9928 81 Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29199942
Courtesy of Mark B. Wilbert/CIR 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.
1509 - 33 ERIE AVENUE
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #29990754
Courtesy of GANDHARV MITAL/HOMELIFE MAPLE LEAF REALTY LTD.
208 HUNTING RIDGES DRIVE
Richmond Hill (Jefferson), Ontario MLS® #29990829
Courtesy of BINNA HE/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
71 NEWPORT LANE
Norfolk (Port Dover), Ontario MLS® #29990850
Courtesy of ABI GUL/RE/MAX ABOUTOWNE REALTY CORP.
5 - 4620 GUILDWOOD WAY
Mississauga (Hurontario), Ontario MLS® #29990886
Courtesy of AMIT RAVINDRA/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
385 PIONEER Drive Unit# 5
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29990898
Courtesy of Caroline Nichols/ROYAL LEPAGE WOLLE REALTY
1202 - 15 HOLMES AVENUE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #29990709
Courtesy of GRACE GAO/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
10128 85 Avenue
Grande Prairie, Alberta MLS® #29991043
Courtesy of John MacLennan/RE/MAX Grande Prairie
258244 10 Street E
Rural Foothills County, Alberta MLS® #29990901
Courtesy of Matt Burnham/Real Broker
COACHHOUSE - 290 CORNELL CENTRE BOULEVARD
Markham (Cornell), Ontario MLS® #29990805
Courtesy of LENA CHEN/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
89 ROYAL BEECH DRIVE
Wasaga Beach, Ontario MLS® #29990831
Courtesy of MONICA L. KEESS/ROYAL LEPAGE MEADOWTOWNE REALTY
22 RAMORE Street
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #29990735
Courtesy of Janine Walsh/Royal LePage Wolle Realty
1 RINGWAY ROAD
Brampton (Northwest Brampton), Ontario MLS® #29990646
Courtesy of ARSHDEEP SINGH/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
BSMT 3 - 48 BELLEFONTAINE STREET
Toronto (L'Amoreaux), Ontario MLS® #29990641
Courtesy of RAYMOND PAU/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
236 - 8763 BAYVIEW AVENUE
Richmond Hill (Doncrest), Ontario MLS® #29990711
Courtesy of NIMA FELOR ZABIHI/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
BSMT - 105 POYNTZ AVENUE
Toronto (Lansing-Westgate), Ontario MLS® #29990759
Courtesy of ADEEL BHAYANI/Royal LePage Our Neighbourhood Realty
115 BEDROCK DRIVE
Hamilton (Stoney Creek Mountain), Ontario MLS® #29990817
Courtesy of KELVIN EMEANA/REAL CITY REALTY INC.
4111 - 7 GRENVILLE STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29990867
Courtesy of ANDY YOU/JDL REALTY INC.
UPPER - 7530 MAGISTRATE TERRACE
Mississauga (Meadowvale Village), Ontario MLS® #29990879
Courtesy of PAUL VERMA/CENTURY 21 PEOPLE'S CHOICE REALTY INC.
4079 CAMPBELL STREET
London South (South V), Ontario MLS® #29990893
Courtesy of AMRIT SHERGILL/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
LOT 48 LAKEVIEW PARKWAY
Madawaska Valley, Ontario MLS® #29990932
Courtesy of Patricia Scott/QUEENSWOOD NATIONAL REAL ESTATE LTD
107 QUEEN Street S
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29990949
Courtesy of Tabatha Thomson/Nashdom Realty Brokerage Inc.
MAIN - 68 ELNATHAN CRESCENT
Toronto (Humber Summit), Ontario MLS® #29990658
Courtesy of ANDREW O. ENOFE/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
1505 - 410 QUEENS QUAY WAY W
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29990672
Courtesy of VIVIANA YE/PROMPTON REAL ESTATE SERVICES CORP.
1812 - 8 THE ESPLANADE
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29990677
Courtesy of SERENA WU/RE/MAX EXCEL REALTY LTD.
152 MATAWIN LANE
Richmond Hill (Headford Business Park), Ontario MLS® #29990689
Courtesy of LISA LAI YI FUNG/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
2ND RM 3 - 46 ARNOLD STREET
Hamilton (Westdale), Ontario MLS® #29990704
Courtesy of HUNG TAT TERRY CHAN/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
18 - 1235 QUEENSWAY AVENUE E
Mississauga (Dixie), Ontario MLS® #29991114
Courtesy of Enas Awad/Enas Awad
SEMI BASEMENT - 19 OLDBOROUGH CIRCLE
Toronto (Don Valley Village), Ontario MLS® #29990907
Courtesy of PETER WANG/HOMECOMFORT REALTY INC.
26 TATTERSALL LANE
Lambton Shores (Grand Bend), Ontario MLS® #29990724
Courtesy of MIKE SLOAN/ROYAL LEPAGE TRILAND REALTY
3 MOUNTAIN Street Unit# 3b
Grimsby, Ontario MLS® #29990755
Courtesy of Tashi Baburi/HOMELIFE MIRACLE REALTY LTD
306 - 20 BURKEBROOK PLACE
Toronto (Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills), Ontario MLS® #29990762
Courtesy of JACOB BERKENBLIT/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
349 - 1005 DUNDAS STREET E
Oakville (JM Joshua Meadows), Ontario MLS® #29990813
Courtesy of DONGHUI CAI/KINGSWAY REAL ESTATE
BSMT - 161 MOHAWK ROAD W
Hamilton (Rolston), Ontario MLS® #29990818
Courtesy of MAHEN SINGARAJAH/RE/MAX COMMUNITY REALTY INC.
23 ARROWVIEW DRIVE
Brampton (Northwest Brampton), Ontario MLS® #29990849
Courtesy of MEDHAT SALIB/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
890 HOLLANDS AVENUE
Sarnia, Ontario MLS® #29990902
Courtesy of LINDA MILLER/RE/MAX PRIME PROPERTIES - UNIQUE GROUP
405 517 Fisgard St
Victoria, British Columbia MLS® #29990940
Courtesy of Cody Vorra/Newport Realty Ltd.
9013 YONGE STREET
Richmond Hill (Langstaff), Ontario MLS® #29990729
Courtesy of GRACE GAO/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
4186 TATLOCK ROAD
Lanark Highlands, Ontario MLS® #29990736
Courtesy of D. Clark Munro/ROYAL LEPAGE TEAM REALTY
810 - 7171 YONGE STREET
Markham (Grandview), Ontario MLS® #29990748
Courtesy of WEIGUO XIE/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
S2407 - 8 OLYMPIC GARDEN DRIVE
Toronto (Newtonbrook East), Ontario MLS® #29990673
Courtesy of VIVIAN TRAN/CONDOWONG REAL ESTATE INC.
9 STRAWFLOWER MEWS
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #29990678
Courtesy of KATHY ZHU/BAY STREET GROUP 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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