3303 70 Avenue, Leduc, AB
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.
815 - 2489 TAUNTON ROAD
Oakville (RO River Oaks), Ontario MLS® #30451207
Courtesy of NADIA HIRMIZ/ROYAL LEPAGE MACRO REALTY
22827 MELBOURNE ROAD
Southwest Middlesex, Ontario MLS® #30451194
Courtesy of TIM CANN/CENTURY 21 FIRST CANADIAN CORP
51 ALDONSCHOOL COURT
Ajax (South East), Ontario MLS® #30451219
Courtesy of Steven Rea/Strive Realty Ltd.
203 - 30 CHAPMAN COURT
London North (North I), Ontario MLS® #30451221
Courtesy of ANDREA NEWCOMBE/CENTURY 21 FIRST CANADIAN CORP
306 - 736 OLD ALBERT STREET
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #30451238
Courtesy of ROHIT MANOCHA/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
5675 MORIARTY CRESCENT
Prince George, British Columbia MLS® #30451240
Courtesy of Denise Dykes/Royal LePage Aspire Realty
2489 TAUNTON Road Unit# 815
Oakville, Ontario MLS® #30451168
Courtesy of Nadia Hirmiz/Royal LePage Macro Realty
5105 - 8 CUMBERLAND STREET
Toronto (Annex), Ontario MLS® #30451226
Courtesy of SOPHIE YU/JDL REALTY INC.
319 SOUTH COURT
Burlington (Roseland), Ontario MLS® #30451233
Courtesy of JACKIE MAKHLOUF/Affinity Real Estate
80 HIGHLAND Crescent
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30452116
Courtesy of RIZ JADAVJI/Royal LePage Wolle Realty
53 PROCTOR Boulevard Unit# 2
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #30452217
Courtesy of Sarah Kiani/Keller Williams Edge Realty
404 BLACK DRIVE
Milton (CL Clarke), Ontario MLS® #30452205
Courtesy of AMY FLOWERS/ROYAL LEPAGE MEADOWTOWNE REALTY
41 TAPSCOTT CRESCENT
Brampton (Sandringham-Wellington North), Ontario MLS® #30451771
Courtesy of ASHER ULLAH/RE/MAX GOLD REALTY INC.
26 SWENNEN DRIVE
Brampton (Brampton North), Ontario MLS® #30451769
Courtesy of ANIL K SHARMA/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
72 - 1 BECKENROSE COURT
Brampton (Bram West), Ontario MLS® #30451764
Courtesy of KAPILA DESILVA SAMARARATNE/CENTURY 21 ATRIA REALTY INC.
225 CHARLTON Avenue E
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #30451726
Courtesy of Trishia Acorda/Corcoran Horizon Realty
106008 SOUTHGATE RD 10 LINE
Southgate, Ontario MLS® #30451795
Courtesy of LESLEY STONEHAM/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
29 NIDA DRIVE
Tiny, Ontario MLS® #30451702
Courtesy of SHELBY GREENLAW/Keller Williams Experience Realty
8 MEL STREET
South Bruce, Ontario MLS® #30451714
Courtesy of MARLENE VOISIN/Coldwell Banker Peter Benninger Realty
1072 PRINCE GEORGE ROAD
London North (North M), Ontario MLS® #30451738
Courtesy of RACHEL VAN KERREBROECK/THRIVE REALTY GROUP INC.
76 EDENBRIDGE DRIVE
Essa (Angus), Ontario MLS® #30451740
Courtesy of REBEKAH CELESTE ALTO/RE/MAX NOBLECORP REAL ESTATE
24 Colonial Arms Drive
Deep Brook, Nova Scotia MLS® #30451656
Courtesy of Laura Boyko/RE/MAX Banner Real Estate(Annapolis Royal)
180 MCBRIDE ROAD
Alnwick/Haldimand, Ontario MLS® #30451733
Courtesy of Amy Marquis/Keller Williams Energy Real Estate
26 Shoal Bay Road
St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #30451687
Courtesy of Courtney Lahey/EXIT Realty Aspire
130 COUSINS DRIVE E
Aurora (Aurora Grove), Ontario MLS® #30451745
Courtesy of PINO BORINO/RE/MAX WEST REALTY INC.
22 PLEASANT VIEW DRIVE
Toronto (Pleasant View), Ontario MLS® #30451721
Courtesy of RYAN WEI/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
848 GOODWIN ROAD
Mississauga (Lakeview), Ontario MLS® #30451365
Courtesy of ROSE NEMANI/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
LOT 16 CONCESSION 8 AND 9 FLAHERTY RD ( FIRE RTE 397 ) ROUTE
Trent Lakes, Ontario MLS® #30452301
Courtesy of Jeff Reid/Re/Max All-Stars Realty Inc.
2565 COUNTY ROAD 4
Stone Mills (Stone Mills), Ontario MLS® #30452293
Courtesy of MELISSA GIFF/MCCAFFREY REALTY INC., BROKERAGE
25796 64 AVENUE
Langley, British Columbia MLS® #30452363
Courtesy of Greg Walton/B.C. Farm & Ranch Realty Corp.
497 BOLT ROAD
Alfred and Plantagenet, Ontario MLS® #30452370
Courtesy of Zack Desnoyers/RE/MAX DELTA REALTY
UPPER - 7 HAWTIN LANE
Aurora (Aurora Grove), Ontario MLS® #30452375
Courtesy of HARRY SIU/ANJIA REALTY
STUDIO - 154 RIDGE ROAD N
Fort Erie (Ridgeway), Ontario MLS® #30452394
Courtesy of Dayna Blair-Denham/Century 21 Heritage House LTD
59 STAPLETON DRIVE
Toronto (Kingsview Village-The Westway), Ontario MLS® #30452433
Courtesy of CORRIE HARDING-KEIZS/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATES
28A Malka Drive
St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #30452053
Courtesy of Christine Wilson/Royal LePage Property Consultants Limited
50 LOON AVENUE
Barrie (Painswick South), Ontario MLS® #30452399
Courtesy of DIANE BEAUCHESNE/RE/MAX HALLMARK CHAY REALTY
18 BLUE OAK Street
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30452452
Courtesy of ANURAG SHARMA/RE/MAX Twin City Realty Inc.
4820 ALEX MCLEAN LANE
Frontenac (Frontenac South), Ontario MLS® #30452298
Courtesy of TANYA SMITH/ROYAL LEPAGE PROALLIANCE REALTY, BROKERAGE
PT LT 21 CON 3 PT 2 MAR SIDE ROAD
South Bruce Peninsula, Ontario MLS® #30452306
Courtesy of AMANDA OLDER/Sutton-Sound Realty
1703 - 801 BAY STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30452313
Courtesy of JEFFREY CHENG/RARE REAL ESTATE
MAIN - 117 CABOT STREET
Oshawa (Vanier), Ontario MLS® #30452344
Courtesy of THUBARAKAN SOTHILINGAM/ROYAL LEPAGE IGNITE REALTY
171 CROMBIE STREET
Clarington (Bowmanville), Ontario MLS® #30452351
Courtesy of KATHLEEN ELENGIKAL/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY, BROKERAGE
13612 137 ST NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #30452356
Courtesy of Marina Thauvette/The Agency North Central Alberta
204 - 1295 SUMMERVILLE AVENUE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30452368
Courtesy of Anthony Comba/ROYAL LEPAGE TEAM 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
Toronto Neighbourhood Guide