73 SUPERIOR Street
Devon, Alberta MLS® #29441052
Courtesy of Erin Holowach/ComFree
Cabbagetown
Preserving Victorian Housing Architechture
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
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.
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.
83 FORMOSA DRIVE
Richmond Hill (Rouge Woods), Ontario MLS® #29460731
Courtesy of FRIDA MOHEBBI KORDSOFLA/SMART SOLD REALTY
27 SCOTT CRESCENT
King (King City), Ontario MLS® #29460736
Courtesy of MARIA ONGARO/RE/MAX HALLMARK YORK GROUP REALTY LTD.
32 CHEROKEE ROAD
London North (North A), Ontario MLS® #29460712
Courtesy of PATRICIA BROADHURST/THE REALTY FIRM INC.
53 Blackbird Bend
Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta MLS® #29460414
Courtesy of Himanshu Kolte/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
200 BLOOR Street W Unit# 1802
Toronto, Ontario MLS® #29460774
Courtesy of Xia bing Zhang/1st Sunshine Realty Inc.
106 JOHNSTON AVENUE
Toronto (Lansing-Westgate), Ontario MLS® #29460718
Courtesy of ARIFUR RAHMAN SHOHEL/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
2602 - 75 QUEENS WHARF ROAD
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29460720
Courtesy of KATRINA CHU/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
2 GLENRIDGE DRIVE
Markham (Devil's Elbow), Ontario MLS® #29460732
Courtesy of Catherine Fang/HC REALTY GROUP INC.
10 SUNDRIDGE DRIVE
Toronto (Clairlea-Birchmount), Ontario MLS® #29460725
Courtesy of ARIFUR RAHMAN SHOHEL/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
2090 STONEHOUSE CRESCENT
Mississauga (Sheridan), Ontario MLS® #29460744
Courtesy of COURTNEY NICOLE KERSTEN/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
1604 - 35 KINGSBRIDGE GARDEN CIRCLE
Mississauga (Hurontario), Ontario MLS® #29460768
Courtesy of MAGGIE CHEN/RE/MAX IMPERIAL REALTY INC.
34 - 6449 GLEN ERIN DRIVE
Mississauga (Meadowvale), Ontario MLS® #29460651
Courtesy of JACK LUAN/REAL HOME CANADA REALTY INC.
3608 - 42 CHARLES STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29454957
Courtesy of KATRINA CHU/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
42 ROUGECREST DRIVE
Markham (Markham Village), Ontario MLS® #29454964
Courtesy of LUSI LI/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
3505 - 8 INTERCHANGE WAY
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #29454971
Courtesy of NOANNE CHEN/MEHOME REALTY (ONTARIO) INC.
UPPER - 2838 KINGSBERRY CRESCENT
Mississauga (Cooksville), Ontario MLS® #29454976
Courtesy of JANICE ZHANG/DREAM HOME REALTY INC.
1306 - 50 ANN O'REILLY ROAD
Toronto (Henry Farm), Ontario MLS® #29454988
Courtesy of CALEB CHAN/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
622 - 33 MILL STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29454990
Courtesy of MICHAEL SIDNEY SKROBACKY/KELLER WILLIAMS REFERRED URBAN REALTY
202 - 620 ALDEN ROAD
Markham (Milliken Mills West), Ontario MLS® #29455001
Courtesy of BIN JI/MASTER'S CHOICE REALTY INC.
14 SANDRINGHAM CIRCLE
Orangeville, Ontario MLS® #29455006
Courtesy of JUSTIN JAMES WALL/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
4880 Highway 2
Wellington, Nova Scotia MLS® #29455049
Courtesy of Kim MacLeod/Royal LePage Atlantic (Enfield)
36 Seaview Drive
Gabarus Village, Nova Scotia MLS® #29455051
Courtesy of Heather Grant/Coldwell Banker Boardwalk Realty
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".
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.
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.
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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