Cabbagetown

Preserving Victorian Housing Architechture


Featured Cabbagetown Listings

Cabbagetown is home to many artists, musicians, journalists, writers, lawyers, management consultants, and many other professionals.


MLS® listing #29199942 for sale located at 9928  81 Avenue

$3,600,000

11464 sqft

9928 81 Avenue

Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29199942

Courtesy of Mark B. Wilbert/CIR Realty

MLS® listing #29465687 for sale located at 3303  70 Avenue

$620,000

43560 sqft

3303 70 Avenue

Leduc, Alberta MLS® #29465687

Courtesy of Michelle A. Plach/HonestDoor Inc

MLS® listing #29441052 for sale located at 73  SUPERIOR Street

$2,175,000

2900 sqft

73 SUPERIOR Street

Devon, Alberta MLS® #29441052

Courtesy of Erin Holowach/ComFree

MLS® listing #29210474 for sale located at 4807  44 Ave

1400 sqft

4807 44 Ave

Stony Plain, Alberta MLS® #29210474

Courtesy of Rohin Geis/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate

MLS® listing #29234742 for sale located at 56309  RGE Rd 13

$1,500,000

56309 RGE Rd 13

Rural Lac Ste. Anne County, Alberta MLS® #29234742

Courtesy of Levi Yang/Exp Realty

MLS® listing #29902401 for sale located at #116 3305 Orchards LI SW SW

$352,900

3 beds 3 baths 6500 sqft

#116 3305 Orchards LI SW SW

Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29902401

Courtesy of Jot Jhajj/Rite Realty

MLS® listing #29902437 for sale located at 1 MUNRO CO

$469,900

4 beds 3 baths 1252 sqft

1 MUNRO CO

Leduc, Alberta MLS® #29902437

Courtesy of Andy J. Verhagen/RE/MAX Elite

$2,700

2 beds 2 baths 800 sqft

601 - 6 DAVID EYER ROAD

Richmond Hill, Ontario MLS® #29902487

Courtesy of HARIET HAITAS/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY

MLS® listing #29902552 for sale located at 1017 GOLDFINCH COURT

$699,900

3 beds 1 baths 700 sqft

1017 GOLDFINCH COURT

Gravenhurst (Morrison), Ontario MLS® #29902552

Courtesy of WENDY CROTHERS/Sutton Group Incentive Realty Inc.

MLS® listing #29902634 for sale located at 481 CAMELOT DRIVE W

$965,000

4 beds 4 baths 1500 sqft

481 CAMELOT DRIVE W

Oshawa (Eastdale), Ontario MLS® #29902634

Courtesy of MARGARET DEVECSERI/CENTURY 21 REGAL REALTY INC.

MLS® listing #29902785 for sale located at 2952 Highway 395

$349,000

2 beds 1 baths 768 sqft

2952 Highway 395

East Lake Ainslie, Nova Scotia MLS® #29902785

Courtesy of Sherry MacLeod/Cape Breton Realty

MLS® listing #29902817 for sale located at 22 MARION Place

$649,900

3 beds 1 baths 1313 sqft

22 MARION Place

Stoney Creek, Ontario MLS® #29902817

Courtesy of Giacomo Luppino/Royal LePage State Realty Inc.

MLS® listing #29902622 for sale located at 30 BIRCHWOOD Heights

$399,900

4 beds 2 baths

30 BIRCHWOOD Heights

Summerside, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29902622

Courtesy of Jeff Rodgerson/ROYAL LEPAGE COUNTRY ESTATES 1985 LTD

MLS® listing #29902658 for sale located at 10 TONER STREET

$1,699,999

8 sqft

10 TONER STREET

Collingwood, Ontario MLS® #29902658

Courtesy of PAULA ELENA ALONZI/VENTURE REAL ESTATE CORP.

MLS® listing #29902778 for sale located at 46 GARDEN WALK

$849,900

3 beds 4 baths 2000 sqft

46 GARDEN WALK

London South (South N), Ontario MLS® #29902778

Courtesy of JUSTIN D'CROIX/ROYAL LEPAGE TRILAND REALTY

MLS® listing #29902836 for sale located at 811 Braeside VIEW

$1,449,000

6 beds 4 baths 3114 sqft

811 Braeside VIEW

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #29902836

Courtesy of Jillian Moore/Coldwell Banker Signature

MLS® listing #29902812 for sale located at 3 COWLEY AVENUE

$3,599,999

4 beds 5 baths 3500 sqft

3 COWLEY AVENUE

Toronto (Islington-City Centre West), Ontario MLS® #29902812

Courtesy of STEFANO PALERMO/RE/MAX PREMIER INC.

MLS® listing #29903081 for sale located at 14 MUSTANG ROAD

$1,250,000

4 beds 3 baths 1500 sqft

14 MUSTANG ROAD

Vaughan (Maple), Ontario MLS® #29903081

Courtesy of MICHAEL KAZALAC/ROYAL LEPAGE MAXIMUM REALTY

MLS® listing #29902999 for sale located at 12 ELGIN Street

$599,000

5 beds 3 baths 1795 sqft

12 ELGIN Street

Brantford, Ontario MLS® #29902999

Courtesy of Kristie Ferraccioli/Pay It Forward Realty

MLS® listing #29903043 for sale located at 1412 - 395 BLOOR STREET E

$2,175

2 beds 1 baths 500 sqft

1412 - 395 BLOOR STREET E

Toronto (Cabbagetown-South St. James Town), Ontario MLS® #29903043

Courtesy of DARRIN LUCAS COUROUX/BAYTREE REAL ESTATE INC.

MLS® listing #29903048 for sale located at 606 - 158 FRONT STREET E

$2,300

1 beds 1 baths 500 sqft

606 - 158 FRONT STREET E

Toronto (Moss Park), Ontario MLS® #29903048

Courtesy of DARRIN LUCAS COUROUX/BAYTREE REAL ESTATE INC.

MLS® listing #29903050 for sale located at 1242 W - 135 LOWER SHERBOURNE STREET

$2,375

2 beds 2 baths 500 sqft

1242 W - 135 LOWER SHERBOURNE STREET

Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29903050

Courtesy of DARRIN LUCAS COUROUX/BAYTREE REAL ESTATE INC.

MLS® listing #29903055 for sale located at 340 - 4005 DON MILLS ROAD

$649,000

4 beds 3 baths 1400 sqft

340 - 4005 DON MILLS ROAD

Toronto (Hillcrest Village), Ontario MLS® #29903055

Courtesy of CHUNLIE JI/CENTURY 21 ATRIA REALTY INC.

MLS® listing #29903067 for sale located at 566 SOUTHRIDGE Drive Unit# 61

$649,900

2 beds 3 baths 2126 sqft

566 SOUTHRIDGE Drive Unit# 61

Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29903067

Courtesy of Laura Banfield/Realty Network

MLS® listing #29903074 for sale located at 111 SPRINGHEAD GARDENS

$1,248,000

5 beds 3 baths 1500 sqft

111 SPRINGHEAD GARDENS

Richmond Hill (North Richvale), Ontario MLS® #29903074

Courtesy of MAJID KHORASANI/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY

MLS® listing #29903079 for sale located at 907 - 9205 YONGE STREET

$509,000

2 beds 1 baths 600 sqft

907 - 9205 YONGE STREET

Richmond Hill (Langstaff), Ontario MLS® #29903079

Courtesy of JASON ZHENG/HC REALTY GROUP INC.

MLS® listing #29902901 for sale located at 1053 HIGHWAY 9

$649,900

5 beds 3 baths 3000 sqft

1053 HIGHWAY 9

South Bruce, Ontario MLS® #29902901

Courtesy of JACQUIE DINKEL/Royal LePage RCR Realty

MLS® listing #29903214 for sale located at 31 Greenspond Drive

$459,900

5 beds 4 baths 2312 sqft

31 Greenspond Drive

St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29903214

Courtesy of Joe Fleming/Royal LePage Vision Realty

MLS® listing #29903290 for sale located at 707 - 155 MERCHANTS' WHARF

$6,500

2 beds 3 baths 1200 sqft

707 - 155 MERCHANTS' WHARF

Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29903290

Courtesy of KAREN ZHANG/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.

MLS® listing #29903620 for sale located at 101 - 120 CENTRE STREET

$2,600

3 beds 2 baths 1200 sqft

101 - 120 CENTRE STREET

London South (South E), Ontario MLS® #29903620

Courtesy of MATT GILBOE/CENTURY 21 FIRST CANADIAN CORP

MLS® listing #29903618 for sale located at 441 DRURY LANE

$549,900

3 beds 3 baths 1100 sqft

441 DRURY LANE

Strathroy-Caradoc (NW), Ontario MLS® #29903618

Courtesy of NICOLE MILLER/PLATINUM KEY REALTY INC.

MLS® listing #29903613 for sale located at 6 Drover Place

$224,900

4 beds 2 baths 2000 sqft

6 Drover Place

Clarenville, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29903613

Courtesy of Stephanie Clarke/Hanlon Realty

MLS® listing #29903430 for sale located at 36 PACIFIC WIND CRESCENT

$1,079,000

4 beds 4 baths 2000 sqft

36 PACIFIC WIND CRESCENT

Brampton (Sandringham-Wellington), Ontario MLS® #29903430

Courtesy of RAY DE RIDDER/iCloud Realty Ltd.

MLS® listing #29903687 for sale located at 15 SULGRAVE CRESCENT

$10,800,000

6 beds 9 baths 5000 sqft

15 SULGRAVE CRESCENT

Toronto (St. Andrew-Windfields), Ontario MLS® #29903687

Courtesy of BARRY COHEN/RE/MAX REALTRON BARRY COHEN HOMES INC.

MLS® listing #29903771 for sale located at 2491 POSTMASTER DRIVE

$1,024,000

3 beds 3 baths 1500 sqft

2491 POSTMASTER DRIVE

Oakville (WM Westmount), Ontario MLS® #29903771

Courtesy of MUHAMMAD IMTIAZ/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.

MLS® listing #29903841 for sale located at 802 - 28 BYNG AVENUE

$578,000

2 beds 2 baths 800 sqft

802 - 28 BYNG AVENUE

Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #29903841

Courtesy of JAY KIM/REMAX YC REALTY

MLS® listing #29902590 for sale located at 50 RIVERVIEW Drive

$345,000

3 beds 1 baths 2743 sqft

50 RIVERVIEW Drive

South River Bourgeois, Nova Scotia MLS® #29902590

Courtesy of Sherry MacLeod/Cape Breton Realty

MLS® listing #29902595 for sale located at 1398 George Street

$309,000

3 beds 3 baths 1296 sqft

1398 George Street

Sydney, Nova Scotia MLS® #29902595

Courtesy of Cheryl Vickers/EXP Realty of Canada Inc.

MLS® listing #29903024 for sale located at 19-23 Holdsworth Lane

$1,900,000

4 beds 6 baths 4989 sqft

19-23 Holdsworth Lane

Ferryland, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29903024

Courtesy of Rod Pike/RE/MAX Realty Specialists

MLS® listing #29903144 for sale located at 1095 HAMILTON ROAD

$539,900

3 beds 3 baths 1100 sqft

1095 HAMILTON ROAD

London East (East O), Ontario MLS® #29903144

Courtesy of GEORGIA TUSCH/EXP REALTY

MLS® listing #29903151 for sale located at 564 CREEKVIEW CHASE

$1,849,999

7 beds 6 baths 3500 sqft

564 CREEKVIEW CHASE

London North (North R), Ontario MLS® #29903151

Courtesy of AHMED WAQAS/NU-VISTA PINNACLE REALTY BROKERAGE INC

MLS® listing #29903303 for sale located at 11 Olympic Avenue

$230,000

3 beds 2 baths 976 sqft

11 Olympic Avenue

New Minas, Nova Scotia MLS® #29903303

Courtesy of Sarah Strachan/Royal LePage Atlantic (Greenwood)

MLS® listing #29903202 for sale located at 1035 GEORGE ROAD

$1,299,900

4 beds 3 baths 2500 sqft

1035 GEORGE ROAD

Bracebridge (Monck (Bracebridge)), Ontario MLS® #29903202

Courtesy of Kaelan Andrews/Strive Realty Ltd.

MLS® listing #29903500 for sale located at 193 DOUGLAS STREET

$550,000

4 beds 2 baths 1500 sqft

193 DOUGLAS STREET

Stratford, Ontario MLS® #29903500

Courtesy of JANET LANGE/Home and Company Real Estate Corp Brokerage

MLS® listing #29903505 for sale located at 38 MURRAY HILL ROAD

$849,900

3 beds 3 baths 1500 sqft

38 MURRAY HILL ROAD

Stratford, Ontario MLS® #29903505

Courtesy of JOHN WOLFE/RE/MAX A-B Realty Ltd

MLS® listing #29903512 for sale located at 3362 - PART LOT 2&3 TOOLEY ROAD

$1,499,000

3362 - PART LOT 2&3 TOOLEY ROAD

Clarington (Courtice), Ontario MLS® #29903512

Courtesy of Patricia Begley/Land & Gate Real Estate Inc.

MLS® listing #29903517 for sale located at 72 COOK STREET

$647,900

3 beds 3 baths 700 sqft

72 COOK STREET

Kawartha Lakes (Lindsay), Ontario MLS® #29903517

Courtesy of Tracy Hennekam/Re/Max All-Stars Realty Inc.

MLS® listing #29903543 for sale located at 54 EIGHTH Avenue

$499,900

2 beds 1 baths 1145 sqft

54 EIGHTH Avenue

Brantford, Ontario MLS® #29903543

Courtesy of Adrian Di Pietro/New Era Real Estate

MLS® listing #29903548 for sale located at 1415 GHENT Avenue Unit# 705

$560,000

3 beds 2 baths 1342 sqft

1415 GHENT Avenue Unit# 705

Burlington, Ontario MLS® #29903548

Courtesy of Laura Brown/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.

MLS® listing #29903562 for sale located at 111 15145 36 AVENUE

$699,900

2 beds 2 baths 2030 sqft

111 15145 36 AVENUE

Surrey, British Columbia MLS® #29903562

Courtesy of Candice Dyer/Oakwyn Realty Ltd.


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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