73 SUPERIOR Street
Devon, Alberta MLS® #29441052
Courtesy of Erin Holowach/ComFree
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
3739 Casorso Road Unit# 101
Kelowna, British Columbia MLS® #29454225
Courtesy of Mike Mychalyshyn/Unison Jane Hoffman Realty
7202 - 55 COOPER STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29460719
Courtesy of JAMES LI/SMART SOLD REALTY
2622 - 20 EDWARD STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29460721
Courtesy of DANIEL TANG/RE/MAX ATRIUM HOME REALTY
605 UNSWORTH AVENUE
Oakville (WO West), Ontario MLS® #29460740
Courtesy of KAREN YUAN/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
107 - 45 HANSEN ROAD N
Brampton (Madoc), Ontario MLS® #29460745
Courtesy of SHEETAL VYAS/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
397 MAPLE LEAF DRIVE
Toronto (Maple Leaf), Ontario MLS® #29460769
Courtesy of SONIA WANG/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
234 MAPLE LEAF DRIVE
Toronto (Rustic), Ontario MLS® #29460771
Courtesy of SONIA WANG/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
520 - 1 OLD MILL DRIVE
Toronto (High Park-Swansea), Ontario MLS® #29461041
Courtesy of JAMES TASCA/ICI SOURCE REAL ASSET SERVICES INC.
BSMT - 6 NOTMAN WAY
Brampton (Fletcher's Meadow), Ontario MLS® #29461046
Courtesy of Brian Higgs/WALLACE TAYLOR REALTY INC.
606 - 480 CALLAWAY ROAD
London North (North R), Ontario MLS® #29461058
Courtesy of BEN WEI SU/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
Osler East Acreage
Corman Park Rm No. 344, Saskatchewan MLS® #29461065
Courtesy of Emma Armstrong/eXp Realty
6 RANSON PLACE
London North (North J), Ontario MLS® #29460904
Courtesy of LAURICE GHOBRIAL/REMAX CONNECT REALTY
63 BROOKHAVEN CRESCENT
East Garafraxa, Ontario MLS® #29461212
Courtesy of JIM RUSSELL WALLACE/SUTTON-HEADWATERS REALTY INC.
328 Toronto STREET N
Regina, Saskatchewan MLS® #29461205
Courtesy of Taylor Roadhouse/Coldwell Banker Local Realty
45 GRANGE DRIVE
Brampton (Northwood Park), Ontario MLS® #29461200
Courtesy of AMAN DHALIWAL/NEWGEN REALTY EXPERTS
19 Torbay Road
St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29461022
Courtesy of JILL MASON/3% Realty East Coast
551 lower harmony Road
Harmony, Nova Scotia MLS® #29460923
Courtesy of Matthew Ward/Hants Realty Ltd.
812 Woodcreek Dr
North Saanich, British Columbia MLS® #29461217
Courtesy of Michelle Martin/RE/MAX Camosun
125 DONEGAN Street W
Listowel, Ontario MLS® #29461185
Courtesy of Ellen Bakker/KELLER WILLIAMS INNOVATION REALTY
12 PRATT CIRCLE
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #29460734
Courtesy of WILLIAM WENQIANG LI/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
25 SELSDON STREET
Brampton (Credit Valley), Ontario MLS® #29460739
Courtesy of SEEMA KUMAR/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
503 - 155 LEGION ROAD N
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #29460741
Courtesy of OLENA KUKURUDZA/SKYBOUND REALTY
16A - 25 LOWER SIMCOE STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29460722
Courtesy of JOSHUA CHAIT/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
78 MASSEY STREET
Brampton (Central Park), Ontario MLS® #29461042
Courtesy of SANDY KENNEDY/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
15 STAUFFER WOODS Trail Unit# A4
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29461030
Courtesy of TRACEY APPLETON/Royal LePage Wolle Realty
4165 UPPER MIDDLE Road Unit# 17
Burlington, Ontario MLS® #29461009
Courtesy of Henryk Iwicki/Sutton Group Realty Systems
38 Victoria Road
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia MLS® #29461085
Courtesy of Sheila Banser/Royal LePage Atlantic
456 Magenta Drive
Middle Sackville, Nova Scotia MLS® #29460804
Courtesy of Don Ranni/Royal LePage Atlantic
9740 KEELE STREET
Vaughan (Maple), Ontario MLS® #29460735
Courtesy of DANIEL TANG/RE/MAX ATRIUM HOME REALTY
110 THATCHER CRESCENT
East Gwillimbury, Ontario MLS® #29460728
Courtesy of SAEED NEZAMI-TAFRESHI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
92 - 37 FOUR WINDS DRIVE
Toronto (York University Heights), Ontario MLS® #29460742
Courtesy of BEN TSIRLIN/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
101 - 285 QUEENS AVENUE
London East (East F), Ontario MLS® #29460711
Courtesy of LINDSAY REID/ROYAL LEPAGE TRILAND REALTY
1201 - 5949 YONGE STREET S
Toronto (Newtonbrook East), Ontario MLS® #29460716
Courtesy of SHANA MIRSHAHI/CANADA GEM REALTY INC.
9 - 11 ELDORA AVENUE
Toronto (Newtonbrook West), Ontario MLS® #29460723
Courtesy of KATHY HOSSEINALI SAMIEI/HOMELIFE CLASSIC REALTY INC.
2231 GLEN BROOK DRIVE
Cornwall, Ontario MLS® #29460709
Courtesy of KATIE BELLSMITH/RE/MAX AFFILIATES MARQUIS LTD.
216 - 1010 SANDY BEACH ROAD
Pickering (Bay Ridges), Ontario MLS® #29460761
Courtesy of REY DE GUZMAN/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
9 SIDARE Court
Grimsby, Ontario MLS® #29461031
Courtesy of Renee Jacobs/Royal LePage State Realty Inc.
49 - 44 FRANKLIN COURT
Brampton (Bramalea West Industrial), Ontario MLS® #29461043
Courtesy of SANDY KENNEDY/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
95 GRANVILLE CRESCENT
Haldimand, Ontario MLS® #29461207
Courtesy of ASHISH GROVER/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
41 - 1095 COOKE BOULEVARD
Burlington (LaSalle), Ontario MLS® #29461199
Courtesy of GRACE ZHANG/REAL ONE REALTY 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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