9928 81 Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29199942
Courtesy of Mark B. Wilbert/CIR Realty
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
12854 BENS ROAD
Charlie Lake, British Columbia MLS® #29749159
Courtesy of Kimberley Schwarz/Izon Realty
1003-1087 Parsons Road SW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29661678
Courtesy of Ricky Aujla/Century 21 Bravo Realty
880 LESLIE VALLEY DRIVE
Newmarket (Huron Heights-Leslie Valley), Ontario MLS® #29781595
Courtesy of NATHAN ZHOU/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
1011 - 3429 SHEPPARD AVENUE E
Toronto (Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan), Ontario MLS® #29781588
Courtesy of SAM LI/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
63 MELODY LANE
East Luther Grand Valley, Ontario MLS® #29781615
Courtesy of SABRINA CORREIA/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
29 WOOLF CRESCENT
Ajax (South East), Ontario MLS® #29781590
Courtesy of PRITESH PAREKH/CENTURY 21 LEGACY LTD.
83 BLACKBURN CRESCENT
Middlesex Centre (Kilworth), Ontario MLS® #29781576
Courtesy of LINDSAY REID/ROYAL LEPAGE TRILAND REALTY
303 - 4677 GLEN ERIN DRIVE
Mississauga (Central Erin Mills), Ontario MLS® #29782005
Courtesy of MICHAEL ELRAHEB/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
3079 EAST POINT Road
Kingsboro, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29781893
Courtesy of Jessica Misener/EXIT Realty PEI
14428 MCCOWAN ROAD
Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario MLS® #29781761
Courtesy of BABAK EFTEKHARI/HOMELIFE EXCELSIOR REALTY INC.
3 - 55 ROMILLY AVENUE
Brampton (Northwest Brampton), Ontario MLS® #29781898
Courtesy of RASHIKA WIJEMANNE/THE CANADIAN HOME REALTY INC.
2178 BERWICK Drive
Burlington, Ontario MLS® #29781970
Courtesy of Greg Kuchma/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
1503 - 75 EGLINTON AVENUE W
Mississauga (Hurontario), Ontario MLS® #29782000
Courtesy of MATILDA NESTOROSKA/RE/MAX ABOUTOWNE REALTY CORP.
3305 - 950 PORTAGE PARKWAY
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #29781641
Courtesy of DAVID XUE DONG LIU/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
2174 WINCHESTER COURT
Burlington (Tyandaga), Ontario MLS® #29781603
Courtesy of RUBEN FURTADO/ROCK STAR REAL ESTATE INC.
70 FLANDERS ROAD
Guelph (Dovercliffe Park/Old University), Ontario MLS® #29782012
Courtesy of BRIJ SHARMA/HOUSESIGMA INC.
114 Valley Crest Close NW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29782031
Courtesy of Kevin Chapman/MaxWell Capital Realty
1512 CHAMPLAIN ROAD
Tiny, Ontario MLS® #29782144
Courtesy of SARAH HIGGINS/KELLER WILLIAMS EXPERIENCE REALTY
54 DEERVIEW AVENUE
Hamilton (Ancaster), Ontario MLS® #29781610
Courtesy of NEESH BUTTOO/RE/MAX ABOUTOWNE REALTY CORP.
745 - 9471 YONGE STREET
Richmond Hill (Observatory), Ontario MLS® #29781646
Courtesy of WOOSUNG JEON/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
75 SOUTHBANK DRIVE
Bracebridge (Macaulay), Ontario MLS® #29782500
Courtesy of DAVE MCMURRAY/Keller Williams Experience Realty
135 BANBURY ROAD
Toronto (Banbury-Don Mills), Ontario MLS® #29782581
Courtesy of JING LE LIU/WANTHOME REALTY INC.
9-13 English Hill Extension
Carbonear, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29782106
Courtesy of Gail Powell/RE/MAX Eastern Edge Realty Ltd. Carbonear
125 SHOREVIEW Place Unit# 102
Stoney Creek, Ontario MLS® #29782207
Courtesy of Samantha Kilburn/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
16 GLASGOW STREET N
Guelph (Downtown), Ontario MLS® #29782245
Courtesy of RYAN WALLER/Keller Williams Home Group Realty
92 BIRCH STREET N
Timmins (TNE - Central), Ontario MLS® #29782308
Courtesy of Nancy Gaudet/REVEL REALTY INC.
101 - 179 GEORGE STREET
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29782327
Courtesy of Krista Laroda/ROYAL LEPAGE TEAM REALTY
11 - 47 HARLEY COURT
Barrie (400 West), Ontario MLS® #29781778
Courtesy of LINDA LOFTUS/SUTTON GROUP INCENTIVE REALTY INC.
595 COMPASS STREET
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29781949
Courtesy of Roxane Lefebvre/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY GROUP
1742 HIGHWAY 17 E
East Ferris, Ontario MLS® #29782466
Courtesy of VICTORIA HAMILTON/Century 21 Blue Sky Region Realty Inc., Brokerage
370 DUNLOP CRESCENT
Burlington (Appleby), Ontario MLS® #29781653
Courtesy of JENNIFER ELIZABETH MILLS/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
137 JORDYN'S COURT
Loyalist (Amherstview), Ontario MLS® #29782043
Courtesy of JAY GAZELEY/CENTURY 21 HERITAGE GROUP LTD., BROKERAGE
27 GIBSON AVENUE
Toronto (Annex), Ontario MLS® #29782579
Courtesy of MICHAEL HAMNETT/CHESTNUT PARK REAL ESTATE LIMITED
1505 - 955 BAY STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29782598
Courtesy of ANITA LI/CENTURY 21 ATRIA REALTY INC.
76 FERRIS RD ROAD
Toronto (O'Connor-Parkview), Ontario MLS® #29782625
Courtesy of DRAGAN GAVRILOVIC/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
211 - 625 QUEEN STREET E
Toronto (South Riverdale), Ontario MLS® #29782632
Courtesy of DRAGAN DRAGANJAC/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
38 DEERFIELD ROAD
Toronto (Bendale), Ontario MLS® #29782637
Courtesy of SHABBIR CHOWDHURY/CENTURY 21 INNOVATIVE REALTY INC.
144 HIDDENVALLEY DRIVE
Belleville (Thurlow Ward), Ontario MLS® #29782048
Courtesy of Kenneth Arseneault/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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