE/MAX Grande Prairie
36 PONYMILL DRIVE
Toronto (Milliken), Ontario MLS® #29096641
Courtesy of JEYRAMESH JAY JEGANATHAN/CENTURY 21 PEOPLE'S CHOICE 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.
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Toronto Neighbourhood Guide
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