5556 50 Avenue
St. Paul Town, Alberta MLS® #29199362
Courtesy of Tyler J. Poirier/Century 21 Poirier 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.
417 - 50 O'NEIL ROAD
Toronto (Banbury-Don Mills), Ontario MLS® #29203429
Courtesy of MOHAMMAD DERAKHSHAN/ROYAL LEPAGE YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
0 HURONTARIO STREET
Caledon, Ontario MLS® #29203443
Courtesy of JENNIFER LYNNE HORNE/ROYAL LEPAGE RCR REALTY
1 ST JAMES PLACE
Hamilton (Durand), Ontario MLS® #29203448
Courtesy of BERNIE CARLOS/RE/MAX ALL-STARS REALTY INC.
2509 - 2033 KENNEDY ROAD
Toronto (Agincourt South-Malvern West), Ontario MLS® #29203462
Courtesy of ERIN CHEN SHEARER/HC REALTY GROUP INC.
125 SHOREVIEW Place Unit# 303
Stoney Creek, Ontario MLS® #29203467
Courtesy of Bojan Katanic/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
12 MONTEITH DRIVE
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #29203479
Courtesy of SARBJIT SINGH LONGIA/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
7368 SAINT BARBARA BOULEVARD
Mississauga (Meadowvale Village), Ontario MLS® #29203520
Courtesy of APUL VYAS/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
1012 - 7439 KINGSTON ROAD
Toronto (Rouge), Ontario MLS® #29203537
Courtesy of JENNIFER MARY POPO/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
410 ERB Street W Unit# A
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #29203544
Courtesy of GEORGE JUREK ORLOWSKI/RED AND WHITE REALTY INC.
7490 MIDDLESHIRE DRIVE
Mississauga (Malton), Ontario MLS® #29203549
Courtesy of SURINDER BAINS/CENTURY 21 PEOPLE'S CHOICE REALTY INC.
11 - 0 STEELES AVENUE
Brampton (Fletcher's Creek South), Ontario MLS® #29203551
Courtesy of SANDY SODHI/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
204 Tundra Drive
Fort McMurray, Alberta MLS® #29203563
Courtesy of BRYAN SEREDYNSKI (FMREB)/EXP REALTY
6 LAURENT AVENUE
Welland (Lincoln/Crowland), Ontario MLS® #29203917
Courtesy of MARY L. HAMILTON/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
309 838 Broughton St
Victoria, British Columbia MLS® #29203929
Courtesy of Scott O'Neil/DFH Real Estate Ltd.
14 CANNER COURT
Vaughan (Patterson), Ontario MLS® #29203347
Courtesy of HENRY ZHAO/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
4910 - 88 QUEEN STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29203359
Courtesy of SIMONE CHEN/RE/MAX REALTRON BARRY COHEN HOMES INC.
309 - 601 KINGSTON ROAD
Toronto (The Beaches), Ontario MLS® #29203361
Courtesy of KERRY MARK/REAL ESTATE HOMEWARD
MAIN FLOOR - 3361 WESTON ROAD
Toronto (Humbermede), Ontario MLS® #29203380
Courtesy of ANDREW O. ENOFE/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
124 OVERTURE ROAD
Toronto (West Hill), Ontario MLS® #29204055
Courtesy of ALEX PRICE/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
UPPER - 3 CLIFFORD STREET
Belleville (Belleville Ward), Ontario MLS® #29203336
Courtesy of George Wang/EXP REALTY
A305 - 9763 MARKHAM ROAD
Markham (Greensborough), Ontario MLS® #29203348
Courtesy of BRIAN CHAU/RE/MAX EXCEL REALTY LTD.
BASEMENT (SIDE DOOR) - 34 CLOVERCREST ROAD
Toronto (Don Valley Village), Ontario MLS® #29203355
Courtesy of YEWEN CAI/BAY STREET INTEGRITY REALTY INC.
745 WATERLOO STREET
Wellington North (Mount Forest), Ontario MLS® #29203406
Courtesy of RACHELL MCCRONE/EXP REALTY
725 - 3 CONCORD CITYPLACE WAY
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29203418
Courtesy of DANIEL CHENG/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
22 CHAPPLE LANE
Richmond Hill (Headford Business Park), Ontario MLS® #29203420
Courtesy of SHERRY YANG/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
391 ROSEBANK ROAD
Pickering (Rosebank), Ontario MLS® #29203463
Courtesy of TYLER MARSHALL WELWOOD/ROYAL LEPAGE CONNECT REALTY
25 WELLINGTON Street S Unit# 3307
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29203468
Courtesy of ROBERT ALEXANDER MCFEE/CONDO CULTURE INC. - BROKERAGE 2
662 & 664 Long River Road
Long River, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29203470
Courtesy of Laura Lee MacKinnon/ROYAL LEPAGE PRINCE EDWARD REALTY
86 HUMBERSTONE CRESCENT
Brampton (Northwest Brampton), Ontario MLS® #29203475
Courtesy of JACOB EBRAHIMI/CENTURY 21 INNOVATIVE REALTY INC.
25 BUCKSAW STREET
Brampton (Northwest Brampton), Ontario MLS® #29203519
Courtesy of SUPINDER K. DHALIWAL/CENTURY 21 SMARTWAY REALTY INC.
493 LAKE DRIVE S
Georgina (Keswick South), Ontario MLS® #29203538
Courtesy of ANZI XU/CENTURY 21 HERITAGE GROUP LTD.
203 - 75 ONEIDA CRESCENT
Richmond Hill (Langstaff), Ontario MLS® #29203540
Courtesy of MARJAN SHIRALI/THE AGENCY
982 HIGHLAND ROAD E
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29203557
Courtesy of CONRAD GUY ZURINI/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
312 - 8130 BIRCHMOUNT ROAD
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #29203583
Courtesy of TERRY JUDEPATRICK/RE/MAX WEST REALTY INC.
505 20826 72 AVENUE
Langley, British Columbia MLS® #29203761
Courtesy of Ali Elkhalil/Century 21 AAA Realty Inc.
8972 DEWDNEY TRUNK ROAD
Mission, British Columbia MLS® #29203824
Courtesy of Garry Sandhu/Royal LePage Global Force Realty
325 Bayside Place SW
Airdrie, Alberta MLS® #29203867
Courtesy of GS S. Mann/RE/MAX iRealty Innovations
79 Aberdare Road NE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29203937
Courtesy of Ron O'Shea/TREC The Real Estate Company
707 - 7 MABELLE AVENUE
Toronto (Islington-City Centre West), Ontario MLS® #29203349
Courtesy of SAJAN JOSHUA/META REALTY INC.
103 UNO DRIVE
Toronto (Stonegate-Queensway), Ontario MLS® #29203363
Courtesy of KAI LI/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
220 Creek Road
St. Peter's, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29203368
Courtesy of Austin Humphries/ROYAL LEPAGE PRINCE EDWARD REALTY
71 CLEAK AVENUE
Bancroft (Bancroft Ward), Ontario MLS® #29203399
Courtesy of MIKE CARSTENSEN/ONE PERCENT REALTY LTD.
3007 - 7890 JANE STREET
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #29203419
Courtesy of JASON PATRICK YIP/ELITE CAPITAL REALTY INC.
750 BLEAMS Road Unit# A
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29203438
Courtesy of Alyssa Vasey/RE/MAX TWIN CITY 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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