4807 44 Ave
Stony Plain, Alberta MLS® #29210474
Courtesy of Rohin Geis/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
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.
78 Peddle Drive
Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29345907
Courtesy of ROBERT GARDNER/RE/MAX Central Real Estate Ltd. - Grand Falls-Win
1723 - 5 SHEPPARD AVENUE E
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #29410137
Courtesy of RENEE PEI/MASTER'S TRUST REALTY INC.
2142 MEADOWGLEN DRIVE
Oakville (WM Westmount), Ontario MLS® #29410428
Courtesy of DEBORAH BENNET/Century 21 Miller Real Estate Ltd.
241 FORCED ROAD
Pembroke, Ontario MLS® #29410480
Courtesy of Ian Constantineau/RE/MAX PEMBROKE REALTY LTD.
C113 - 301 SEA RAY AVENUE
Innisfil, Ontario MLS® #29410497
Courtesy of DANA PATRICIA MONTGOMERY/FOREST HILL REAL ESTATE INC.
9 - 5610 MONTEVIDEO ROAD
Mississauga (Meadowvale), Ontario MLS® #29410500
Courtesy of VISH PATEL/HOMELIFE/FUTURE REALTY INC.
#113 11615 ELLERSLIE RD SW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29410505
Courtesy of Shaina Jukes/Century 21 Masters
284 VICTORIA AVENUE N
Kawartha Lakes (Lindsay), Ontario MLS® #29410517
Courtesy of KAREN FRETZ/REVEL REALTY INC.
201 2045 Country Club Way
Langford, British Columbia MLS® #29410524
Courtesy of Brad MacLaren/Sotheby's International Realty Canada
716 - 4K SPADINA AVENUE E
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29410531
Courtesy of CATHY LEE/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
202 - 1145 LOGAN AVENUE
Toronto (Broadview North), Ontario MLS® #29410536
Courtesy of JACQUELINE HARRIS/REAL ESTATE HOMEWARD
#208 - 7890 BATHURST STREET
Vaughan (Beverley Glen), Ontario MLS® #29410543
Courtesy of YIN XU/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
1105 - 8888 YONGE STREET
Richmond Hill (South Richvale), Ontario MLS® #29410548
Courtesy of SARA SADR/CENTURY 21 HERITAGE GROUP LTD.
2223 VISTA DRIVE
Burlington (Headon), Ontario MLS® #29410555
Courtesy of BETSY WANG/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
2329A Osborne Crescent SW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29410485
Courtesy of Gregory Kemp/First Place Realty
1410 - 448 BURNHAMTHORPE ROAD
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29410644
Courtesy of RAJ NADARAJAH/RE/MAX EXCEL REALTY LTD.
50 EVEREST STREET
Hamilton (Templemead), Ontario MLS® #29410651
Courtesy of NAZAR HAMEED/HOME AND BUSINESS REALTY
425 LILY Avenue
Nordegg, Alberta MLS® #29410675
Courtesy of Lorna Moore/Royal LePage Tamarack Trail Realty
900 Spider Lake Rd
Qualicum Beach, British Columbia MLS® #29410670
Courtesy of Edie McPhedran/Royal LePage Island Living (PK)
712 - 10 DE BOERS DRIVE
Toronto (York University Heights), Ontario MLS® #29410699
Courtesy of MICHELLE XU/MASTER'S TRUST REALTY INC.
133 GOLDGATE CRESCENT
Orangeville, Ontario MLS® #29410702
Courtesy of LAURA WANNAMAKER/ROYAL LEPAGE RCR REALTY
44 BIRCH MEADOW OUTLOOK
Vaughan (East Woodbridge), Ontario MLS® #29410637
Courtesy of MARIO VOLPENTESTA/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
1105 - 8888 YONGE STREET
Richmond Hill (South Richvale), Ontario MLS® #29410694
Courtesy of SARA SADR/CENTURY 21 HERITAGE GROUP LTD.
135 JAMES Street S Unit# 214
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29410726
Courtesy of Robert Lumsden/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
6105 LARIVIERE CRESCENT
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29410733
Courtesy of Stephane Perras/DETAILS REALTY INC.
271 DUNDAS Street
Woodstock, Ontario MLS® #29410738
Courtesy of GHASSAN KHILIL/RE/MAX Real Estate Centre Inc.
2144 210 ST NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29410757
Courtesy of Michael D. Melnychuk/Century 21 All Stars Realty Ltd
101 MALAKOFF STREET
St. Thomas, Ontario MLS® #29410764
Courtesy of MEGAN VAN DYK/ROYAL LEPAGE TRILAND REALTY
198 GLENNIE Avenue Unit# LOWER
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29410776
Courtesy of JON-PAUL RONALD HUNT/Rock Star Real Estate Inc.
5 VANTAGE CIRCLE
Mississauga (Streetsville), Ontario MLS® #29410803
Courtesy of AMY SHUGAR/Royal Lepage Real Estate Associates
7695 PRIORY CRESCENT
Mississauga (Malton), Ontario MLS® #29410459
Courtesy of CHRIS KOSALKA/HOMELIFE PARTNERS REALTY CORP.
51 CORBETT STREET
Southgate, Ontario MLS® #29410466
Courtesy of MARK FARIS/FARIS TEAM REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE
56 - 46 DEARBOURNE BOULEVARD
Brampton (Southgate), Ontario MLS® #29410454
Courtesy of DANUTA LACH/iCloud Realty Ltd.
#105 2072 WONNACOTT WY SW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29410442
Courtesy of Angie K. Aspin/NOW Real Estate Group
1203 - 40 NEPEAN STREET
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29410435
Courtesy of Mahesh Dachavaram/INNOVATION REALTY LTD.
1004 - 2350 BRIDLETOWNE CIRCLE
Toronto (L'Amoreaux), Ontario MLS® #29410409
Courtesy of CHRISTINA MCCOWN/FOREST HILL REAL ESTATE INC.
547 FOREST CREEK PLACE
London East (East A), Ontario MLS® #29410358
Courtesy of JESSE TOPP/eXp Realty
11323 35A AV NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29410341
Courtesy of Edward J. Lastiwka/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
1302 Cedar Street Lot# 7
Okanagan Falls, British Columbia MLS® #29410853
Courtesy of Ian Tomlin/PG Direct Realty
330 FAIRBROOKE COURT
Arnprior, Ontario MLS® #29410834
Courtesy of Arjunkumar Boddu/INNOVATION REALTY LTD.
75 FENSIDE Street
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29410858
Courtesy of LIDIA ADAMSKA/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC., BROKERAGE
2251 Frost Ave
Sidney, British Columbia MLS® #29410872
Courtesy of Debra Bartlett/Coldwell Banker Oceanside Real Estate
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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