766 Westwood Boulevard
Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia MLS® #28879246
Courtesy of Brehannah Hopgood/The Agency Real Estate Brokerage
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.
540 VINE Street
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #28873098
Courtesy of JULIAN SHEPPARD/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC., BROKERAGE
BASEMENT - 11 UPLANDS AVENUE
Vaughan (Uplands), Ontario MLS® #28873120
Courtesy of LISA LIU/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
2055 CHURCHILL AVENUE
Burlington (Freeman), Ontario MLS® #28873132
Courtesy of IAN CARRILLO/EXP REALTY
2610 - 761 BAY STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #28873101
Courtesy of FEI WANG/AVION REALTY INC.
43 SUSAN AVENUE
Brampton (Bram West), Ontario MLS® #28873125
Courtesy of JAIDEV GAIND/EXECUTIVE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
17 WOODS EDGE Court Unit# 165
Baden, Ontario MLS® #28873137
Courtesy of ANGELA BAAS/Royal LePage Wolle Realty
604 - 144 QUEEN STREET
Clarington (Bowmanville), Ontario MLS® #28874630
Courtesy of JENNIFER FULLER/RE/MAX HALLMARK FIRST GROUP REALTY LTD.
549 BISSVIEW AVENUE
Selwyn, Ontario MLS® #28874433
Courtesy of DIONNE KINGDON/ROYAL LEPAGE FRANK REAL ESTATE
23 MACAULAY Street W Unit# 2
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #28874717
Courtesy of Janelle LeBlanc/Real Broker Ontario Ltd.
4145 FERNAND AVENUE
Greater Sudbury (Valley East), Ontario MLS® #28874281
Courtesy of EMILY MUZZATTI/eXp Realty
48 Frecker Drive
St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #28873769
Courtesy of Arryn Johnson/Century 21 Seller's Choice Inc.
121 BLAKELY STREET
Loyalist (Amherstview), Ontario MLS® #28874616
Courtesy of AMY HENDERSON-BOILEAU/ROYAL LEPAGE PROALLIANCE REALTY, BROKERAGE
285 MEADOWBREEZE DRIVE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #28873334
Courtesy of Jay Klassen/ROYAL LEPAGE INTEGRITY REALTY
901 - 120 GRANT CARMAN DRIVE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #28873620
Courtesy of Michelle Donaldson-Rouleau/ROYAL LEPAGE TEAM REALTY
147 KENSINGTON Avenue N
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #28873497
Courtesy of Alaina Evans/Coldwell Banker Community Professionals
106 - 10 BECKWITH LANE
Blue Mountains, Ontario MLS® #28873721
Courtesy of MICHELLE KINGSBURY/Chestnut Park Real Estate
700 MONTBECK CRESCENT
Mississauga (Lakeview), Ontario MLS® #28874072
Courtesy of Maggie Bialas-Silva/Royal Lepage Real Estate Associates
27 GROUSE LANE
Brampton (Bram West), Ontario MLS® #28874060
Courtesy of KATE PETERSON/Royal Lepage Real Estate Associates
76 QUEEN STREET
Clarington (Bowmanville), Ontario MLS® #28873505
Courtesy of AURELIA COSMA/RE/MAX JAZZ INC.
63 Mae Avenue
Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia MLS® #28874457
Courtesy of Desneiges Campbell/RE/MAX Park Place Inc.
2 - 151 BANK STREET
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #28873790
Courtesy of Rocco Manfredi/ROYAL LEPAGE TEAM REALTY
2742 SANDON DRIVE
Abbotsford, British Columbia MLS® #28876016
Courtesy of Jared Gibbons/Royal LePage Northstar Realty (S. Surrey)
390 WALMER ROAD W
Toronto (Casa Loma), Ontario MLS® #28875594
Courtesy of SHAWN RADVANYI/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
281 ATLAS AVENUE
Toronto (Oakwood Village), Ontario MLS® #28875739
Courtesy of PAUL LAPAS/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
126-5 - 1052 RAT BAY ROAD S
Lake of Bays (Franklin), Ontario MLS® #28875239
Courtesy of TOM HARSANYI/RE/MAX Professionals North
1266 BARNWELL CRESCENT
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #28874344
Courtesy of Greg Hamre/RE/MAX AFFILIATES REALTY LTD.
#4, 205019 100 RANGE Road SE
Rural Lethbridge County, Alberta MLS® #28876054
Courtesy of Tyler Martineau/REAL BROKER
3004 - 2181 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Mount Pleasant West), Ontario MLS® #28876294
Courtesy of DANIEL P.K. CHAN/CENTURY 21 LEADING EDGE REALTY INC.
640 WONDERLAND ROAD S
London South (South N), Ontario MLS® #28875246
Courtesy of SARAH CRAWFORD/CENTURY 21 FIRST CANADIAN CORP
117 - 14 FOUNDRY AVENUE
Toronto (Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction), Ontario MLS® #28876422
Courtesy of ELISABETH CORREIA/RE/MAX WEST REALTY INC.
133 Goldclaim Road
Vernon, British Columbia MLS® #28873632
Courtesy of Alexandra Axsen/The Agency Kelowna
308 - 460 WELLINGTON STREET
London East (East F), Ontario MLS® #28874318
Courtesy of DREW JOHNSON/COLDWELL BANKER POWER REALTY
3207 JOEL KERBEL PLACE
Mississauga (Applewood), Ontario MLS® #28874779
Courtesy of SUSI KOSTYNIUK/Royal Lepage Real Estate Associates
377 STEPHEN STREET
London South (South B), Ontario MLS® #28874933
Courtesy of TRACEY PEIFER/ROYAL LEPAGE TRILAND REALTY
68 FINDLAY AVENUE
King (King City), Ontario MLS® #28873550
Courtesy of ANDREW IPEKIAN/KELLER WILLIAMS REFERRED URBAN REALTY
18 THE QUEENSWAY
Barrie (Innis-Shore), Ontario MLS® #28873555
Courtesy of JENNY LEE/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
82 LILAC AVENUE
Markham (Aileen-Willowbrook), Ontario MLS® #28875215
Courtesy of CURTIS GODDARD/RE/MAX HALLMARK CHAY REALTY
93 KARA Lane
Tillsonburg, Ontario MLS® #28874988
Courtesy of SHAW HASYJ/SHAW REALTY GROUP INC. - BROKERAGE 2
3061 Renfrew Rd
Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia MLS® #28875866
Courtesy of Brock Dupont/D.F.H. Real Estate Ltd. (CwnBy)
22 Abbey Road
Garlands Crossing, Nova Scotia MLS® #28876198
Courtesy of Jamie Greenough/Engel & Volkers (Wolfville)
3607 13768 100 AVENUE
Surrey, British Columbia MLS® #28876213
Courtesy of Tina Kwok/Macdonald Realty
6864 208 STREET
Langley, British Columbia MLS® #28876218
Courtesy of Dave Robles/RE/MAX Treeland 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.
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
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