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
54 HERON PARK PL
Toronto (West Hill), Ontario MLS® #29466440
Courtesy of VICTORIA MAKHNIN/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
L05 - 100 HARRISON GARDEN BOULEVARD
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #29466433
Courtesy of VINCENT JIANG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
604 PAUL METIVIER DRIVE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29466464
Courtesy of Iftkhar Mirza/REMAX BOARDWALK REALTY
914 - 480 FRONT STREET W
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29466471
Courtesy of BONNIE BO LI/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
93 WILEY AVENUE
Toronto (Danforth Village-East York), Ontario MLS® #29466476
Courtesy of HOWARD ZHU/PROPTECH REALTY INC.
133 PARK Street Unit# 304
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #29466375
Courtesy of Austin Ye/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC
3739 Casorso Road Unit# 101
Kelowna, British Columbia MLS® #29454225
Courtesy of Mike Mychalyshyn/Unison Jane Hoffman Realty
39 997 CHILCOTIN 20 HIGHWAY
Williams Lake, British Columbia MLS® #29466100
Courtesy of Crystal Hoelzler/RE/MAX Williams Lake Realty
64A EASTVILLE AVENUE
Toronto (Cliffcrest), Ontario MLS® #29466439
Courtesy of LISA-MARIE DOOREY/SOTHEBY'S INTERNATIONAL REALTY CANADA
438 MARYBAY CRESCENT
Richmond Hill (Crosby), Ontario MLS® #29466446
Courtesy of RITA ZHU/SMART SOLD REALTY
2205 - 575 BLOOR STREET E
Toronto (North St. James Town), Ontario MLS® #29466472
Courtesy of BONNIE BO LI/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
291 BEASLEY TERRACE
Milton (FO Ford), Ontario MLS® #29466484
Courtesy of AHMED HANAFY/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
5147 WATSON LAKE ROAD
100 Mile House, British Columbia MLS® #29466388
Courtesy of Danita McLaren/eXp Realty (100 Mile)
215 - 88 SHEPPARD AVENUE E
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #29466434
Courtesy of ANDY SHEN/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
UNIT B - 766 YORK ROAD
Niagara-on-the-Lake (Rural), Ontario MLS® #29466465
Courtesy of MIKE FAHANDEJ-SADE/BOLDT REALTY INC., BROKERAGE
4 - 133 PARK STREET
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #29466485
Courtesy of AUSTIN YE/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
2703 - 426 UNIVERSITY AVENUE
Toronto (University), Ontario MLS® #29466435
Courtesy of LUCY LIU/HOMELIVING EMPIRE REALTY INC.
29 - 683 WINDERMERE ROAD
London North (North G), Ontario MLS® #29466461
Courtesy of LINDSAY REID/ROYAL LEPAGE TRILAND REALTY
8105 CITATION ROAD
Niagara Falls (Ascot), Ontario MLS® #29466466
Courtesy of Rick Cardamone/ROYAL LEPAGE NRC REALTY
1907 - 85 MCMAHON DRIVE
Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #29466473
Courtesy of LINA HUANG/MASTER'S TRUST REALTY INC.
22 MASSACHUSETTS LANE
Markham (Wismer), Ontario MLS® #29466480
Courtesy of ANNA ZHAI/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
7 - 4045 HICKORY DRIVE
Mississauga (Rathwood), Ontario MLS® #29466455
Courtesy of SOPHIA XIAO/BAY STREET INTEGRITY REALTY INC.
712W - 268 BUCHANAN DRIVE
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #29466448
Courtesy of VINCENT JIANG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
39 NORDIC LANE
Whitchurch-Stouffville (Stouffville), Ontario MLS® #29466443
Courtesy of MARK DU/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
22&24 HOFFMAN STREET
Petawawa, Ontario MLS® #29466417
Courtesy of Wendy Reeves/RE/MAX PEMBROKE REALTY LTD.
2 REID AVENUE NORTH Avenue
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29466373
Courtesy of Austin Ye/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC
86 Mockingbird CR
Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta MLS® #29465991
Courtesy of Himanshu Kolte/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
1251 QUEST CIRCLE
Mississauga (Meadowvale Village), Ontario MLS® #29466456
Courtesy of TANIA SPRING/ROYAL HERITAGE REALTY LTD.
13 DON HEAD VILLAGE BOULEVARD
Richmond Hill (North Richvale), Ontario MLS® #29466444
Courtesy of AFI ASGHARI/RE/MAX HALLMARK MAXX & AFI GROUP REALTY
32 CORDGRASS CRESCENT
Brampton (Sandringham-Wellington), Ontario MLS® #29466451
Courtesy of SYED SALMAN LAIQ/EXP REALTY
2607 - 36 OLIVE AVENUE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #29466432
Courtesy of MAXX ARZHANGI/RE/MAX HALLMARK MAXX & AFI GROUP REALTY
170 CONSERVANCY DRIVE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29466463
Courtesy of Suhail Akhtar/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY GROUP
19 - 232 ST. GEORGE STREET
Toronto (Annex), Ontario MLS® #29466468
Courtesy of TANIA SALIBA/QUEENSWAY REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE INC.
707 JACOB Lane
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #29466374
Courtesy of Tamara Schnarr/KELLER WILLIAMS INNOVATION REALTY
7202 - 55 COOPER STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29460719
Courtesy of JAMES LI/SMART SOLD REALTY
2622 - 20 EDWARD STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29460721
Courtesy of DANIEL TANG/RE/MAX ATRIUM HOME REALTY
605 UNSWORTH AVENUE
Oakville (WO West), Ontario MLS® #29460740
Courtesy of KAREN YUAN/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
107 - 45 HANSEN ROAD N
Brampton (Madoc), Ontario MLS® #29460745
Courtesy of SHEETAL VYAS/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
397 MAPLE LEAF DRIVE
Toronto (Maple Leaf), Ontario MLS® #29460769
Courtesy of SONIA WANG/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
234 MAPLE LEAF DRIVE
Toronto (Rustic), Ontario MLS® #29460771
Courtesy of SONIA WANG/RIGHT AT HOME 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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