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.
4807 44 Ave
Stony Plain, Alberta MLS® #29210474
Courtesy of Rohin Geis/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
12854 BENS ROAD
Charlie Lake, British Columbia MLS® #29749159
Courtesy of Kimberley Schwarz/Izon Realty
18 Range Road 271
Calahoo, Alberta MLS® #29803390
Courtesy of Rohin Geis/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
18 Range Road 271
Calahoo, Alberta MLS® #29803391
Courtesy of Rohin Geis/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
721 - 18 UPTOWN DRIVE
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #29810111
Courtesy of WINNIE LAM/REALTY ASSOCIATES INC.
414 BUNTING ROAD
St. Catharines (Carlton/Bunting), Ontario MLS® #29810089
Courtesy of Rob Dundas/RE/MAX NIAGARA REALTY LTD, BROKERAGE
607 - 5180 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Willowdale West), Ontario MLS® #29810096
Courtesy of MAN KIM/HOME STANDARDS BRICKSTONE REALTY
676 SPEYER CIRCLE
Milton (HA Harrison), Ontario MLS® #29810116
Courtesy of MUHAMMAD KHURRAM/iCloud Realty Ltd.
259 ROBINSON DR
Leduc, Alberta MLS® #29809784
Courtesy of Kara French/Coldwell Banker Mountain Central
710 - 3091 DUFFERIN STREET
Toronto (Yorkdale-Glen Park), Ontario MLS® #29810147
Courtesy of WILLIAM WENQIANG LI/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
222 - 475 PARKHILL ROAD W
Peterborough (Town Ward 3), Ontario MLS® #29810154
Courtesy of CHRISTINE KEMP/RE/MAX ROUGE RIVER REALTY LTD.
260 WOODBRIDGE WY
Sherwood Park, Alberta MLS® #29810433
Courtesy of Ryan M. McDonald/Century 21 Masters
1 FORBES Street
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #29810471
Courtesy of DALE DYER/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
21 POPLAR CRESCENT
Oro-Medonte, Ontario MLS® #29810546
Courtesy of MARK FARIS/FARIS TEAM REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE
Lot NO 101 Highway
Greenwich, Nova Scotia MLS® #29810692
Courtesy of Brian Fraser/EXP Realty of Canada Inc.
1 GOMME AVENUE
Clarington (Newcastle), Ontario MLS® #29810844
Courtesy of Craig Byrne/Royal LePage Frank Real Estate
110 - 135 MICHAEL COWPLAND DRIVE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29810945
Courtesy of Sarah Vandenbelt/PARADIGM COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE & BROKERAGE INC.
861 LOUIS ERNEST ROAD
The Nation, Ontario MLS® #29810952
Courtesy of Mathieu Fournier/ROYAL LEPAGE PERFORMANCE REALTY
103 - 63 ARTHUR STREET S
Guelph (St. Patrick's Ward), Ontario MLS® #29810957
Courtesy of MICHELLE CONLON/Royal LePage Royal City Realty
Lot 5 Camelot Road
French River, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29810988
Courtesy of Kris Fournier/RE/MAX CHARLOTTETOWN REALTY
353 STATION Street
Smithville, Ontario MLS® #29810801
Courtesy of Nancy Vermeer/Royal LePage NRC Realty Inc.
478 Saskatchewan ROAD
Laird Rm No. 404, Saskatchewan MLS® #29811366
Courtesy of Cindy Eckart/Boyes Group Realty Inc.
675 Evergreen Ave
Courtenay, British Columbia MLS® #29810370
Courtesy of Rob Phillips/Royal LePage-Comox Valley (CV)
505 - 81 WELLESLEY STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29810666
Courtesy of VIVIAN CHEN/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
1709 - 220 VICTORIA STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29810654
Courtesy of ELIZABETH VERSTRAETEN/CENTURY 21 WENDA ALLEN REALTY
74 STANNARDVILLE DRIVE
Ajax (Northwest Ajax), Ontario MLS® #29810678
Courtesy of NESAN CHATHANANTHAM/RE/MAX COMMUNITY REALTY INC.
11709 COUNTY 38 ROAD
North Dundas, Ontario MLS® #29810680
Courtesy of Liam Kealey/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY GROUP
39 PARKWOOD CRESCENT
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29810685
Courtesy of Patrick Walchuk/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY GROUP
906 - 30 UPPER MALL WAY
Vaughan (Brownridge), Ontario MLS® #29810697
Courtesy of VLADLEN KASHPAR/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
18 HARROWSMITH PLACE
Richmond Hill (Oak Ridges), Ontario MLS® #29810700
Courtesy of ALEX QUAZI/RE/MAX WEST REALTY INC.
B7 - 179 EDGEHILL DRIVE
Barrie (Letitia Heights), Ontario MLS® #29810712
Courtesy of ANGELA MCKEOWN/ROYAL LEPAGE FIRST CONTACT REALTY
#802 10046 117 ST NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29810729
Courtesy of Dan J. Kiryluk/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
26 AUTUMN CIRCLE
Halton Hills (Rural Halton Hills), Ontario MLS® #29810736
Courtesy of DAVID ROBBIO/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
95 SUGAR MAPLE Street
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29810368
Courtesy of ALICIA BOLAND/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
378 NORFOLK Street N
Simcoe, Ontario MLS® #29810611
Courtesy of Jill Plant/Re/Max Twin City Realty Inc
26 BROWN STREET
Stratford, Ontario MLS® #29810964
Courtesy of STEPHANIE THEODOROPOULOS/Sutton Group - First Choice Realty Ltd.
28 - 76582 JOWETT'S GROVE ROAD
Bluewater (Bayfield), Ontario MLS® #29810971
Courtesy of DONNY RIVERS/Coldwell Banker All Points-Festival City Realty
2904 - 10 NORTHTOWN WAY
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #29811032
Courtesy of HAMID FARRASHI/CENTURY 21 HERITAGE GROUP LTD.
3102 - 10 YORK STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29811044
Courtesy of ZEBEDAH DIN/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
19 SHORELAND CRESCENT
Toronto (Woburn), Ontario MLS® #29811087
Courtesy of CATHARINE GREGORY/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE 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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