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
375 KINGSCOURT Drive Unit# 42
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #29494799
Courtesy of Ana Bustamante/Century 21 Miller Real Estate Ltd.
2909 - 385 PRINCE OF WALES DRIVE
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29494833
Courtesy of SUNIL SAINI/CENTURY 21 LEGACY LTD.
1269 ROYAL YORK ROAD
Toronto (Edenbridge-Humber Valley), Ontario MLS® #29495228
Courtesy of DAVID ROBBIO/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
9 Prince Street
Lunenburg, Nova Scotia MLS® #29495273
Courtesy of Mark Seamone/EXIT Realty Inter Lake
287 MANCHESTER DRIVE
Newmarket (Bristol-London), Ontario MLS® #29495386
Courtesy of NATASHA OSADCHUK/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
2427 EAST QUARTER Line
Delhi, Ontario MLS® #29495398
Courtesy of Chris Costabile/Real Broker Ontario Ltd.
103 - 1010 PEMBRIDGE CRESCENT
Kingston (North of Taylor-Kidd Blvd), Ontario MLS® #29495401
Courtesy of LUCA ANDOLFATTO/RE/MAX SERVICE FIRST REALTY INC., BROKERAGE
3325 CARDING MILL TRAIL
Oakville (GO Glenorchy), Ontario MLS® #29495418
Courtesy of RICHARD ZHENG/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
153 TERRY FOX DRIVE
Barrie, Ontario MLS® #29495393
Courtesy of JOE ROSSI/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
217 - 4658 DRUMMOND ROAD
Niagara Falls (Cherrywood), Ontario MLS® #29495603
Courtesy of Karen A. Nestler/ROYAL LEPAGE NRC REALTY
B - 1275 CLONSILLA AVENUE
Peterborough (Town Ward 3), Ontario MLS® #29495502
Courtesy of TOM REBURN/CENTURY 21 UNITED REALTY INC.
38 MILLER LAKE ROAD
Northern Bruce Peninsula, Ontario MLS® #29494996
Courtesy of LAURA LISK/eXp Realty
6 - 909 WENTWORTH STREET
Peterborough (Otonabee Ward 1), Ontario MLS® #29495064
Courtesy of BRIAN ALLAN SCHOFIELD/REALTY GUYS INC.
15 CHERRY STREET
Kingston (East of Sir John A. Blvd), Ontario MLS® #29495172
Courtesy of JEFF ROSS/RE/MAX FINEST REALTY INC., BROKERAGE
704 CEDAR AVENUE
Burlington (LaSalle), Ontario MLS® #29495115
Courtesy of IRINA ARKHIPOVA/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY, BROKERAGE
126 VINES PLACE
Aurora (Bayview Southeast), Ontario MLS® #29495095
Courtesy of KAREN ELLIOTT/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
4870 ALLAN COURT
Lincoln (Beamsville), Ontario MLS® #29495090
Courtesy of Lisa Seto/BOLDT REALTY INC., BROKERAGE
8 KENSINGTON ROAD
Haldimand, Ontario MLS® #29495019
Courtesy of JAMES TASCA/ICI SOURCE REAL ASSET SERVICES INC.
4456 HAWTHORNE DRIVE
Burlington (Shoreacres), Ontario MLS® #29494989
Courtesy of PETRUS ENGELBRECHT/Sotheby's International Realty Canada, Brokerage
11192 Wascana MEADOWS
Regina, Saskatchewan MLS® #29494972
Courtesy of Jo Zhou Li/RE/MAX Crown Real Estate
9 MARIPOSA AVENUE
Richmond Hill (Rouge Woods), Ontario MLS® #29494794
Courtesy of SUE ZHANG/SMART SOLD REALTY
28 BEATTIE AVENUE
London East (East N), Ontario MLS® #29495540
Courtesy of LINDSAY REID/ROYAL LEPAGE TRILAND REALTY
19 WINDSOR DRIVE
Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario MLS® #29495381
Courtesy of MERILYN MCCART/CENTURY 21 HERITAGE GROUP LTD.
104 DARWIN CRESCENT
London South (South V), Ontario MLS® #29495336
Courtesy of DAGMAR DOSPIAL/CENTURY 21 FIRST CANADIAN CORP
505 - 1880 GORDON STREET
Guelph (Pineridge/Westminster Woods), Ontario MLS® #29495312
Courtesy of ANDRA ARNOLD/Royal LePage Royal City Realty
77 LAWFIELD Drive
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29495305
Courtesy of Carrie Massey/Keller Williams Complete Realty
36 KENWOODS CIRCLE
Kingston (Kingston East (Incl Barret Crt)), Ontario MLS® #29495177
Courtesy of STEPH D'SOUZA/RE/MAX RISE EXECUTIVES, BROKERAGE
PART LOT 58 CON C ELORA STREET
Minto, Ontario MLS® #29495134
Courtesy of RUTH ARMSTRONG/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
95 SAGINAW Parkway Unit# 6
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #29495122
Courtesy of PK Kapoor/RE/MAX Real Estate Centre Inc.
102 MARY AVENUE W
Georgian Bluffs, Ontario MLS® #29494852
Courtesy of SHANNON DECKERS/RE/MAX Grey Bruce Realty Inc.
2009 - 88 SHEPPARD AVENUE E
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #29494819
Courtesy of COOKIE QI/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
4346 TRAIL BLAZER WAY
Mississauga (Hurontario), Ontario MLS® #29494807
Courtesy of SOFIA WU/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
107 MORRISON STREET
Granisle, British Columbia MLS® #29494674
Courtesy of Jantina Hamelink/RE/MAX Bulkley Valley
13 Violet Circle
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29495595
Courtesy of Robbie Sehgal/RE/MAX CHARLOTTETOWN REALTY
511 - 20 EDWARD STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29495564
Courtesy of SUTHA ANANTH/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
#66 53509 RGE RD 60
Rural Parkland County, Alberta MLS® #29495552
Courtesy of Clayton Kostuik/Century 21 Leading
A - 1055 WESTERN AVENUE
Peterborough (Otonabee Ward 1), Ontario MLS® #29495499
Courtesy of TOM REBURN/CENTURY 21 UNITED REALTY INC.
715 IRWIN CRESCENT
Newmarket (Huron Heights-Leslie Valley), Ontario MLS® #29495379
Courtesy of MINA ZHOU/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
1512 - 75 NORTH PARK ROAD
Vaughan (Beverley Glen), Ontario MLS® #29495374
Courtesy of LARISSA PRITSKER/HOMELIFE/CIMERMAN REAL ESTATE LIMITED
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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