3303 70 Avenue, Leduc, AB
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.
307 - 5168 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Willowdale West), Ontario MLS® #30436103
Courtesy of ALBERTO HE CHEN/BAY STREET INTEGRITY REALTY INC.
4401 - 386 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30436071
Courtesy of WINHAN WONG/SUTTON GROUP-ASSOCIATES REALTY INC.
89 PAGE AVENUE
Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #30436069
Courtesy of TONY KUREC/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
81 PEARL LAKE ROAD
Markham (Cornell), Ontario MLS® #30436083
Courtesy of ELVA YIN TSING LEE/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
204 SANDBROOK ROAD
Oakville (WO West), Ontario MLS® #30436095
Courtesy of ADAM BATTAGLIA/RARE REAL ESTATE
15 WILLOW DRIVE
Augusta, Ontario MLS® #30436108
Courtesy of Debra Lynn Currier/ROYAL LEPAGE PROALLIANCE REALTY
677 - 23 COX BOULEVARD
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #30436110
Courtesy of ISAAC HSIEH/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
417 - 160 VANDERHOOF AVENUE
Toronto (Thorncliffe Park), Ontario MLS® #30436072
Courtesy of ERIC KUI CHI HO/RE/MAX EXCEL REALTY LTD.
9 GRAND OAK DRIVE
Richmond Hill (Oak Ridges), Ontario MLS® #30436084
Courtesy of DANIEL A. PASTA/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
88 FLEETWOOD CRESCENT
Brampton (Southgate), Ontario MLS® #30436091
Courtesy of JASPINDER SINGH/RE/MAX EXCELLENCE REAL ESTATE
1702 - 2A CHURCH STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30436104
Courtesy of SUE LING TAN/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
1606 - 10 HONEYCRISP CRESCENT
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #30436111
Courtesy of YIN YAO/RE/MAX IMPERIAL REALTY INC.
72 DESERT SAND DRIVE
Brampton (Sandringham-Wellington), Ontario MLS® #30436089
Courtesy of GURDEEP SINGH GURM/RE/MAX EXCELLENCE REAL ESTATE
609 - 1381 LAKESHORE ROAD E
Mississauga (Lakeview), Ontario MLS® #30436096
Courtesy of JOAQUIM AUSTIN FERNANDES/SUTTON GROUP REALTY SYSTEMS INC.
70 APPLEAIRE CRESCENT
Brampton (Sandringham-Wellington), Ontario MLS® #30436117
Courtesy of KANWAR BRAR/HOMELIFE SILVERCITY REALTY INC.
8 AGAR DRIVE
St. Catharines (Vine/Linwell), Ontario MLS® #30436066
Courtesy of Brian Toye/RE/MAX GARDEN CITY REALTY INC, BROKERAGE
PH109 - 35 EMPRESS AVENUE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #30436073
Courtesy of DANNY ZHANG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
2 EARL COOK DRIVE
Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario MLS® #30436112
Courtesy of JIHONG CHAI/FENGHILL REALTY INC.
211 - 3088 KENNEDY ROAD
Toronto (Steeles), Ontario MLS® #30436080
Courtesy of JASON MOK/CENTURY 21 ATRIA REALTY INC.
BSMT - 106 FLURRY CIRCLE
Brampton (Credit Valley), Ontario MLS® #30436092
Courtesy of JASPINDER SINGH/RE/MAX EXCELLENCE REAL ESTATE
304 - 3100 KEELE STREET
Toronto (Downsview-Roding-CFB), Ontario MLS® #30436097
Courtesy of BENNY LO/EVERLAND REALTY INC.
2008 - 159 WELLESLEY STREET E
Toronto (Cabbagetown-South St. James Town), Ontario MLS® #30436105
Courtesy of JIHONG CHAI/FENGHILL REALTY INC.
95 - 2280 BARONWOOD DRIVE S
Oakville (WM Westmount), Ontario MLS® #30436093
Courtesy of NIRAV GANDHI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
3016B BATHURST STREET
Toronto (Englemount-Lawrence), Ontario MLS® #30436106
Courtesy of CLAYTON LEUNG/Avenue Group Realty Inc.
1003 - 3050 ELLESMERE ROAD
Toronto (Morningside), Ontario MLS® #30436081
Courtesy of ARUCHUNA RAJAH/ANJIA REALTY
1410 - 33 HELENDALE AVENUE
Toronto (Yonge-Eglinton), Ontario MLS® #30436074
Courtesy of LIN CHEUNG/HOMELIFE EXCELSIOR REALTY INC.
102 - 57 UPPER DUKE CRESCENT
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #30436086
Courtesy of SAM VIG/CENTURY 21 PERCY FULTON LTD.
1265 BENTLEY Drive Unit# 311
London, Ontario MLS® #30436120
Courtesy of EMANUEL CATANA/SMART FROM HOME REALTY LIMITED
38 CANARY Street
Tillsonburg, Ontario MLS® #30436025
Courtesy of Nick Liuba/Royal LePage Wolle Realty
37 MINDANAO AVENUE
Markham (Victoria Manor-Jennings Gate), Ontario MLS® #30436082
Courtesy of MONA BI/SMART SOLD REALTY
1706 - 27 MCMAHON DRIVE
Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #30436070
Courtesy of KUEI-JUNG CHEN/RE/MAX ABOUTOWNE REALTY CORP.
37 GRAINGER CRESCENT
Port Hope, Ontario MLS® #30436099
Courtesy of DANIELLE HONSBERGER/ROYAL HERITAGE REALTY LTD.
2703 - 89 CHURCH STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30436102
Courtesy of ANGELA MA/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
45 COLONIAL CRESCENT
Richmond Hill (Oak Ridges Lake Wilcox), Ontario MLS® #30436114
Courtesy of AGHIL OJAGHI/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
35 DUPONT STREET
Toronto (Annex), Ontario MLS® #30436068
Courtesy of RAFI AHMADI/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
45 CONWAY PLACE
Fort Erie (Crystal Beach), Ontario MLS® #30433154
Courtesy of Lisa Ibba/ROYAL LEPAGE NRC REALTY
3405 - 575 BLOOR STREET E
Toronto (North St. James Town), Ontario MLS® #30433161
Courtesy of GARY ZHU/CANADA HOME GROUP REALTY INC.
3107 - 77 MUTUAL STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30433166
Courtesy of SHAUN HSU/SUTTON GROUP-ASSOCIATES REALTY INC.
104 1475 Bedford Highway
Bedford, Nova Scotia MLS® #30433173
Courtesy of Ben Park/Keller Williams Select Realty
2 - 7 HARNESS LANE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30433248
Courtesy of ROSEFINE YOKAM/HOMELIFE LANDMARK 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.
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!
READY TO TALK ABOUT CABBAGETOWN REAL ESTATE?
READY TO TALK ABOUT CABBAGETOWN REAL ESTATE?
Toronto Neighbourhood Guide
Toronto Neighbourhood Guide