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.
4807 44 Ave
Stony Plain, Alberta MLS® #29210474
Courtesy of Rohin Geis/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
12 JILL COURT
Markham (Markham Village), Ontario MLS® #29920321
Courtesy of PING PING HU/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
42 TERRACE AVENUE
Welland (Broadway), Ontario MLS® #29920338
Courtesy of TORY AKENE/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
480 CAVAN Street
Palmerston, Ontario MLS® #29921021
Courtesy of Dan Keffer/RE/MAX MIDWESTERN REALTY INC.
2709 WAINMAN LINE
Severn, Ontario MLS® #29920395
Courtesy of PETER MOROZ/Century 21 B.J. Roth Realty Ltd.
2594 SHEFFIELD BOULEVARD
London South (South U), Ontario MLS® #29920939
Courtesy of AHMED WAQAS/NU-VISTA PINNACLE REALTY BROKERAGE INC
405 - 160 BALDWIN STREET
Toronto (Kensington-Chinatown), Ontario MLS® #29920946
Courtesy of ANNA OLIVER/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
21 - 17 PEMBROKE STREET
Toronto (Moss Park), Ontario MLS® #29920953
Courtesy of STEVEN FIGOL/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
LOWER - 27 COLERIDGE AVENUE
Toronto (Woodbine-Lumsden), Ontario MLS® #29920958
Courtesy of JEFF T ALEXANDER/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
30 WILLOWMOUNT DRIVE
Toronto (Clairlea-Birchmount), Ontario MLS® #29920960
Courtesy of ANNA OLIVER/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
344 MacMillan Point Road
West Covehead, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29920991
Courtesy of Rebecca Raeburn/RE/MAX CHARLOTTETOWN REALTY
58 VERNA DRIVE
Kawartha Lakes (Little Britain), Ontario MLS® #29920934
Courtesy of Trish Todd/Revel Realty Inc.
114 Cortland Ridge
Spryfield, Nova Scotia MLS® #29920908
Courtesy of Zohra Hashemi/RE/MAX Nova (Halifax)
502 - 20 GLADSTONE AVENUE
Toronto (Little Portugal), Ontario MLS® #29920821
Courtesy of SIMONE SUE-A-QUAN/ROYAL LEPAGE TERREQUITY REALTY
44 ROWALLAN DRIVE
Toronto (West Hill), Ontario MLS® #29920833
Courtesy of HEATHER ANN LEMIEUX/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
924 9th AVENUE N
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #29920775
Courtesy of Elizabeth Irving/Boyes Group Realty Inc.
4403 - 60 ABSOLUTE AVENUE
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29920883
Courtesy of TUSHAR OBEROI/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
1305 Ridge Road
Wolfville Ridge, Nova Scotia MLS® #29920701
Courtesy of Jamie Greenough/Engel & Volkers (Wolfville)
217 TERRACE HILL Street Unit# B20
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #29921482
Courtesy of Ben Chauveau/Royal LePage Brant Realty
68 DRUMMOND STREET W
Perth, Ontario MLS® #29921502
Courtesy of Jennifer Glazier/RE/MAX FRONTLINE REALTY
GARDEN SUITE - 8 LAXTON AVENUE
Toronto (South Parkdale), Ontario MLS® #29921519
Courtesy of SHAMAIRAH NOUFARO/ROBIN HOOD REALTY LIMITED
104 - 12538 KENNEDY ROAD
Caledon, Ontario MLS® #29921533
Courtesy of GURJ DHERI/RE/MAX GOLD REALTY INC.
819 - 858 DUPONT STREET
Toronto (Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction), Ontario MLS® #29921526
Courtesy of AMAR TAMBER/ROYAL LEPAGE VISION REALTY
6993 DANTON PROMENADE
Mississauga (Meadowvale), Ontario MLS® #29921540
Courtesy of TERESA KANIA/ROYAL LEPAGE REALTY PLUS
19 WAVERLEY ROAD
Clarington (Bowmanville), Ontario MLS® #29921545
Courtesy of Melissa Flynn/Royal LePage Our Neighbourhood Realty
4 BRAUN Avenue
Tillsonburg, Ontario MLS® #29921552
Courtesy of Amrit Sidhu/HomeLife Power Realty Inc.
21 SPRUCE RIDGE DR
Spruce Grove, Alberta MLS® #29921247
Courtesy of Julie A. Cunningham/Royal LePage Prestige Realty
88 LAKELAND CRESCENT
Richmond Hill (Oak Ridges Lake Wilcox), Ontario MLS® #29921456
Courtesy of AUDREY AZAD/RE/MAX HALLMARK ESTATE GROUP REALTY LTD.
540 WEIR Avenue
Oakville, Ontario MLS® #29920903
Courtesy of Ruben Furtado/Rock Star Real Estate Inc.
MAIN - 79 KENSINGTON AVENUE
Toronto (Kensington-Chinatown), Ontario MLS® #29920814
Courtesy of PHILIP DANIEL PICK/HARVEY KALLES REAL ESTATE LTD.
3667 High Street
Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia MLS® #29920631
Courtesy of Mehrdad Samadzadeh/RE/MAX Nova (Halifax)
215 Burns AVENUE W
Melfort, Saskatchewan MLS® #29921069
Courtesy of Colleen Ratcliffe/RE/MAX Blue Chip Realty - Melfort
2894 Highway 12
Welton Landing, Nova Scotia MLS® #29920984
Courtesy of Heather Nauss/Exit Realty Town & Country
25 - 560 WAVERLY STREET N
Oshawa (McLaughlin), Ontario MLS® #29920605
Courtesy of AUSTIN PACHT/HOMEWISE REAL ESTATE
2030 COUNTY RD 44 ROAD
Edwardsburgh/Cardinal, Ontario MLS® #29920415
Courtesy of Mary Ann Keary/ROYAL LEPAGE PROALLIANCE REALTY
305W - 268 BUCHANAN DRIVE
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #29920314
Courtesy of SUE ZHANG/SMART SOLD REALTY
20 BURCHER ROAD
Ajax (South East), Ontario MLS® #29921418
Courtesy of ANNA PEDLAR/RE/MAX ROUGE RIVER REALTY LTD.
211 HILLSVIEW DRIVE
Richmond Hill (Observatory), Ontario MLS® #29920322
Courtesy of ALVA TANG/BAY STREET INTEGRITY REALTY INC.
2277 BLUE OAK CIRCLE
Oakville (WM Westmount), Ontario MLS® #29920327
Courtesy of RUBEN FURTADO/ROCK STAR 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
Toronto Neighbourhood Guide