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.
915W - 268 BUCHANAN DRIVE
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #29991788
Courtesy of JOSHUA SONG/RE/MAX ELITE REAL ESTATE
11 KENT PLACE
Kapuskasing, Ontario MLS® #29995204
Courtesy of Remi Desbiens/RE/MAX CROWN REALTY (1989) INC
19 GREEN POINTE Drive
Welland, Ontario MLS® #29995677
Courtesy of Rod Frank/RE/MAX Escarpment Frank Realty
5301, 5500 Somervale Court SW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29996055
Courtesy of Kym Barton/Sotheby's International Realty Canada
609 - 365 CHURCH STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29991853
Courtesy of GEORGE CHAN/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
1180 CAEN AVENUE
Woodstock (Woodstock - North), Ontario MLS® #29995660
Courtesy of Jen Thomson/Century 21 Heritage House Ltd Brokerage
40 McGillis Island
Middle Ohio, Nova Scotia MLS® #29995622
Courtesy of Andrea Huskilson-Townsend/Keller Williams Select Realty
90 MORENZ CRESCENT
Kingston (Rideau), Ontario MLS® #29994395
Courtesy of James Hugh Hutchinson/EXP REALTY
441 WEST 5TH Street
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29995242
Courtesy of SURJIT SAM PABLAY/CENTURY 21 RIGHT TIME REAL ESTATE INC.
102 - 39 UPPER DUKE CRESCENT
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #29992654
Courtesy of ANUJ DOGRA/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
5 VANTAGE LOOP
Newmarket (Woodland Hill), Ontario MLS® #29992661
Courtesy of MARYANA VALTSEVA/CENTURY 21 HERITAGE GROUP LTD.
44 FAREHAM CRESCENT
Toronto (Guildwood), Ontario MLS® #29992616
Courtesy of RYAN ROBERTS/CHESTNUT PARK REAL ESTATE LIMITED
208 CARLTON Street
St. Catharines, Ontario MLS® #29992798
Courtesy of Adriana Graham/Century 21 Heritage Group Ltd.
6745 MAIN STREET
Whitchurch-Stouffville (Stouffville), Ontario MLS® #29992212
Courtesy of DINARA VLASOV/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
326 GLENHOLME AVENUE
Toronto (Oakwood Village), Ontario MLS® #29993640
Courtesy of RONIT BARZILAY/HARVEY KALLES REAL ESTATE LTD.
407 - 2230 LAKE SHORE BOULEVARD W
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #29992229
Courtesy of YOOSUN KIM/HOMELIFE/VISION REALTY INC.
1593 BOTTRIELL WAY
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29992344
Courtesy of Josee Blaskie/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY GROUP
481 ANTHONY DRIVE
Oakville (OO Old Oakville), Ontario MLS® #29992394
Courtesy of RAYO IRANI/RE/MAX ABOUTOWNE REALTY CORP.
1004 - 7601 BATHURST STREET
Vaughan (Crestwood-Springfarm-Yorkhill), Ontario MLS® #29991997
Courtesy of LAUREN ELYSE FELDMAN/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
5035 MOULIN ROUGE CRESCENT
Mississauga (East Credit), Ontario MLS® #29992902
Courtesy of GUS EL-MOR/SUTTON GROUP-TOWER REALTY LTD.
8 CYRIL RICHARDSON COURT
Uxbridge, Ontario MLS® #29992875
Courtesy of KELSEY SCHOENROCK/CHESTNUT PARK REAL ESTATE LIMITED
73 CEDARVALE BOULEVARD
Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario MLS® #29992870
Courtesy of ALANA PESCADOR/MAIN STREET REALTY LTD.
17 ECHO DRIVE
Rideau Lakes, Ontario MLS® #29992887
Courtesy of Matthew Hotston/CENTURY 21 SYNERGY REALTY INC
8064 9TH LINE
Essa, Ontario MLS® #29992868
Courtesy of PEGGY HILL/RE/MAX HALLMARK PEGGY HILL GROUP REALTY
1338 ELEANOR AVENUE
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #29992750
Courtesy of ROBERT WOLLZIEFER/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
304 - 400 PARK AVENUE
Newmarket (Central Newmarket), Ontario MLS® #29992863
Courtesy of ANNA SHIRAZI/CENTURY 21 HERITAGE GROUP LTD.
27 BAHAMA BAY
St. Catharines (Bunting/Linwell), Ontario MLS® #29992642
Courtesy of Andrew Wiens/ROYAL LEPAGE NRC REALTY
1008 RAINBOW VALLEY ROAD W
Springwater, Ontario MLS® #29992894
Courtesy of MARK FARIS/FARIS TEAM REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE
9317 NIAGARA RIVER PARKWAY
Niagara Falls (Lyons Creek), Ontario MLS® #29992919
Courtesy of NATHAN PARK/SOTHEBY'S INTERNATIONAL REALTY CANADA
1020 RIDDELL AVENUE S
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29992630
Courtesy of John Lindsay/ROYAL LEPAGE TEAM REALTY
854 Stensrud ROAD
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #29992940
Courtesy of Jillian Moore/Coldwell Banker Signature
1 CHAMBERLAIN Avenue Unit# 9
Ingersoll, Ontario MLS® #29992109
Courtesy of Joshua Wall/Real Broker Ontario Ltd.
62 STRATHCONA AVENUE
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #29993448
Courtesy of BART GOJSKI/RE/MAX PROFESSIONALS INC.
8 CIRCLE DRIVE
Kawartha Lakes (Fenelon), Ontario MLS® #29993443
Courtesy of VICKIE GLENDA CAMARA/REMAX CONNECT REALTY
35682 TIMBERLANE DRIVE
Abbotsford, British Columbia MLS® #29993436
Courtesy of Sat Swaich/Real Broker B.C. Ltd.
231 1220 Pringle WAY
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #29993479
Courtesy of Paul Maczek/Realty Executives Saskatoon
145 SUFFOLK AVENUE
Oakville (SW Southwest), Ontario MLS® #29993424
Courtesy of BILL SCHIAVONE/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
308 - 2300 PARKHAVEN BOULEVARD
Oakville (RO River Oaks), Ontario MLS® #29993431
Courtesy of MARTIN PFEIFFER/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
19 Grandriver CRES
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario MLS® #29992116
Courtesy of Andrew Addante/Exit Realty True North
85 MULHOLLAND AVENUE
Toronto (Yorkdale-Glen Park), Ontario MLS® #29993190
Courtesy of John McCubbin/UPPERSIDE 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.
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Toronto Neighbourhood Guide
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