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
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.
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
2062 Havilland Shores DR
Goulais River, Ontario MLS® #29993366
Courtesy of Deborah Martynuck-Berto/Remax Sault Ste. Marie Realty Inc.
BASEMENT - 49 ALGOMA STREET
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #29993429
Courtesy of SEDAT SELVI/CITYSCAPE REAL ESTATE LTD.
187 Canada Drive
St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29992279
Courtesy of Derrick French/Royal LePage Atlantic Homestead
1713 - 310 BURNHAMTHORPE ROAD
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29992907
Courtesy of CLAUDIA KAREN MITTELSTAEDT/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY, BROKERAGE
LOT 5 PARNABY Road
Cranbrook, British Columbia MLS® #29994112
Courtesy of Steven Throndson/Real Broker B.C. Ltd
739 - 251 JARVIS STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29992178
Courtesy of KENNETH LAM/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
52 DIVISION Street
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #29992135
Courtesy of Lori Venn/Re/Max Twin City Realty Inc.
28-29 Burnt Woods Road
Lower Island Cove, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29992185
Courtesy of Gennie Rose/BlueKey Realty Inc.
54 LAUGHLAND LANE
Guelph (Pineridge/Westminster Woods), Ontario MLS® #29992166
Courtesy of ROB TOWNSEND/Real Broker Ontario Ltd.
4 & 12 - 8540 KEELE STREET
Vaughan (Concord), Ontario MLS® #29992356
Courtesy of Matthew Regan/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
LOWER - 195 POYNTZ AVENUE
Toronto (Lansing-Westgate), Ontario MLS® #29992832
Courtesy of RONIT BARZILAY/HARVEY KALLES REAL ESTATE LTD.
22 ANEWEN DRIVE
Toronto (Victoria Village), Ontario MLS® #29992818
Courtesy of JOHN LUGLI/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
53 DANZIG STREET
Toronto (West Hill), Ontario MLS® #29992849
Courtesy of STEPHEN TAR/CENTURY 21 LEADING EDGE REALTY INC.
7 AMEER DRIVE
St. Catharines (Lakeshore), Ontario MLS® #29992647
Courtesy of Greg Sykes/RE/MAX NIAGARA REALTY LTD, BROKERAGE
17 - 7475 GOREWAY DRIVE
Mississauga (Malton), Ontario MLS® #29991930
Courtesy of ANDREW O. ENOFE/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
46350 MCCAFFREY BOULEVARD|Chilliwack Proper South
Chilliwack, British Columbia MLS® #29994679
Courtesy of Anthony Teeuwen/Team 3000 Realty Ltd.
501 BUCKEYE COURT
Milton (CB Cobban), Ontario MLS® #29993210
Courtesy of CLEMENT SAVIO GEORGE/ONE PERCENT REALTY LTD.
231 1220 Pringle WAY
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #29993479
Courtesy of Paul Maczek/Realty Executives Saskatoon
62 STRATHCONA AVENUE
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #29993448
Courtesy of BART GOJSKI/RE/MAX PROFESSIONALS INC.
308 - 2300 PARKHAVEN BOULEVARD
Oakville (RO River Oaks), Ontario MLS® #29993431
Courtesy of MARTIN PFEIFFER/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
145 SUFFOLK AVENUE
Oakville (SW Southwest), Ontario MLS® #29993424
Courtesy of BILL SCHIAVONE/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
4 MILGATE PLACE
Aurora (Aurora Highlands), Ontario MLS® #29993405
Courtesy of CAREY LYNN THORPE/FOREST HILL REAL ESTATE 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!
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Toronto Neighbourhood Guide
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