1 7610 EVANS ROAD|Sardis West Vedder
Chilliwack, British Columbia MLS® #29153364
Courtesy of Sarah Trydal/Stonehaus Realty Corp.
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.
3441 19TH AVENUE
Smithers, British Columbia MLS® #29153517
Courtesy of Jantina Hamelink/RE/MAX Bulkley Valley
292 BLACKSTOCK ROAD
100 Mile House, British Columbia MLS® #29153493
Courtesy of Adam Dirkson/eXp Realty (100 Mile)
4715 PARKER COURT
108 Mile Ranch, British Columbia MLS® #29153399
Courtesy of Adam Dirkson/eXp Realty (100 Mile)
15 AFFUSION ROAD
Brampton (Northwest Brampton), Ontario MLS® #29153775
Courtesy of DALJIT GULATI/RE/MAX PARAMOUNT REALTY
215 - 50 SILVER STAR BOULEVARD
Toronto (Milliken), Ontario MLS® #29153763
Courtesy of DANIEL LIU/EVERLAND REALTY INC.
3500 CRESCENT HARBOUR ROAD
Innisfil, Ontario MLS® #29153768
Courtesy of OLGA KRIVITSKY/ROYAL LEPAGE FIRST CONTACT REALTY
UPPER - 60 SANDSPRINGS CRESCENT
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29153782
Courtesy of Rufus D'Souza/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
3071 BASSWOOD COURT
Niagara Falls (Church's Lane), Ontario MLS® #29150339
Courtesy of Jamie Szeibert/RE/MAX NIAGARA REALTY LTD, BROKERAGE
1108 - 35 TOWERING HEIGHTS BOULEVARD
St. Catharines (Glendale/Glenridge), Ontario MLS® #29150341
Courtesy of Donna Park/ROYAL LEPAGE NRC REALTY
9773 Highway 8
Caledonia, Nova Scotia MLS® #29150346
Courtesy of Tina Williamson/Royal Lepage Atlantic (Mahone Bay)
Lot 5 Highway 3
Hebbville, Nova Scotia MLS® #29150358
Courtesy of Jordan Greige/EXIT Realty Inter Lake
9 KESTREL Court Unit# Upper
Barrie, Ontario MLS® #29150377
Courtesy of Peggy Hill/RE/MAX Hallmark Peggy Hill Group Realty Brokerage
106 - 35 MARINER TERRACE
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29150391
Courtesy of Asiyeh Sal Moslehian/RE/MAX ABOUTOWNE REALTY CORP.
1503 - 7 LORRAINE DRIVE
Toronto (Willowdale West), Ontario MLS® #29150404
Courtesy of ALEX TROKOZ/PROPERTY.CA INC.
329 - 5 HANNA AVENUE
Toronto (Niagara), Ontario MLS® #29150409
Courtesy of JORDAN RASBERRY/PROPERTY.CA INC.
72 ST. PATRICK STREET
Toronto (Kensington-Chinatown), Ontario MLS® #29150411
Courtesy of JOSEPHINE KIBALIAN/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
1114 QUEEN STREET E
Toronto (South Riverdale), Ontario MLS® #29150416
Courtesy of RYAN EARL/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
340 325 Keevil CRESCENT
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #29150423
Courtesy of Bernard Normand/Royal LePage Saskatoon Real Estate
1 (LOWER) - 878 GLENCAIRN AVENUE
Toronto (Yorkdale-Glen Park), Ontario MLS® #29150822
Courtesy of PAUL CHO/HOMELIFE FRONTIER REALTY INC.
703 - 1461 LAWRENCE AVENUE W
Toronto (Brookhaven-Amesbury), Ontario MLS® #29150834
Courtesy of MELISSA BERALL/CHESTNUT PARK REAL ESTATE LIMITED
104 SCHMIDT DRIVE
Wellington North (Arthur), Ontario MLS® #29150846
Courtesy of SUKH KAINTH/RE/MAX Real Estate Centre Inc
50 EDGEWOOD AVENUE
Hamilton (Sherwood), Ontario MLS® #29150860
Courtesy of DANIEL LAMBKIN/PEAK REALTY LTD.
23 WHITTON DRIVE
Brant (Paris), Ontario MLS® #29150865
Courtesy of Roxanne Gontarz/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
27 - 1276 SILVAN FOREST DRIVE
Burlington (Tansley), Ontario MLS® #29150877
Courtesy of JOSIE ATTARDO/Royal LePage Real Estate Services Ltd., Brokerage
1158 KING Road Unit# 16
Burlington, Ontario MLS® #29150884
Courtesy of Robert Christopher Joao/Keller Williams Edge Realty
268 MURRAY Street
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #29150889
Courtesy of Adrian McStravick/Re/Max Twin City Realty Inc
346 Highway East
Victoria, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29150598
Courtesy of FRANK EVELY/RE/MAX Eastern Edge Realty Ltd. - Bay Roberts
373 FIRGLEN RIDGE W
Vaughan (Islington Woods), Ontario MLS® #29150613
Courtesy of REZA MOHSENI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
UPPER - 9 KESTREL COURT
Barrie (Little Lake), Ontario MLS® #29150620
Courtesy of PEGGY HILL/RE/MAX HALLMARK PEGGY HILL GROUP REALTY
1543 Stadacona STREET W
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan MLS® #29150632
Courtesy of Vicki Pantelopoulos/Global Direct Realty Inc.
405 13468 KING GEORGE BOULEVARD
Surrey, British Columbia MLS® #29150637
Courtesy of Mani Aujla/Real Broker B.C. Ltd.
206 - 135 MARLEE AVENUE
Toronto (Briar Hill-Belgravia), Ontario MLS® #29150644
Courtesy of NATHALIE CLARKE-SINGH/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
19 IXWORTH ROAD
Toronto (West Humber-Clairville), Ontario MLS® #29150649
Courtesy of MICHAEL SAMRAH/GET SOLD REALTY INC.
2B - 1504 QUEEN STREET W
Toronto (Roncesvalles), Ontario MLS® #29150651
Courtesy of ALEXIS D'SOUZA/KINGSWAY REAL ESTATE
165 PHILLIPS STREET
Kingston (West of Sir John A. Blvd), Ontario MLS® #29150221
Courtesy of DANNY MURRAY/RE/MAX FINEST REALTY INC., BROKERAGE
157 CRESTVIEW DRIVE
Middlesex Centre (Kilworth), Ontario MLS® #29150226
Courtesy of SEBASTIAN DZWONCZYK/INFINITY REALTY INC.
PT 2-00 HERRON MILLS ROAD
Lanark Highlands, Ontario MLS® #29150233
Courtesy of Stephanie Mols/COLDWELL BANKER FIRST OTTAWA REALTY
2521 ATHENA PATH
Pickering, Ontario MLS® #29150257
Courtesy of SALEEM AKHTAR/ROYAL LEPAGE TERREQUITY REALTY
196 NELSON STREET W
Oakville (BR Bronte), Ontario MLS® #29150290
Courtesy of RITESH JHAMB/HOMELIFE/PARAMOUNT REALTY
13 - 104 KENHAR DRIVE
Toronto (Humber Summit), Ontario MLS® #29150295
Courtesy of JASON NOTSCH-KUPCHO/ROYAL LEPAGE YOUR COMMUNITY 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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