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
1406 19TH AVENUE
Richmond Hill, Ontario MLS® #29599873
Courtesy of LYLA MAI/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
2112 - 38 ANNIE CRAIG DRIVE
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #29599880
Courtesy of SAMIR BENJAMEN/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
1360 SYCAMORE GARDENS
Milton (CB Cobban), Ontario MLS® #29599885
Courtesy of MUHAMMAD KHURRAM/iCloud Realty Ltd.
425 - 12 BONNYCASTLE STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29599842
Courtesy of JACK LY/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
9907 Galaran Rd
Sidney, British Columbia MLS® #29599943
Courtesy of Willy Dunford/Coldwell Banker Oceanside Real Estate
429 - 1 JARVIS STREET
Hamilton (Beasley), Ontario MLS® #29600219
Courtesy of HELEN WANG/RE/MAX IMPERIAL REALTY INC.
785 STRAND STREET
London East (East G), Ontario MLS® #29600447
Courtesy of RYAN BRADY/RE/MAX CENTRE CITY REALTY INC.
1218 - 500 WILSON AVENUE
Toronto (Clanton Park), Ontario MLS® #29600459
Courtesy of FRANK AMINI/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
1519 - 576 FRONT STREET W
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29600461
Courtesy of SUNG JUNG WOO/RE/MAX CONDOS PLUS CORPORATION
48 19448 68 AVENUE
Surrey, British Columbia MLS® #29600377
Courtesy of Jamie Ruscheinski/Royal LePage - Wolstencroft
219 - 7 FOUNDRY AVENUE
Toronto (Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction), Ontario MLS® #29600341
Courtesy of JOSEPH SYPOSZ/SOTHEBY'S INTERNATIONAL REALTY CANADA
11 - 1124 DOCTEUR CORBEIL BOULEVARD
Clarence-Rockland, Ontario MLS® #29600478
Courtesy of Mathieu Gignac/ROYAL LEPAGE INTEGRITY REALTY
203 - 3734 ST CLAIR AVENUE E
Toronto (Cliffcrest), Ontario MLS® #29600492
Courtesy of RAY COCHRANE/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
1292 ST JACQUES ROAD
Russell, Ontario MLS® #29600485
Courtesy of Isabel Brisson Wathier/ROYAL LEPAGE PERFORMANCE REALTY
4677 PETWORTH ROAD
Frontenac (Frontenac South), Ontario MLS® #29600536
Courtesy of BRIAN MORRISON/RE/MAX FINEST REALTY INC., BROKERAGE
34 JACKMAN DRIVE
Brampton (Northgate), Ontario MLS® #29600555
Courtesy of GAGAN BHALLA/RE/MAX GOLD REALTY INC.
48 TOWNLINE
Orangeville, Ontario MLS® #29600562
Courtesy of SHAWN PATRICK LANIGAN/ROYAL LEPAGE RCR REALTY
1281 ANTHONIA TRAIL
Oakville (JM Joshua Meadows), Ontario MLS® #29600567
Courtesy of GRACE ZHANG/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
82 ORR Street
Stratford, Ontario MLS® #29600579
Courtesy of Kyle Jansink/Re/Max Twin City Realty Inc
139 GRAND RIVER Street N Unit# 102
Paris, Ontario MLS® #29600581
Courtesy of Ben Chauveau/Royal LePage Brant Realty
36 RANDALL DRIVE
Ajax (Central West), Ontario MLS® #29599859
Courtesy of SAL CAMERA/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
43 ISABELLA GARDEN LANE
Whitchurch-Stouffville (Stouffville), Ontario MLS® #29599835
Courtesy of CHRISTOPHER HUMMELL/Royal LePage Our Neighbourhood Realty
1609 - 75 KING STREET E
Mississauga (Cooksville), Ontario MLS® #29599924
Courtesy of ERNIE ARRIZZA/SOTHEBY'S INTERNATIONAL REALTY CANADA
26 BOXEN HARBOUR LANE
Frontenac Islands (The Islands), Ontario MLS® #29600339
Courtesy of KYLE MOSIER/EXP REALTY, BROKERAGE
2030 VICKERY DRIVE
Oakville (WO West), Ontario MLS® #29601161
Courtesy of NATASHA EADIE/ROYAL LEPAGE REALTY PLUS OAKVILLE
63 NORTHVIEW CRESCENT
Barrie (Northwest), Ontario MLS® #29601375
Courtesy of STEVE KNOWLES/RE/MAX HALLMARK CHAY REALTY
140 GARDEN AVENUE
Toronto (Roncesvalles), Ontario MLS® #29601407
Courtesy of JEN LASCHINGER/BOSLEY REAL ESTATE LTD.
79 Simona Drive
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia MLS® #29601527
Courtesy of Roshanak Abbas Nazari/Royal LePage Atlantic
54 LOGANBERRY CRESCENT
Toronto (Hillcrest Village), Ontario MLS® #29601572
Courtesy of JOSH KLEIN/CHESTNUT PARK REAL ESTATE LIMITED
28 SHELDON DRIVE
Ajax (Central), Ontario MLS® #29601337
Courtesy of DAN PLOWMAN/DAN PLOWMAN TEAM REALTY INC.
1909 - 195 MCCAUL STREET
Toronto (Kensington-Chinatown), Ontario MLS® #29600194
Courtesy of FRANCESCO JR. LARDI/RE/MAX CONDOS PLUS CORPORATION
27 COLLIER CRESCENT
Markham (Wismer), Ontario MLS® #29600202
Courtesy of ELLAYNE KIN BING NIP/RE/MAX CROSSROADS REALTY INC.
71 Tuscany Run
Timberlea, Nova Scotia MLS® #29599962
Courtesy of Cheryl Jenkins/Keller Williams Select Realty
877 Wollaston St
Esquimalt, British Columbia MLS® #29600199
Courtesy of Robin Cushing/Coldwell Banker Oceanside Real Estate
341 SUNNYSIDE AVENUE
Toronto (High Park-Swansea), Ontario MLS® #29600207
Courtesy of STEVEN DA SILVA/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
14 - 1321 GERRARD STREET E
Toronto (Greenwood-Coxwell), Ontario MLS® #29600497
Courtesy of RAY OSTOVAR/CMI REAL ESTATE INC.
26 TRUMPET STREET
Whitchurch-Stouffville (Stouffville), Ontario MLS® #29600327
Courtesy of TAMARA MEIKLE/CENTURY 21 LEADING EDGE REALTY INC.
299 YELLOWOOD CIRCLE
Vaughan (Patterson), Ontario MLS® #29599912
Courtesy of SUE ZHANG/SMART SOLD REALTY
411 - 201 CARLAW AVENUE
Toronto (South Riverdale), Ontario MLS® #29600308
Courtesy of FIONA CATHERINE CARVER/SAGE 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.
Get the life you’ve always wanted in Cabbagetown! Whether you’re looking for a place to call home or a home for your growing family, let the FreemanTeam® help you find the perfect place to live. Contact Freeman Real Estate, today and start living!
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Toronto Neighbourhood Guide
Toronto Neighbourhood Guide