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
65275 Range Rd 114A
Lac La Biche County, Alberta MLS® #29326202
Courtesy of Derek C. Claffey/NAI Commercial Real Estate Inc
5815 97 St NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29336017
Courtesy of Tanner Wormald/NAI Commercial Real Estate Inc
29 Ivany's Road
Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29371478
Courtesy of MARK BESON/RE/MAX Central Real Estate Ltd. - Grand Falls-Win
505 ATTAWANDARON Road
Kincardine, Ontario MLS® #29371500
Courtesy of Jodi Purdie/Real Broker Ontario Ltd.
1 - 8285 FINANCIAL DRIVE
Brampton (Bram West), Ontario MLS® #29371512
Courtesy of GURMINDER SINGH GILL/RE/MAX GOLD REALTY INC.
22 CHESTNUT AVENUE
Brampton (Northwood Park), Ontario MLS® #29371505
Courtesy of LEONARD PEREIRA/EXP REALTY
Lot 22-2 Bay Breeze
Marie, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29371517
Courtesy of Jillian Larivee/NORTHERN LIGHTS REALTY LTD.
820 - 111 ELIZABETH STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29371170
Courtesy of GEORGE JIN WANG/SMART SOLD REALTY
123 ABBEYHILL DRIVE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29371240
Courtesy of Benjamin Spero/ROYAL LEPAGE TEAM REALTY
1508 - 290 ADELAIDE STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29371365
Courtesy of FRANK HON MAU NG/CENTURY 21 ATRIA REALTY INC.
415 - 105 THE QUEENSWAY AVENUE
Toronto (High Park-Swansea), Ontario MLS® #29371625
Courtesy of JASWINDER SINGH/ROYAL LEPAGE FLOWER CITY REALTY
5322 SOUTH SERVICE ROAD
Burlington (Industrial Burlington), Ontario MLS® #29371620
Courtesy of SALEEM AKHTAR/ROYAL LEPAGE TERREQUITY REALTY
18 PRINCE RUPERT AVENUE
Springwater, Ontario MLS® #29371497
Courtesy of IAN LEE HOCKING/KELLER WILLIAMS EXPERIENCE REALTY
424 BLOOR STREET E
Oshawa (Lakeview), Ontario MLS® #29371581
Courtesy of SOHEL RAHMAN/ROYAL LEPAGE VISION REALTY
7108 - 55 COOPER STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29371574
Courtesy of AUSTIN ZHOU/MASTER'S TRUST REALTY INC.
201 888 Government St
Victoria, British Columbia MLS® #29371586
Courtesy of Lea Cathcart/NAI Commercial (Victoria) Inc.
3 - 266 CANICE STREET
Orillia, Ontario MLS® #29371606
Courtesy of PEGGY HILL/RE/MAX HALLMARK PEGGY HILL GROUP REALTY
27 PARAMOUNT COURT
Toronto (Brookhaven-Amesbury), Ontario MLS® #29371618
Courtesy of LOUISE DODD/ROYAL LEPAGE/J & D DIVISION
432-A Everwood Avenue
Hammonds Plains, Nova Scotia MLS® #29372705
Courtesy of Julie Kells/Engel & Volkers
UPPER - 41 GRANITE RIDGE TRAIL
Hamilton (Waterdown), Ontario MLS® #29372755
Courtesy of MUHAMMAD ATHER/ROYAL CANADIAN REALTY
8 9525 204 STREET
Langley, British Columbia MLS® #29372685
Courtesy of Spencer Lafleur/RE/MAX Treeland Realty
616 - 195 MCCAUL STREET
Toronto (Kensington-Chinatown), Ontario MLS® #29372301
Courtesy of THOMAS CUNG/CENTURY 21 ATRIA REALTY INC.
4174 GALILEO COMMON
Burlington (Shoreacres), Ontario MLS® #29372363
Courtesy of LISA LANOUE/RE/MAX ABOUTOWNE REALTY CORP.
230 FANDANGO DRIVE
Brampton (Credit Valley), Ontario MLS® #29372368
Courtesy of TARUN KUMAR/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
2669 CASTLE HILL CRESCENT
Oakville (RO River Oaks), Ontario MLS® #29372370
Courtesy of SHANNON SULLIVAN/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
410 NORTHFIELD Drive W Unit# C5
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #29372387
Courtesy of FAISAL SUSIWALA/RE/MAX TWIN CITY FAISAL SUSIWALA REALTY
41 GRIFFITH DRIVE
Grimsby (Grimsby East), Ontario MLS® #29372394
Courtesy of NEIL MCMILLAN/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
112 MASON BOULEVARD
Toronto (Bedford Park-Nortown), Ontario MLS® #29371752
Courtesy of MATTHEW WISE/HARVEY KALLES REAL ESTATE LTD.
615 - 55 EAST LIBERTY STREET
Toronto (Niagara), Ontario MLS® #29371757
Courtesy of MATT MANUEL/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
8810 59 Avenue
Grande Prairie, Alberta MLS® #29371771
Courtesy of Robert Hart-Moore/Grassroots Realty Group Ltd.
310 20443 53 AVENUE
Langley, British Columbia MLS® #29371803
Courtesy of Rajan Brar/eXp Realty of Canada, Inc.
51 AURORA HEIGHTS DRIVE
Aurora (Aurora Heights), Ontario MLS® #29371808
Courtesy of KAMRAN TAJADOD/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
607 - 8111 YONGE STREET
Markham (Royal Orchard), Ontario MLS® #29371822
Courtesy of EDUARDO JOSE RAMON/RE/MAX EXPERTS
Range Road 200 HIghway 13
Rural Camrose County, Alberta MLS® #29371827
Courtesy of Tylor Keller/CIR Realty
25 WELLINGTON Street S Unit# 3108
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29371834
Courtesy of ROBERT ALEXANDER MCFEE/CONDO CULTURE INC. - BROKERAGE 2
42 MOUNT FOREST DRIVE
Brampton (Heart Lake West), Ontario MLS® #29371846
Courtesy of NICK SARAI/RE/MAX PRESIDENT REALTY
1874 WILSON AVENUE
Toronto (Downsview-Roding-CFB), Ontario MLS® #29371853
Courtesy of TYLER MCLAY/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
802 - 8 FEAD STREET
Orangeville, Ontario MLS® #29371865
Courtesy of DAVE GRIME/ROYAL LEPAGE RCR REALTY
510 - 251 MASONRY WAY
Mississauga (Port Credit), Ontario MLS® #29371872
Courtesy of LEI RAYMOND CAO/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
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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