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
12854 BENS ROAD
Charlie Lake, British Columbia MLS® #29749159
Courtesy of Kimberley Schwarz/Izon Realty
18 Range Road 271
Calahoo, Alberta MLS® #29803390
Courtesy of Rohin Geis/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
18 Range Road 271
Calahoo, Alberta MLS® #29803391
Courtesy of Rohin Geis/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
3502 - 2212 LAKE SHORE BOULEVARD
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #29830253
Courtesy of HANDY LI/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
999 5 Concession W
Flamborough, Ontario MLS® #29830241
Courtesy of Lori Venn/Re/Max Twin City Realty Inc.
908 - 20 RICHARDSON STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29830284
Courtesy of DANIEL D. Y. CHEN/CENTURY 21 REGAL REALTY INC.
814 - 425 FRONT STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29830289
Courtesy of DAI RAN GUO/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
25 ANDEAN LANE
Barrie, Ontario MLS® #29830304
Courtesy of TAL SIVAK/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
2802 - 16 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29830311
Courtesy of TATIANA USTINA/SKYBOUND REALTY
1705 - 50 EGLINTON AVENUE
Mississauga (Hurontario), Ontario MLS® #29830347
Courtesy of RAY SELIMI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
1773 BEAVERBROOK AVENUE
London North (North M), Ontario MLS® #29830354
Courtesy of HELENA ZHU/THE REALTY FIRM INC.
UPPER - 95 WILLIAM FAIR DRIVE
Clarington (Bowmanville), Ontario MLS® #29830335
Courtesy of CECILIA OSIDEIN/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
432 - 5105 HURONTARIO STREET
Mississauga (Hurontario), Ontario MLS® #29830392
Courtesy of AMAN CHANDI/CIRCLE REAL ESTATE
48 HEATHER CRESCENT
London East (East N), Ontario MLS® #29830246
Courtesy of MICHAEL PHAM/BLUE FOREST REALTY INC.
2803 - 55 CHARLES STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29830258
Courtesy of SERENA WU/RE/MAX EXCEL REALTY LTD.
4168 GALILEO COMMON
Burlington (Shoreacres), Ontario MLS® #29830265
Courtesy of YING LU/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
3102 - 50 SCOLLARD STREET
Toronto (Annex), Ontario MLS® #29830291
Courtesy of GEORGE KOZARIS/ROYAL LEPAGE VISION REALTY
2210 - 7165 YONGE STREET
Markham (Thornhill), Ontario MLS® #29830316
Courtesy of MONICA WEI/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
117 STANLEY STREET
Collingwood, Ontario MLS® #29830417
Courtesy of DEBORAH GRIFFIN/Century 21 Millennium Inc.
1103 - 251 JARVIS STREET
Toronto (Moss Park), Ontario MLS® #29830448
Courtesy of HAROLD KIM/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
1006 - 50 BRIAN HARRISON WAY
Toronto (Bendale), Ontario MLS® #29830366
Courtesy of JOE JIA/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
4111 - 898 PORTAGE PARKWAY
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #29830424
Courtesy of MARAL KHALILI NAMAZI/CENTURY 21 PERCY FULTON LTD.
408 - 300G FOURTH AVENUE
St. Catharines (Ridley), Ontario MLS® #29830412
Courtesy of Dina Maiorano/EXP REALTY
10 MCDOUGALL COURT
Vaughan (Uplands), Ontario MLS® #29830378
Courtesy of MICHAEL G. LI/LE SOLD REALTY BROKERAGE INC.
2551 VAN LUVEN ROAD
Hamilton Township (Baltimore), Ontario MLS® #29830436
Courtesy of Paul Lang/COLDWELL BANKER - R.M.R. Real Estate
5414 BRINSTON ROAD
South Dundas, Ontario MLS® #29830443
Courtesy of Sarah Roode/RE/MAX HOMETOWN REALTY INC
14961 COUNTY RD 43
North Stormont, Ontario MLS® #29830330
Courtesy of Alexi Johnston/ENGEL & VOLKERS OTTAWA
201 - 170 SUDBURY STREET
Toronto (Little Portugal), Ontario MLS® #29830342
Courtesy of JESSICA PAN/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
2960 DREW ROAD
Mississauga (Malton), Ontario MLS® #29830568
Courtesy of JAY GANDHAM/RE/MAX GOLD REALTY INC.
28 - 64 FORSTER STREET
St. Catharines (Vine/Linwell), Ontario MLS® #29830645
Courtesy of Allison Burton/RE/MAX NIAGARA REALTY LTD, BROKERAGE
39 CREEK DRIVE
Georgina (Pefferlaw), Ontario MLS® #29830708
Courtesy of STACY KEARLEY/RE/MAX ALL-STARS REALTY INC.
401 - 28 WELLESLEY STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29830703
Courtesy of VIVIAN CHEN/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
76 CONARTY CRESCENT
Whitby, Ontario MLS® #29830481
Courtesy of KAMAL KANDATHIL UNNIKRISHNAN PILLAI/THE CANADIAN HOME REALTY INC.
3134 BLOOMINGTON ROAD
Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario MLS® #29830486
Courtesy of RUI ZHENG/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
66 DAVENTRY CRESCENT
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29830498
Courtesy of Jeffrey Usher/GRAPE VINE REALTY INC.
1510 BRIDGE ROAD
Oakville (WO West), Ontario MLS® #29830563
Courtesy of AMAN DHALIWAL/NEWGEN REALTY EXPERTS
LOWER - 2828 DANFORTH AVENUE
Toronto (East End-Danforth), Ontario MLS® #29830479
Courtesy of HANSEN CHU/CENTURY 21 ATRIA REALTY INC.
128 VILLAGE GATE DRIVE
Wasaga Beach, Ontario MLS® #29830549
Courtesy of DONNA KWONG/HOMELIFE/BAYVIEW REALTY INC.
1006 - 75 QUEENS WHARF ROAD
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29830513
Courtesy of SAURABH VERMA/RE/MAX GOLD REALTY INC.
1727 Jubilee LO
Sherwood Park, Alberta MLS® #29830621
Courtesy of Byron J. Clark/NOW Real Estate Group
27 JAPONICA ROAD
Toronto (Wexford-Maryvale), Ontario MLS® #29830607
Courtesy of DAPHNE DE LA CRUZ/HOMELIFE EXCELSIOR 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.
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
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