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
2303 - 825 CHURCH STREET
Toronto (Rosedale-Moore Park), Ontario MLS® #29528606
Courtesy of HELEN CHU/RE/MAX CONDOS PLUS CORPORATION
728 - 188 FAIRVIEW MALL DRIVE
Toronto (Don Valley Village), Ontario MLS® #29528601
Courtesy of KRISTY CHEN/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
619 - 7 SMITH CRESCENT
Toronto (Stonegate-Queensway), Ontario MLS® #29528613
Courtesy of VICTOR ALVAREZ/RE/MAX CONDOS PLUS CORPORATION
LOWER - 1 KENNETH ROSS BEND
East Gwillimbury (Sharon), Ontario MLS® #29528618
Courtesy of YANN LIU/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
1506 - 28 INTERCHANGE WAY
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #29528620
Courtesy of BRUCE ZHAO/EASTIDE REALTY
120 AKINS DR
St. Albert, Alberta MLS® #29528632
Courtesy of Nick D. Dennis/Homes & Gardens Real Estate Limited
204 - 200 ROBERT SPECK PARKWAY
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29529027
Courtesy of SAIMA ADNAN/RE/MAX GOLD REALTY INC.
27 PINE NEEDLES COURT
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29528668
Courtesy of Barb Eamer/ROYAL LEPAGE TEAM REALTY
510 KINDRED CRESCENT
North Grenville, Ontario MLS® #29528637
Courtesy of Katherine Scott/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY GROUP
2623 GARRISON CROSSING
Pickering (Duffin Heights), Ontario MLS® #29528651
Courtesy of NINA AU/RIFE REALTY
1115 - 30 BASEBALL PLACE
Toronto (South Riverdale), Ontario MLS® #29528649
Courtesy of PEARL KIM/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
5869 Brier Ave
Duncan, British Columbia MLS® #29528682
Courtesy of Mike Eddy/Sutton Group-West Coast Realty (Dunc)
163 PIKE CREEK Drive
Cayuga, Ontario MLS® #29528699
Courtesy of Nicholas Kazan/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
60 CHARLES Street W Unit# 808
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29528687
Courtesy of Carla Verhoeve/PEAK REALTY LTD.
429 STAGHORN ROAD
Pickering (Rosebank), Ontario MLS® #29528719
Courtesy of KRISH SAISHANKAR/RE/MAX COMMUNITY REALTY INC.
1310 - 3900 CONFEDERATION PARKWAY
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29528726
Courtesy of YUHAN KO/FREEMAN REAL ESTATE LTD.
53 - 50 FIDDLERS GREEN ROAD
London North (North P), Ontario MLS® #29528738
Courtesy of MARTIN DENIS SARKISSIAN/CENTURY 21 FIRST CANADIAN CORP
58 RED PLANT CRESCENT
Brampton (Northwest Sandalwood Parkway), Ontario MLS® #29528757
Courtesy of INDU JAIN/ROYAL STAR REALTY INC.
16 ABBOTTSWOOD ROAD
Toronto (Bendale), Ontario MLS® #29528904
Courtesy of MAGGIE TIAN/TIMES SQUARE REAL ESTATE SERVICES INC.
94 ABERFOYLE MILL CRESCENT
Puslinch (Aberfoyle), Ontario MLS® #29528935
Courtesy of CHRIS MOCHRIE/M1 Real Estate Brokerage Ltd
LOWER - 36 SHERWOOD FOREST DRIVE
Markham (Bullock), Ontario MLS® #29528959
Courtesy of LINDA LIN/CENTRAL HOME REALTY INC.
55 TOM BROWN DRIVE
Brant (Paris), Ontario MLS® #29528980
Courtesy of MILAN JR. BAUK/KINGSWAY REAL ESTATE
2111 - 21 WIDMER STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29528896
Courtesy of OWAIS GHANI/ROYAL LEPAGE CERTIFIED REALTY
99 - 20 WILLIAM JACKSON WAY
Toronto (New Toronto), Ontario MLS® #29528810
Courtesy of SOPHIA GUO/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
1012 - 2550 SIMCOE STREET N
Oshawa (Windfields), Ontario MLS® #29528788
Courtesy of SHIRLYN ANTONIO/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
909 - 880 DUNDAS STREET W
Mississauga (Erindale), Ontario MLS® #29528803
Courtesy of STEPHANIE DANIELA KNEZEVIC/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
908 - 3120 KIRWIN AVENUE
Mississauga (Cooksville), Ontario MLS® #29528916
Courtesy of VIJAY KUMAR BHADRAN NAIR/HOMELIFE MAPLE LEAF REALTY LTD.
706 - 1030 KING STREET W
Toronto (Niagara), Ontario MLS® #29529003
Courtesy of NOOSHIN BARAKHSHAN/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
120 RENFREW TRAIL
Welland (N. Welland), Ontario MLS® #29529010
Courtesy of Harjit Pandher/RE/MAX NIAGARA REALTY LTD, BROKERAGE
18 TEASEL WAY
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #29529015
Courtesy of LUKE WANG/RE/MAX ATRIUM HOME REALTY
5316 Poplar Avenue
Blackfalds, Alberta MLS® #29529022
Courtesy of Ed Katchur/Maxwell Real Estate Solutions Ltd.
1092 GLENDALE DRIVE
Peterborough (Northcrest Ward 5), Ontario MLS® #29529034
Courtesy of JAMES TASCA/ICI SOURCE REAL ASSET SERVICES INC.
244 DEERFOX DRIVE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29528587
Courtesy of Jatinder Saini/AVENUE NORTH REALTY INC.
1306 - 31 TIPPETT ROAD
Toronto (Clanton Park), Ontario MLS® #29528602
Courtesy of FRANCIS VOO/RE/MAX CROSSROADS REALTY INC.
1402 - 168 KING ST EAST STREET
Toronto (Moss Park), Ontario MLS® #29528607
Courtesy of DONNIE ALOISI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
BSMT - 684 CEREMONIAL DRIVE
Mississauga (Hurontario), Ontario MLS® #29528614
Courtesy of RAMNEET GADI/ROYAL LEPAGE CERTIFIED REALTY
10 - 2499 RUTHERFORD ROAD
Vaughan (Concord), Ontario MLS® #29528621
Courtesy of BRIAN THOMSON/SKYBOUND REALTY
21 - 570 HOOD ROAD
Markham (Milliken Mills West), Ontario MLS® #29528676
Courtesy of TALIA BLACK/KELLER WILLIAMS REALTY CENTRES
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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