Cabbagetown

Preserving Victorian Housing Architechture


Featured Cabbagetown Listings

Cabbagetown is home to many artists, musicians, journalists, writers, lawyers, management consultants, and many other professionals.


MLS® listing #29199942 for sale located at 9928  81 Avenue

$3,600,000

11464 sqft

9928 81 Avenue

Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29199942

Courtesy of Mark B. Wilbert/CIR Realty

MLS® listing #29465687 for sale located at 3303  70 Avenue

$620,000

43560 sqft

3303 70 Avenue

Leduc, Alberta MLS® #29465687

Courtesy of Michelle A. Plach/HonestDoor Inc

MLS® listing #29441052 for sale located at 73  SUPERIOR Street

$2,175,000

2900 sqft

73 SUPERIOR Street

Devon, Alberta MLS® #29441052

Courtesy of Erin Holowach/ComFree

MLS® listing #29210474 for sale located at 4807  44 Ave

1400 sqft

4807 44 Ave

Stony Plain, Alberta MLS® #29210474

Courtesy of Rohin Geis/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate

MLS® listing #29749159 for sale located at 12854 BENS ROAD

$989,000

4 beds 2 baths 3654 sqft

12854 BENS ROAD

Charlie Lake, British Columbia MLS® #29749159

Courtesy of Kimberley Schwarz/Izon Realty

MLS® listing #29357892 for sale located at 7210  144 Avenue

4000 sqft

7210 144 Avenue

Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29357892

Courtesy of Taleb Choucair/REMAX River City

MLS® listing #29803390 for sale located at 18  Range Road 271

$525,000

2413 sqft

18 Range Road 271

Calahoo, Alberta MLS® #29803390

Courtesy of Rohin Geis/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate

MLS® listing #29803391 for sale located at 18  Range Road 271

$565,000

2841 sqft

18 Range Road 271

Calahoo, Alberta MLS® #29803391

Courtesy of Rohin Geis/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate

MLS® listing #29661678 for sale located at 1003-1087  Parsons Road SW

$2,500,000

2665 sqft

1003-1087 Parsons Road SW

Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29661678

Courtesy of Ricky Aujla/Century 21 Bravo Realty

MLS® listing #29530364 for sale located at 34  Hwy 28

$3,300,000

20473200 sqft

34 Hwy 28

Cold Lake, Alberta MLS® #29530364

Courtesy of Aron T. Scraba/Latitude Real Estate Group

MLS® listing #29804119 for sale located at 1 EDENRIDGE Drive

$720,000

3 beds 2 baths 1230 sqft

1 EDENRIDGE Drive

Townsend, Ontario MLS® #29804119

Courtesy of Trevor Barr/Royal LePage Trius Realty Brokerage

MLS® listing #29804094 for sale located at #122 5001 62 ST

$305,000

3 beds 3 baths 1250 sqft

#122 5001 62 ST

Beaumont, Alberta MLS® #29804094

Courtesy of Ryan Werner/Real Broker

MLS® listing #29804208 for sale located at 22933 HAGERTY ROAD

$349,900

2 beds 1 baths 700 sqft

22933 HAGERTY ROAD

Newbury, Ontario MLS® #29804208

Courtesy of FADY FADDOUL/OAK AND KEY REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE, INC.

MLS® listing #29804222 for sale located at 2107 - 68 ESTHER SHINER BOULEVARD

$1,750

1 baths

2107 - 68 ESTHER SHINER BOULEVARD

Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #29804222

Courtesy of ROSE LAM/PROMPTON REAL ESTATE SERVICES CORP.

MLS® listing #29804227 for sale located at 1512 - 18 HARRISON GARDEN BOULEVARD

$555,000

2 beds 1 baths 600 sqft

1512 - 18 HARRISON GARDEN BOULEVARD

Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #29804227

Courtesy of KAMRAN ANVARI-HAMEDANI/RE/MAX EXCEL REALTY LTD.

MLS® listing #29804241 for sale located at 17 WAGNER CRESCENT

$690,000

3 beds 4 baths 1500 sqft

17 WAGNER CRESCENT

Essa (Angus), Ontario MLS® #29804241

Courtesy of BOBBY DHALIWAL/CENTURY 21 PEOPLE'S CHOICE REALTY INC.

MLS® listing #29804253 for sale located at 20 HEGGIE ROAD

$2,150

2 beds 2 baths 2000 sqft

20 HEGGIE ROAD

Brampton (Madoc), Ontario MLS® #29804253

Courtesy of VICTOR XU/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.

MLS® listing #29804258 for sale located at 877430 5 LINE E

$699,999

4 beds 2 baths 2000 sqft

877430 5 LINE E

Mulmur, Ontario MLS® #29804258

Courtesy of CASSANDRA TARI/SAGE REAL ESTATE LIMITED

MLS® listing #29804049 for sale located at 2261 EAGLE CREEK ROAD

$539,000

4 beds 2 baths 1918 sqft

2261 EAGLE CREEK ROAD

Canim Lake, British Columbia MLS® #29804049

Courtesy of Shay Mahoney/eXp Realty (100 Mile)

MLS® listing #29804493 for sale located at 230 Veltkamp LANE

$519,900

4 beds 4 baths 1418 sqft

230 Veltkamp LANE

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #29804493

Courtesy of Scott Ziegler/Boyes Group Realty Inc.

MLS® listing #29804621 for sale located at Lot 4 Cribbage Lane

$50,000

Lot 4 Cribbage Lane

Cumberland, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29804621

Courtesy of Mark Corney/ELITE REAL ESTATE ADVISORS INC.

$3,395,000

4 beds 5 baths 3000 sqft

118 WARWOOD ROAD

Toronto (Islington-City Centre West), Ontario MLS® #29804739

Courtesy of ANDRIA DAMETTO/SOTHEBY'S INTERNATIONAL REALTY CANADA

$749,500

2 beds 1 baths 700 sqft

5171 SEVERN PINES CRESCENT

Severn, Ontario MLS® #29804722

Courtesy of BRIAN CASSIDY/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY

$699,000

2 beds 2 baths 1600 sqft

17 - 520 SILKEN LAUMANN DRIVE

Newmarket (Stonehaven-Wyndham), Ontario MLS® #29804715

Courtesy of HOSSEIN NIKOUEINEJAD/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY

$299,900

7 beds 1 baths 1825 sqft

5097 Domremy BEACH

Wakaw Lake, Saskatchewan MLS® #29804708

Courtesy of Aaron Wignes/eXp Realty

$322,800

2 beds 2 baths 1166 sqft

8 7401 Central Saanich Rd

Central Saanich, British Columbia MLS® #29804671

Courtesy of Laura Godbeer/RE/MAX Camosun

$666,000

2 beds 1 baths 500 sqft

510 - 251 MASONRY WAY

Mississauga (Port Credit), Ontario MLS® #29804513

Courtesy of LEI RAYMOND CAO/BAY STREET GROUP INC.

$1,850,000

4 beds 4 baths 2500 sqft

113 BURNS BOULEVARD

King (King City), Ontario MLS® #29804710

Courtesy of JENNIFER JONES/LPT REALTY

MLS® listing #29804614 for sale located at 243 SYDNEY Street

$799,000

2 beds 2 baths 1440 sqft

243 SYDNEY Street

Milton, Ontario MLS® #29804614

Courtesy of Scott Benson/Real Broker Ontario Ltd.

MLS® listing #29804619 for sale located at 10 HOLLYHEDGE COURT

$549,000

3 beds 2 baths 700 sqft

10 HOLLYHEDGE COURT

Brampton (Central Park), Ontario MLS® #29804619

Courtesy of AMAN DHALIWAL/NEWGEN REALTY EXPERTS

MLS® listing #29804638 for sale located at 8513 102A Avenue

$379,900

3 beds 3 baths 1419 sqft

8513 102A Avenue

Grande Prairie, Alberta MLS® #29804638

Courtesy of Garth Vion/Grassroots Realty Group Ltd.

MLS® listing #29804626 for sale located at 1702 - 385 WINSTON ROAD

$799,900

2 beds 2 baths 900 sqft

1702 - 385 WINSTON ROAD

Grimsby (Grimsby Beach), Ontario MLS® #29804626

Courtesy of ANTONET MURRAY/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.

$499,900

1 beds 1 baths 1412 sqft

43 ONTARIO Street

Paris, Ontario MLS® #29804746

Courtesy of Allyson VanderHarst/Re/Max Twin City Realty Inc

$1,299,000

3 beds 2 baths 1100 sqft

144 BOON AVENUE

Toronto (Corso Italia-Davenport), Ontario MLS® #29804734

Courtesy of SABRINA KAUFMAN/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.

$629,900

3 beds 4 baths 1500 sqft

229 SUPERIOR DRIVE

Loyalist (Amherstview), Ontario MLS® #29804645

Courtesy of NATALIE BLASKO/SUTTON GROUP-MASTERS REALTY INC., BROKERAGE

MLS® listing #29804211 for sale located at 139 OLD RIVER ROAD

$980,000

5 beds 3 baths 1500 sqft

139 OLD RIVER ROAD

Leeds and the Thousand Islands, Ontario MLS® #29804211

Courtesy of Fariba Amjadi/HOUSESIGMA INC

MLS® listing #29804223 for sale located at 411 - 8 DOVERCOURT ROAD

$2,150

1 beds 1 baths 500 sqft

411 - 8 DOVERCOURT ROAD

Toronto (Little Portugal), Ontario MLS® #29804223

Courtesy of GEN SHIMANUKI/EXP REALTY

MLS® listing #29804235 for sale located at 10 SALT DRIVE

$998,000

4 beds 4 baths 1500 sqft

10 SALT DRIVE

Ajax (South East), Ontario MLS® #29804235

Courtesy of GEMMA PASCUAL/RE/MAX CROSSROADS REALTY INC.

MLS® listing #29804259 for sale located at 10 - 2060 MEADOWGATE BOULEVARD

$2,650

4 beds 4 baths 1200 sqft

10 - 2060 MEADOWGATE BOULEVARD

London South (South U), Ontario MLS® #29804259

Courtesy of RAJEEV CHERIAN/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY

MLS® listing #29804139 for sale located at 2060 MEADOWGATE Boulevard

$2,650

3 beds 2 baths 1792 sqft

2060 MEADOWGATE Boulevard

London, Ontario MLS® #29804139

Courtesy of Rajeev Cherian/Right at Home Realty

MLS® listing #29804122 for sale located at 235 SAGINAW Parkway Unit# 74

$548,000

3 beds 2 baths 1601 sqft

235 SAGINAW Parkway Unit# 74

Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #29804122

Courtesy of Scott Shea/RED AND WHITE REALTY INC.

MLS® listing #29804261 for sale located at 10 REDBUD Crescent

$679,900

3 beds 2 baths 2195 sqft

10 REDBUD Crescent

Simcoe, Ontario MLS® #29804261

Courtesy of EMANUEL CATANA/SMART FROM HOME REALTY LIMITED

MLS® listing #29804610 for sale located at 45 BURLEY Lane

$825,777

3 beds 3 baths 1481 sqft

45 BURLEY Lane

Ancaster, Ontario MLS® #29804610

Courtesy of Matthew Adeh/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.

$2,350

2 beds 1 baths 600 sqft

401 - 85 ONEIDA CRESCENT

Richmond Hill (Langstaff), Ontario MLS® #29804711

Courtesy of MARINA GAVRYLYUK/SUTTON GROUP - SUMMIT REALTY INC.

$499,500

3600 sqft

24 Nicholson Road

Brudenell, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29804728

Courtesy of Chrystal MacDonald/COLDWELL BANKER/PARKER REALTY MONTAGUE

MLS® listing #29804571 for sale located at No 316 Highway

$118,000

No 316 Highway

Cross Roads Country Harbour, Nova Scotia MLS® #29804571

Courtesy of Shauna Tompkins/Re/Max Park Place Inc. (Antigonish)

MLS® listing #29804595 for sale located at 27 - 162 SETTLERS WAY

$529,000

3 beds 2 baths 800 sqft

27 - 162 SETTLERS WAY

Blue Mountains, Ontario MLS® #29804595

Courtesy of JANET PIOTROWSKI/Royal LePage Locations North

MLS® listing #29804615 for sale located at 300 HUTTON Street E

$699,900

3 beds 3 baths 1896 sqft

300 HUTTON Street E

Listowel, Ontario MLS® #29804615

Courtesy of BRIAN ADAMS/EXP REALTY

MLS® listing #29804622 for sale located at Lot 3 Cribbage Lane

$50,000

Lot 3 Cribbage Lane

Cumberland, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29804622

Courtesy of Mark Corney/ELITE REAL ESTATE ADVISORS INC.

$924,900

5 beds 4 baths 2000 sqft

27 BRANDON CRESCENT

Orillia, Ontario MLS® #29804723

Courtesy of JASON CARPENTER/CENTURY 21 B.J. ROTH REALTY LTD.


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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