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
1031 OTTO DRIVE
Cobourg, Ontario MLS® #29867136
Courtesy of Michael March/Royal Service Real Estate Inc.
30 BRYAN Court Unit# 27
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29867168
Courtesy of ROBYN VEBER/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
3592 FOURTH AVENUE
Smithers, British Columbia MLS® #29866983
Courtesy of Ron Lapadat/RE/MAX Bulkley Valley
1207 - 11 WELLESLEY STREET W
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29867152
Courtesy of MANDY GAO/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
3512 - 252 CHURCH STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29867157
Courtesy of SKY QIU/RE/MAX IMPERIAL REALTY INC.
323 - 5 ST JOSEPH STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29867139
Courtesy of SUE ZHANG/SMART SOLD REALTY
1616 - 68 ESTHER SHINER BOULEVARD
Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #29867153
Courtesy of JAMIE WU/PROMPTON REAL ESTATE SERVICES CORP.
509 - 30 DUNSHEATH WAY
Markham (Cornell), Ontario MLS® #29867142
Courtesy of ALI REZA DAVARI/POWER 7 REALTY
26 INNISMORE CRESCENT E
Toronto (Wexford-Maryvale), Ontario MLS® #29867159
Courtesy of FRAN HAKIMI/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
68 SILVER TRAIL S
Barrie (Ardagh), Ontario MLS® #29865510
Courtesy of DOUG HOGARTH/Forest Hill Real Estate Inc.
216 Stage Coach Lane
Rural Rocky View County, Alberta MLS® #29866998
Courtesy of Terri G. Stephens/CIR Realty
412 - 395 SQUARE ONE DRIVE
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29865926
Courtesy of EDWARD CHUNG/Royal LePage Our Neighbourhood Realty
855 TENTH STREET
Mississauga (Lakeview), Ontario MLS® #29866056
Courtesy of QUAM AROLAMBO/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
318 - 161 ROEHAMPTON AVENUE
Toronto (Mount Pleasant West), Ontario MLS® #29866400
Courtesy of SALLY LIU/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
229 PARKDALE Avenue N
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29866429
Courtesy of Attila Biro/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
LOT 2 CHAMBERS Drive
Ancaster, Ontario MLS® #29866431
Courtesy of Michael St. Jean/Michael St. Jean Realty Inc.
3802 MCGAHEY LANE
North Grenville, Ontario MLS® #29866551
Courtesy of David Cousineau/CENTURY 21 SYNERGY REALTY INC.
3227 Boulton Road NW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29866765
Courtesy of Danny Wai/RE/MAX Real Estate (Mountain View)
7268 YORK CRESCENT
Delta, British Columbia MLS® #29866842
Courtesy of Erica Tucker/RE/MAX Performance Realty
33 URBANDALE AVENUE
Toronto (Newtonbrook East), Ontario MLS® #29865584
Courtesy of RYAN WEI/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
3241 MCCARTHY COURT
Mississauga (Applewood), Ontario MLS® #29865604
Courtesy of HIEP NGUYEN/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
218 - 99 LOUISA STREET S
Kawartha Lakes (Fenelon Falls), Ontario MLS® #29865611
Courtesy of KEVIN A J. PRENDERGAST/KINGSWAY REAL ESTATE
4334 Green Olive WAY E
Regina, Saskatchewan MLS® #29865616
Courtesy of Varinder Ghotra Realty Prof. Corp./Yourhomes Realty Inc.
405 - 65 ST MARY STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29865666
Courtesy of GRACE GAO/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
294 FALLOWFIELD Drive
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29865697
Courtesy of SYD SAUNDERS/RE/MAX Twin City Realty Inc.
#512 3 PERRON ST
St. Albert, Alberta MLS® #29865748
Courtesy of Shirley Nguyen/Royal Lepage Arteam Realty
7 - 20 FREEL LANE
Whitchurch-Stouffville (Stouffville), Ontario MLS® #29865755
Courtesy of COLLEEN S. BROWN/SUTTON GROUP-HERITAGE REALTY INC.
133 Bruhn BV NW
Rural Ponoka County, Alberta MLS® #29865762
Courtesy of Lindsey Mitchell/Evertrust Realty
2 BLUE SILO WAY
Brampton (Northwest Brampton), Ontario MLS® #29865767
Courtesy of KASH AUJLA/RE/MAX CHAMPIONS REALTY INC.
270 MCALPINE AVENUE S
Welland (Lincoln/Crowland), Ontario MLS® #29865457
Courtesy of Alexis Patterson/RE/MAX NIAGARA REALTY LTD, BROKERAGE
LPH12 - 1100 SHEPPARD AVENUE W
Toronto (York University Heights), Ontario MLS® #29865522
Courtesy of RIYAD ALI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
21948 ADELAIDE STREET N
Middlesex Centre, Ontario MLS® #29865786
Courtesy of KATHY AMESS/BLUE FOREST REALTY INC.
1509 - 4699 GLEN ERIN DRIVE
Mississauga (Central Erin Mills), Ontario MLS® #29865851
Courtesy of YUHAN KO/FREEMAN REAL ESTATE LTD.
2364 SPRING MEADOW WAY W
Oakville (WM Westmount), Ontario MLS® #29865856
Courtesy of WINNIE LIU/BAY STREET INTEGRITY REALTY INC.
103 - 740 EGLINTON AVENUE W
Toronto (Forest Hill North), Ontario MLS® #29865902
Courtesy of SAID WARDE/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
390 BINNS AVENUE
Newmarket (Glenway Estates), Ontario MLS® #29865914
Courtesy of CINDY MILLER/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
617 - 2480 PRINCE MICHAEL DRIVE
Oakville (JC Joshua Creek), Ontario MLS® #29865921
Courtesy of ANTHONY TURCO/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
303, 788 12 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29865452
Courtesy of John F. McMahon/RE/MAX Real Estate (Mountain View)
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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