201 - 490 EGLINTON AVENUE E
Toronto (Mount Pleasant East), Ontario MLS® #29187798
Courtesy of Spiros Dimitriou/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE 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.
401 - 990 AVENUE ROAD
Toronto (Yonge-Eglinton), Ontario MLS® #29186834
Courtesy of Spiros Dimitriou/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
310 MERTON STREET
Toronto (Mount Pleasant West), Ontario MLS® #29187217
Courtesy of INA HALKO/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
112 - 4800 HIGHWAY 7 HIGHWAY
Vaughan (East Woodbridge), Ontario MLS® #29188690
Courtesy of ALI EIDIZADEH/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
554 SHEPPARD AVENUE W
Toronto (Bathurst Manor), Ontario MLS® #29186132
Courtesy of KATE KAO/CENTURY 21 THE ONE REALTY
4509 - 8 INTERCHANGE WAY
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #29186149
Courtesy of PAUL XIAO/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
17 897 Admirals Rd
Esquimalt, British Columbia MLS® #29186163
Courtesy of Steve Nguyen/NAI Commercial (Victoria) Inc.
12 PEACH TREE BOULEVARD
St. Thomas, Ontario MLS® #29186175
Courtesy of PETER SENEY/RE/MAX CENTRE CITY REALTY INC.
15 RIDGE DRIVE
Oakville (CP College Park), Ontario MLS® #29186194
Courtesy of MARCO OTTINO/RE/MAX PROFESSIONALS INC.
1134 Main STREET
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #29186199
Courtesy of Grant LaMarsh/2 Percent Realty Platinum Inc.
61 TENNYSON STREET
Woodstock (Woodstock - South), Ontario MLS® #29186214
Courtesy of Clarissa Vanpelt/Gale Group Realty Brokerage Ltd
4 - 51 SHOLTO DRIVE
London South (South X), Ontario MLS® #29186233
Courtesy of TONY SCARPELLI/CENTURY 21 FIRST CANADIAN CORP
91 SCHOLFIELD AVENUE S
Welland (Lincoln/Crowland), Ontario MLS® #29186257
Courtesy of ALAIN RABY/COLDWELL BANKER ADVANTAGE REAL ESTATE INC, BROKERAGE
2506 - 105 ONEIDA CRESCENT
Richmond Hill (Langstaff), Ontario MLS® #29186271
Courtesy of CHARLIE YANG/RE/MAX REALTRON JIM MO REALTY
169 HUTCHISON AVENUE
Ingersoll (Ingersoll - North), Ontario MLS® #29186283
Courtesy of JESSICA STATHOPOULOS/CENTURY 21 FIRST CANADIAN CORP
205 HIGHLAND Crescent Unit# 21
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29186288
Courtesy of SCOTT SNIDER/ROYAL LEPAGE WOLLE REALTY
15 WELLINGTON Street S Unit# 506
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29186290
Courtesy of Roy Gogna/CONDO CULTURE INC. - BROKERAGE 2
2 Grand Park Crescent
Camrose, Alberta MLS® #29186295
Courtesy of Lisa Rohr/RE/MAX Real Estate (Edmonton) Ltd.
181 Baile Close
Red Deer, Alberta MLS® #29186303
Courtesy of Jamie Berg/Royal LePage Network Realty Corp.
47 - 115 MAIN STREET S
Newmarket (Central Newmarket), Ontario MLS® #29186310
Courtesy of JOANNE KINGSLEY/RE/MAX ALL-STARS REALTY INC.
316 - 38 HONEYCRISP CRESCENT
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #29186315
Courtesy of ANDREW VAN BUSKIRK/RE/MAX URBAN TORONTO TEAM REALTY INC.
405 10778 138 STREET
Surrey, British Columbia MLS® #29186322
Courtesy of Jay Khun Khun/Keller Williams Ocean Realty
3055 TRAILSIDE DRIVE
Oakville (GO Glenorchy), Ontario MLS® #29186334
Courtesy of PUJA UPPAL/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
1834 JANE STREET
Toronto (Weston), Ontario MLS® #29186339
Courtesy of PARAS .P. BHATIA/ROYAL LEPAGE FLOWER CITY REALTY
1 SLASH ROAD
Greater Napanee (Greater Napanee), Ontario MLS® #29186346
Courtesy of KATIE LAYMAN/MCCAFFREY REALTY INC., BROKERAGE
LOT 52 ROYAL CRESCENT
Southwold, Ontario MLS® #29186353
Courtesy of PAIGE PETROVSKIS-SMITH/THE REALTY FIRM INC.
UPPER - 6 KIRKTON COURT
London North (North H), Ontario MLS® #29186358
Courtesy of DEAN KUEHR/SUTTON GROUP - SELECT REALTY
99 Trenton Drive
Paradise, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29186360
Courtesy of KEITH BRADBURY/RE/MAX Realty Specialists
SITE 59 - 930 LAKESHORE ROAD
Norfolk, Ontario MLS® #29186365
Courtesy of Cheryl Fody/Century 21 Heritage House Ltd Brokerage
25 KENDELL Lane Unit# Upper
Ingersoll, Ontario MLS® #29186372
Courtesy of SAHIL SHARMA/eXp Realty, Brokerage
9 DUDLEY DRIVE
Bracebridge (Macaulay), Ontario MLS® #29186377
Courtesy of LEE ANNE BROOKES/Keller Williams Experience Realty
153 STRACHAN AVENUE
Toronto (Niagara), Ontario MLS® #29186391
Courtesy of DUNCAN JAMES CAMERON/HARVEY KALLES REAL ESTATE LTD.
1405 - 75 THE DONWAY W
Toronto (Banbury-Don Mills), Ontario MLS® #29186396
Courtesy of RICKY RISTIC/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
323 Hettle COVE
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #29186411
Courtesy of Crystal McMullen/RE/MAX Saskatoon
182 PARKVIEW DRIVE
Innisfil (Gilford), Ontario MLS® #29186416
Courtesy of MERILYN MCCART/CENTURY 21 HERITAGE GROUP LTD.
63 MAPLETON AVENUE
Barrie (Holly), Ontario MLS® #29186423
Courtesy of PEGGY HILL/RE/MAX HALLMARK PEGGY HILL GROUP REALTY
141 BAY STREET
Callander, Ontario MLS® #29186428
Courtesy of MATT LAFRAMBOISE/REALTY EXECUTIVES Local Group Inc. Brokerage
301 - 1100 SHEPPARD AVENUE W
Toronto (York University Heights), Ontario MLS® #29186435
Courtesy of MOHMED SALIM MALEK/SAVE MAX ACHIEVERS REALTY
53 WINCHESTER Boulevard
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29186473
Courtesy of Angelo Pilla/Royal LePage State Realty Inc.
7101 - 88 HARBOUR STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29186543
Courtesy of ILAN PORTNOI/ROYAL LEPAGE TERREQUITY REALTY
412 - 32 FOREST MANOR ROAD
Toronto (Henry Farm), Ontario MLS® #29186548
Courtesy of SUNING JIANG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
801 SAMMON AVENUE
Toronto (Danforth Village-East York), Ontario MLS® #29186555
Courtesy of LESLIE ELLEN SCOTT/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
809 - 60 SOUTH TOWN CENTRE BOULEVARD
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #29186562
Courtesy of MANDY MAN/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
0 COUNTY RD 41
Greater Napanee (Greater Napanee), Ontario MLS® #29186574
Courtesy of MELISSA GIFF/MCCAFFREY REALTY INC., BROKERAGE
3442 SETTLEMENT PLACE
London South (South V), Ontario MLS® #29186579
Courtesy of LAUREN CIPU/CENTURY 21 FIRST CANADIAN CORP
31 Tulip Ridge Boulevard
Paradise, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29186581
Courtesy of KEITH BRADBURY/RE/MAX Realty Specialists
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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