4807 44 Ave
Stony Plain, Alberta MLS® #29210474
Courtesy of Rohin Geis/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
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.
200 330 CIRCLE Drive
St. Albert, Alberta MLS® #29326197
Courtesy of Guy Pelletier/Century 21 Reward Realty
65275 Range Rd 114A
Lac La Biche County, Alberta MLS® #29326202
Courtesy of Derek C. Claffey/NAI Commercial Real Estate Inc
28 Milton Road
Paradise, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29244531
Courtesy of DEBBIE BUDDEN/Keller Williams Platinum Realty
569 KERRY STREET
Prince George, British Columbia MLS® #29326810
Courtesy of Aaron Switzer/RE/MAX Core Realty
GW-40 57 Gardenia Way
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia MLS® #29327438
Courtesy of Jacqui Rostek Holder/Royal LePage Atlantic
48 Jessome Avenue
Lantz, Nova Scotia MLS® #29327363
Courtesy of Akintunde Abimbola/Air Realty Limited
191 FIFTH CONCESSION ROAD S
Addington Highlands (Addington Highlands), Ontario MLS® #29327349
Courtesy of JILL RAYNER/SUTTON GROUP-MASTERS REALTY INC., BROKERAGE
11-15 Delaneys Avenue
Bay Roberts, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29327469
Courtesy of BRENT ROACH/Royal LePage Atlantic Homestead
12 Stokes ST
Thunder Bay, Ontario MLS® #29327483
Courtesy of MARCIA BROUGHTON/SIGNATURE NORTH REALTY INC.
204 - 716 GORDON BAKER ROAD
Toronto (Hillcrest Village), Ontario MLS® #29327503
Courtesy of SINA MOMENZAD/CENTURY 21 ATRIA REALTY INC.
2706 - 60 BYNG AVENUE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #29327510
Courtesy of MICHAEL JOHN LAU/EXP REALTY
501 - 1 COLE STREET
Toronto (Regent Park), Ontario MLS® #29327508
Courtesy of LUCIA GOUVEIA/ROYAL LEPAGE TERREQUITY GOLD REALTY
13 MICHAEL DRIVE E
Richmond Hill (North Richvale), Ontario MLS® #29327522
Courtesy of ROCHELLE COVANT/CENTURY 21 HERITAGE GROUP LTD.
416B - 3660 HURONTARIO STREET
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29327541
Courtesy of FRANCIS D'ATRI-GUIRAN/ADVISORS REALTY
302 - 320 MILL STREET S
Brampton (Brampton South), Ontario MLS® #29327553
Courtesy of KATHY E SKALE/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
10419 WILTSHIRE BOULEVARD
Delta, British Columbia MLS® #29327560
Courtesy of Douglas Mitten/Century 21 Coastal Realty Ltd.
401 1220 BLACKFOOT DRIVE
Regina, Saskatchewan MLS® #29327589
Courtesy of Natasha Blaisdell/RE/MAX Crown Real Estate
232 SHADY GLEN Crescent
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29327490
Courtesy of AGA SAUNDERS/RE/MAX Twin City Realty Inc.
406 - 1190 DUNDAS STREET E
Toronto (South Riverdale), Ontario MLS® #29327705
Courtesy of SEWIT MISGHINA/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
20 PRESTON STREET
Toronto (Birchcliffe-Cliffside), Ontario MLS® #29327712
Courtesy of LILIANA MIHAELA GROVU/EXP REALTY
60 DANA CRESCENT
Vaughan (Crestwood-Springfarm-Yorkhill), Ontario MLS® #29327724
Courtesy of SHALOM ROSENZWEIG/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
16 - 4 VATA COURT
Aurora (Aurora Village), Ontario MLS® #29327729
Courtesy of JULIEN LAURION/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
501 - 2119 LAKE SHORE BOULEVARD W
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #29327750
Courtesy of EILEEN LASSWELL/CHESTNUT PARK REAL ESTATE LIMITED
1065 BOMORDA DRIVE
Oakville (CP College Park), Ontario MLS® #29327755
Courtesy of PETER MARKOU/ROYAL LEPAGE REALTY PLUS OAKVILLE
1018 - 1333 BLOOR STREET
Mississauga (Applewood), Ontario MLS® #29327762
Courtesy of TIJANA JAKOVLJEVIC/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
UPPER - 31 LEADENHALL ROAD
Brampton (Northwest Brampton), Ontario MLS® #29327767
Courtesy of SUNNY GAWRI/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
506 - 28 ANN STREET
Mississauga (Port Credit), Ontario MLS® #29327774
Courtesy of GLORIA COELHO/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
134 710 Brighton BOULEVARD
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #29327779
Courtesy of Slade Desrochers/TRCG The Realty Consultants Group
12 BLANEY STREET
Brant (Paris), Ontario MLS® #29327793
Courtesy of JOEL CAPITAO/RE/MAX NOBLECORP REAL ESTATE
95 POVEY ROAD
Centre Wellington (Fergus), Ontario MLS® #29327801
Courtesy of JACQUELINE BENIGNO/ROYAL LEPAGE CITIZEN REALTY
405 1111 Edgett Rd
Courtenay, British Columbia MLS® #29327786
Courtesy of Sonia Leger/eXp Realty (CT)
157 DIANNE AVENUE
Oakville (MO Morrison), Ontario MLS® #29327546
Courtesy of SUSI KOSTYNIUK/Royal Lepage Real Estate Associates
98 - 2280 BARONWOOD DRIVE
Oakville (WM Westmount), Ontario MLS® #29327022
Courtesy of CHLOE XU/DREAM HOME REALTY INC.
11 Indian Pond Drive
Conception Bay South, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29327262
Courtesy of Megan George/eXp Realty
7 Christopher Street
Paradise, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29327274
Courtesy of STEWART TAYLOR/Century 21 Seller's Choice Inc.
259 VANSICKLE ROAD
St. Catharines (Rykert/Vansickle), Ontario MLS® #29327267
Courtesy of Dale Petrie/REVEL Realty Inc., Brokerage
276 WIECK BOULEVARD
Kincardine, Ontario MLS® #29327212
Courtesy of DAVID PATTERSON/RE/MAX Land Exchange Ltd.
448 GERRARD STREET E
Toronto (Cabbagetown-South St. James Town), Ontario MLS® #29327382
Courtesy of EUGENIA EVANS/EVANS REAL ESTATE
MAIN - 94 WARINGSTOWN DRIVE
Toronto (Wexford-Maryvale), Ontario MLS® #29327394
Courtesy of MAHEN SINGARAJAH/RE/MAX COMMUNITY 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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