73 SUPERIOR Street
Devon, Alberta MLS® #29441052
Courtesy of Erin Holowach/ComFree
Cabbagetown
Preserving Victorian Housing Architechture
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
208 MCGUIRE BEACH ROAD
Kawartha Lakes (Carden), Ontario MLS® #29444174
Courtesy of WENDY COLLINS/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
67 ST POLYCARP STREET
North Stormont, Ontario MLS® #29444542
Courtesy of PATRICK PIETTE/RE/MAX AFFILIATES MARQUIS LTD.
416 LANCASTER Street W Unit# E
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29444922
Courtesy of MATTHEW FIERLING/Flux Realty
3102 - 115 BLUE JAYS WAY
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29444958
Courtesy of JACQUIE OTHEN/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
2196 RICHARD STREET
Innisfil (Alcona), Ontario MLS® #29445019
Courtesy of SHAWN TAHRIRIHA/RE/MAX HALLMARK SHAHEEN & COMPANY
4 HAYWOOD DRIVE
Markham (Victoria Manor-Jennings Gate), Ontario MLS® #29445021
Courtesy of DAVID ELFASSY/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
20 JEREMY PLACE
Brampton (Northgate), Ontario MLS® #29445088
Courtesy of CHRISTINE MONCKTON/Royal Lepage Real Estate Associates
15 GLEBE Street Unit# 902
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #29444698
Courtesy of Jackie Pfeffer/Re/Max Icon Realty
6711 MCMICKING STREET
Niagara Falls (Stamford), Ontario MLS® #29444511
Courtesy of Jordan Coons/EXP REALTY
1805 - 180 FRONT STREET E
Toronto (Moss Park), Ontario MLS® #29444744
Courtesy of DANIEL XIAO/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
108 PARKDALE Avenue N
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29444578
Courtesy of Bryan Faldowski/Colliers Macaulay Nicolls Inc.
241 HUMPHREY Street
Waterdown, Ontario MLS® #29444580
Courtesy of Nick Daymond/Keller Williams Edge Realty
1 - 46 EASTMAN DRIVE
Brampton (Credit Valley), Ontario MLS® #29444585
Courtesy of DAVID MICHAEL CEFAI/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
2180-2186 HWY 141
Muskoka Lakes (Watt), Ontario MLS® #29444600
Courtesy of MARK FARIS/FARIS TEAM REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE
2910 - 488 UNIVERSITY AVENUE
Toronto (Kensington-Chinatown), Ontario MLS® #29444530
Courtesy of IRENE HERMAN/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
PH17 - 88 BATHURST STREET
Toronto (Niagara), Ontario MLS® #29444528
Courtesy of VALERIE KO/SOTHEBY'S INTERNATIONAL REALTY CANADA
825 - 25 AUSTIN DRIVE
Markham (Markville), Ontario MLS® #29444559
Courtesy of DAVID RICHARD PATTERSON/KELLER WILLIAMS ADVANTAGE REALTY
31 BERGENSTEIN CRES CRESCENT
Pelham (Fonthill), Ontario MLS® #29444422
Courtesy of Cindy Raskob/ROYAL LEPAGE NRC REALTY
75 OLIVIA PLACE
Hamilton (Meadowlands), Ontario MLS® #29445312
Courtesy of SUMIT TAGGAR/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
150 MANITOU CRESCENT W
Loyalist (Amherstview), Ontario MLS® #29444890
Courtesy of ROXANNA GHOLAMI/SUTTON GROUP-MASTERS REALTY INC., BROKERAGE
32 ORTONA CIRCLE N
Prince Edward County (Hallowell Ward), Ontario MLS® #29445139
Courtesy of Steven Sensenstein/CENTURY 21 LANTHORN REAL ESTATE LTD.
404 9958 Daniel St
Chemainus, British Columbia MLS® #29445305
Courtesy of Michael Pickard/RE/MAX Generation (CH)
57 LOWRY SQUARE
Toronto (Malvern), Ontario MLS® #29444768
Courtesy of KUMAR SELVARATNAM/RE/MAX EXCEL REALTY LTD.
30 LEADEN HALL DRIVE
East Gwillimbury (Queensville), Ontario MLS® #29444554
Courtesy of MARC FOWLES/ROYAL HERITAGE REALTY LTD.
124 GRENBECK DRIVE
Toronto (Milliken), Ontario MLS® #29444547
Courtesy of NICK CUONG CHUONG/LPT REALTY
336 DIVISION STREET
Kingston (East of Sir John A. Blvd), Ontario MLS® #29445317
Courtesy of JABED HOSSAIN/RE/MAX METROPOLIS REALTY
225 DINGMAN STREET
Wellington North (Arthur), Ontario MLS® #29444713
Courtesy of PAUL VAN GROOTHEEST/Century 21 Excalibur Realty Inc
408 - 316 KINGSDALE AVENUE
Kingston (East Gardiners Rd), Ontario MLS® #29445350
Courtesy of TREVOR TOMPKINS/EXP REALTY, BROKERAGE
209 - 9582 MARKHAM ROAD
Markham (Wismer), Ontario MLS® #29445432
Courtesy of SUTHARSAN MAHADEVAN/RE/MAX CROSSROADS REALTY INC.
36 CONNORVALE AVENUE
Toronto (Alderwood), Ontario MLS® #29445463
Courtesy of JON BLUMENTHAL/KELLER WILLIAMS REFERRED URBAN REALTY
81 - 100 DUFAY ROAD
Brampton (Northwest Brampton), Ontario MLS® #29445468
Courtesy of AMANDA SISCO/RED HOUSE REALTY
672 Isabella Point Rd
Salt Spring, British Columbia MLS® #29445451
Courtesy of Ian Brown/Newport Realty Ltd.
12 ELLIOTT AVENUE
Toronto (Kingsway South), Ontario MLS® #29445475
Courtesy of JUSTINE FERNIE/ROYAL LEPAGE TERREQUITY REALTY
257 WRIGHT CRESCENT
Niagara-on-the-Lake (Glendale), Ontario MLS® #29445487
Courtesy of Chantel Nightingale/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
402 Pasqua Lake ROAD
North Qu'Appelle Rm No. 187, Saskatchewan MLS® #29445494
Courtesy of Elisha Demyen/Authentic Realty Inc.
215 SHERWAY GARDENS Road Unit# 707
Toronto, Ontario MLS® #29444693
Courtesy of Cathy Sciarra/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
25 S WELLINGTON Street Unit# 408
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29445456
Courtesy of MATHEW TOUSSAINT/eXp Realty, Brokerage
51 Tuckers Way
Stratford, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29445026
Courtesy of Taralynn Arsenault/KELLER WILLIAMS SELECT REALTY
112 BORLAND STREET E
Orillia, Ontario MLS® #29445273
Courtesy of PEGGY HILL/RE/MAX HALLMARK PEGGY HILL GROUP REALTY
MAIN - 83 CORNWALLIS DRIVE
Toronto (Dorset Park), Ontario MLS® #29445413
Courtesy of ALAN SHAO/DREAM HOME REALTY INC.
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".
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.
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.
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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