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.
3303 70 Avenue, Leduc, AB
Leduc, Alberta MLS® #29465687
Courtesy of Michelle A. Plach/HonestDoor Inc
PRO LIQUOR STORE
Vegreville, Alberta MLS® #30006458
Courtesy of Kuljeet Dhaliwal/Royal Lepage Arteam Realty
5 CEDARGROVE ROAD
Caledon (Bolton West), Ontario MLS® #30046281
Courtesy of APRIL LAN/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
77 ELMA STREET
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #30046279
Courtesy of HALA GHM ABU-HANTASH/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
38 PINEDALE AVENUE
Caledon, Ontario MLS® #30046274
Courtesy of KAVAS SATCHITHANANDAN/RE/MAX REALTRON BLUE FORCE REALTY
UPPER - 18 ANGELA COURT
Markham (Middlefield), Ontario MLS® #30046267
Courtesy of KRISTY CHEN/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
1108 - 55 MERCER STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30046243
Courtesy of IN RYU/RETREND REALTY LTD
56 LONG LAKE ESTATES ROAD
McDougall, Ontario MLS® #30046286
Courtesy of KATRINA ISMAY CROSS/PMA BRETHOUR REAL ESTATE CORPORATION INC.
1107 - 70 TEMPERANCE STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30046250
Courtesy of ANDY QIU/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
1026 ARCOL ROAD
Frontenac (Frontenac North), Ontario MLS® #30046293
Courtesy of CHRISTOPHER JONES/EXP REALTY, BROKERAGE
227 - 8855 SHEPPARD AVENUE E
Toronto (Rouge), Ontario MLS® #30046301
Courtesy of SANDEEP BATRA/HOUSESIGMA INC.
520 - 101 CHARLES STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30046298
Courtesy of MICHELLE SAU KING CHUNG/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
20573 YONGE STREET
East Gwillimbury (Holland Landing), Ontario MLS® #30046306
Courtesy of VINCENT JIANG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
Lot 190 WYGANT Place
Stanley Bridge, Prince Edward Island MLS® #30046623
Courtesy of Marsha Weeks/East Coast Realty
224 Bay Bulls Road
St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #30046748
Courtesy of Erica Coultas/RE/MAX Infinity Realty Inc. - Sheraton Hotel
00 Joe Glode Pond
Millertown Junction, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #30046750
Courtesy of Carla Kinden/Keller Williams Platinum Realty - Gander
412 5221 Nora Bernard Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia MLS® #30046654
Courtesy of Eric Noel/Century 21 Trident Realty Ltd.
228 ERIN WOODS Drive SE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #30046495
Courtesy of Casey Patel/Royal LePage Blue Sky
Highway 6
Bayhead, Nova Scotia MLS® #30046774
Courtesy of Lynn Colpitts/Coldwell Banker Open Door Realty Ltd.
174 PRINCESS STREET E
North Bay (Central), Ontario MLS® #30046779
Courtesy of VICTORIA HAMILTON/Century 21 Blue Sky Region Realty Inc., Brokerage
3 INDUSTRAIL ROAD
North Grenville, Ontario MLS® #30047068
Courtesy of Chris Drozda/ROYAL LEPAGE TEAM REALTY
1813 Highway 2
Hilden, Nova Scotia MLS® #30047246
Courtesy of Lynn Colpitts/Coldwell Banker Open Door Realty Ltd.
136 BRAYSIDE STREET
Central Elgin (Port Stanley), Ontario MLS® #30046825
Courtesy of DALLAS POSTHUMUS/RE/MAX CENTRE CITY REALTY INC.
5010 CORPORATE Drive Unit# 235
Burlington, Ontario MLS® #30046952
Courtesy of Barbara Beers/Royal LePage Burloak Real Estate Services
161 PHEASANT RUN DRIVE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30047063
Courtesy of Venkat Surya Dasari/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
4104 8 ST NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #30047429
Courtesy of Rashid Ahmad/Homes & Gardens Real Estate Limited
2 - 2155 DUNCASTER DRIVE
Burlington (Brant Hills), Ontario MLS® #30047138
Courtesy of GUY FRANK D'ALESIO/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
LPH8 - 50 ABSOLUTE AVENUE
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #30047126
Courtesy of SHAWN GANDHI/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
214 SERENITY Lane
Georgetown Royalty, Prince Edward Island MLS® #30046868
Courtesy of Lexi McLeod/East Coast Realty
7811 Cedarwood Park
Grande Prairie, Alberta MLS® #30046483
Courtesy of Joshua Boyne/RE/MAX Grande Prairie
3112/14 - 9 HARBOUR STREET E
Collingwood, Ontario MLS® #30047392
Courtesy of IAN LEE HOCKING/KELLER WILLIAMS EXPERIENCE REALTY
4 Edinburgh Drive
Mount Pearl, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #30047215
Courtesy of Charles Harris/Century 21 Seller's Choice Inc.
20955 BRUNON AVENUE
Kawartha Lakes (Mariposa), Ontario MLS® #30046894
Courtesy of COLLEEN S. BROWN/SUTTON GROUP-HERITAGE REALTY INC.
406 - 206 KING STREET W
Hamilton (Central), Ontario MLS® #30047688
Courtesy of KARINA ESKANDARY/UNION CAPITAL REALTY
4 - 692 DUNDAS STREET S
Woodstock (Woodstock - South), Ontario MLS® #30047683
Courtesy of RAVI KONGARA/CENTURY 21 PEOPLE'S CHOICE REALTY INC.
506 - 2093 FAIRVEW STREET S
Burlington (Freeman), Ontario MLS® #30047486
Courtesy of Shirley DeBoer/ROYAL LEPAGE NRC REALTY
7481 ELLESMERE WY
Sherwood Park, Alberta MLS® #30047695
Courtesy of Jeneen L. Marchant/RE/MAX Real Estate
2433 Ingram Road Unit# 47
West Kelowna, British Columbia MLS® #30046635
Courtesy of Kevin Chepil/2 Percent Realty Interior Inc.
2 - 55 INNES AVENUE
Toronto (Corso Italia-Davenport), Ontario MLS® #30047400
Courtesy of ASH KHANI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
BSMT - 5285 WOODHAVEN COURT
Burlington (Appleby), Ontario MLS® #30047412
Courtesy of TARA WEST/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
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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