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.
8433 Highway 3
Charlesville, Nova Scotia MLS® #29202781
Courtesy of Andrea Huskilson-Townsend/Keller Williams Select Realty
354 RUSSETT DRIVE
McNab/Braeside, Ontario MLS® #29202801
Courtesy of Robin Gyimesi/RIVINGTON-HOWIE REALTY LTD.
14 Discovery Woods Villas SW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29202250
Courtesy of Terrie Stewart/MaxWell Capital Realty
201 - 4850 GLEN ERIN DRIVE
Mississauga (Central Erin Mills), Ontario MLS® #29201726
Courtesy of HANAN ALHASANI/HOMELIFE EXCELSIOR REALTY INC.
1 20921 SNOWFLAKE CRESCENT
Mission, British Columbia MLS® #29201916
Courtesy of Rob Allegrini/Team 3000 Realty Ltd.
113 - 1555 KINGSTON ROAD
Pickering (Town Centre), Ontario MLS® #29202041
Courtesy of GEETA RAJPAL/RE/MAX KEY2 REAL ESTATE
2 SEATON CRESCENT
Tillsonburg, Ontario MLS® #29202072
Courtesy of RICKY MARIANO/CENTURY 21 MILLENNIUM INC.
53 Waldeck Line Road
Deep Brook, Nova Scotia MLS® #29201815
Courtesy of Paul Wear/RE/MAX Banner Real Estate(Annapolis Royal)
18 Wilson Drive
Chester, Nova Scotia MLS® #29201935
Courtesy of Lorena MacDonald/Harbourside Realty Ltd.
26 4600 OKANAGAN Avenue
Vernon, British Columbia MLS® #29202421
Courtesy of Hank Prebushewski/Coldwell Banker Executives Realty
12901 93 Street
Grande Prairie, Alberta MLS® #29202469
Courtesy of Jason Scott/Sutton Group Grande Prairie Professionals
641 Albatross Cres
Campbell River, British Columbia MLS® #29202128
Courtesy of Brittany Berkenstock/eXp Realty (CR)
5 HOMESTEAD Avenue
Dundas, Ontario MLS® #29202109
Courtesy of Mary Hamilton/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
59 - 735 NEW WESTMINSTER DRIVE
Vaughan (Brownridge), Ontario MLS® #29201897
Courtesy of PATRICK ZAHAROV/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
204 - 20 ORCHID PLACE DRIVE
Toronto (Malvern), Ontario MLS® #29201715
Courtesy of DARYL KING/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
3503 - 75 ST NICHOLAS STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29201722
Courtesy of JASON ZHENG/HC REALTY GROUP INC.
3912 - 395 SQUARE ONE DRIVE
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29201727
Courtesy of NOUMAN SHAHERYAR BHATTI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
1144 SOUTH MORRISON LAKE ROAD
Gravenhurst (Morrison), Ontario MLS® #29202066
Courtesy of NATALIA ZAMMITTI/EXP REALTY
14 Countrylane Road
Taber, Alberta MLS® #29202472
Courtesy of SHAUNA GRUNINGER/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE - LETHBRIDGE
A11 - 2423 TRAFALGAR ROAD
Oakville (WC Wedgewood Creek), Ontario MLS® #29202554
Courtesy of SHAKUN GARG/CENTURY 21 GREEN REALTY INC.
6151 Penworth Road SE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29202078
Courtesy of Michael Kneller/Real Estate Professionals Inc.
1418 - 3009 NOVAR ROAD
Mississauga (Cooksville), Ontario MLS® #29202477
Courtesy of Maryam Karani/CENTURY 21 ATRIA REALTY INC.
6, 50 8 Avenue SE
High River, Alberta MLS® #29202960
Courtesy of Mackenzie Terrio/RE/MAX Complete Realty
159 Belmont Crescent SW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29202794
Courtesy of Mark A. Lockhart/Sotheby's International Realty Canada
1707 - 4978 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Willowdale West), Ontario MLS® #29202029
Courtesy of YASHAR EINY/ROYAL LEPAGE TERREQUITY CONFIDENCE REALTY
408 ERB Street W Unit# 2
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #29202055
Courtesy of GEORGE JUREK ORLOWSKI/RED AND WHITE REALTY INC.
1144 A SOUTH LAKE MORRISON ROAD
Gravenhurst (Morrison), Ontario MLS® #29202067
Courtesy of NATALIA ZAMMITTI/EXP REALTY
62 15715 34 AVENUE
Surrey, British Columbia MLS® #29201829
Courtesy of Glen Kullman/Royal LePage Northstar Realty (S. Surrey)
302 3175 COLUMBIA VALLEY ROAD|Cultus Lake North
Chilliwack, British Columbia MLS® #29201519
Courtesy of Sarah Toop/RE/MAX Nyda Realty Inc. (Vedder North)
1612 - 2033 KENNEDY ROAD
Toronto (Agincourt South-Malvern West), Ontario MLS® #29201716
Courtesy of GADY LIU/HOMELIFE GOLCONDA REALTY INC.
74 - 3250 BENTLEY DRIVE
Mississauga (Churchill Meadows), Ontario MLS® #29201730
Courtesy of HUSSAM ARIF/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
69 LORRAINE CRESCENT
Brampton (Westgate), Ontario MLS® #29201728
Courtesy of JAIDEV GAIND/EXECUTIVE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
1002 - 26 NORTON AVENUE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #29201773
Courtesy of ANNA XIAO/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
60 DAVIDGE DRIVE
Scugog, Ontario MLS® #29201817
Courtesy of SARAH HULL/KELLER WILLIAMS ENERGY REAL ESTATE
14 BOULDIER STREET
Kapuskasing, Ontario MLS® #29202151
Courtesy of Kim Marie Plamondon/RE/MAX CROWN REALTY (1989) INC
1320 MICHAEL CIRCLE
London East (East E), Ontario MLS® #29201932
Courtesy of HARINDER KUMAR/THE REALTY FIRM INC.
1403 - 235 SHERWAY GARDENS ROAD S
Toronto (Islington-City Centre West), Ontario MLS® #29201850
Courtesy of RUI RAMOS/RE/MAX ULTIMATE REALTY INC.
11348 Shore Road
Little Sands, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29202839
Courtesy of Francis Theriault/PEIAGENTS REALTY INC.
11 ALFRED STREET
Smiths Falls, Ontario MLS® #29202916
Courtesy of Dawna Erskine/REMAX BOARDWALK REALTY
226 - 1145 JOURNEYMAN LANE
Mississauga (Clarkson), Ontario MLS® #29201729
Courtesy of JAIDEV GAIND/EXECUTIVE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
1008 - 50 UPPER MALL WAY
Vaughan (Brownridge), Ontario MLS® #29201724
Courtesy of BRUCE FEI LI/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
711 - 2220 LAKE SHORE BOULEVARD W
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #29201781
Courtesy of XIAOFEI PENG/SMART SOLD REALTY
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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