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.
3303 70 Avenue, Leduc, AB
Leduc, Alberta MLS® #29465687
Courtesy of Michelle A. Plach/HonestDoor Inc
PRO LIQUOR STORE
Vegreville, Alberta MLS® #30006458
Courtesy of Kuljeet Dhaliwal/Royal Lepage Arteam Realty
1208 - 20 GILDER DRIVE
Toronto (Eglinton East), Ontario MLS® #30078993
Courtesy of JAY KISHORE RANA/CENTURY 21 TITANS REALTY INC.
20 MAYBECK DRIVE
Brampton (Credit Valley), Ontario MLS® #30079004
Courtesy of RAJIV DHAWAN/ESTATE #1 REALTY SERVICES INC.
186 KING EDWARD AVENUE
London South (South J), Ontario MLS® #30079009
Courtesy of JOE DI GIORGIO/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
3315, 33 Carringham Gate NW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #30079028
Courtesy of Akshay Pasricha/Prep Ultra Realty Ltd.
17 PRINCE ALBERT STREET
St. Thomas, Ontario MLS® #30079035
Courtesy of ANDY SHERIDAN/ELGIN REALTY LIMITED
11 - 218 PLAINS ROAD E
Burlington (LaSalle), Ontario MLS® #30079042
Courtesy of NASRIN YOUSIF/KINGSWAY REAL ESTATE
304 - 268 LORRY GREENBERG DRIVE N
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30079047
Courtesy of Louay Yassin/COLDWELL BANKER SARAZEN REALTY
30 ALLEGRA DRIVE
Wasaga Beach, Ontario MLS® #30079054
Courtesy of IDA WARREN/RE/MAX By The Bay Brokerage
1227 Lanark Boulevard SE
Airdrie, Alberta MLS® #30079078
Courtesy of Satya Meenavalli/Manor Real Estate Ltd.
4215, 8500 19 Avenue SE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #30079097
Courtesy of Ben Pinckney/RE/MAX House of Real Estate
31 TRAILSIDE DRIVE
St. Marys, Ontario MLS® #30079105
Courtesy of LINDSAY PICKERING/RE/MAX A-B Realty Ltd
3401 - 60 FREDERICK STREET
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30079112
Courtesy of KELLEY CLAYTON/ENTERHOME REALTY
138 RIFLE RANGE ROAD
Hamilton (Ainslie Wood), Ontario MLS® #30078950
Courtesy of SUSANNA ZHANG/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
2108 - 33 HELENDALE AVENUE
Toronto (Yonge-Eglinton), Ontario MLS® #30078912
Courtesy of MING YUAN LI/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
618 - 7805 BAYVIEW AVENUE
Markham (Aileen-Willowbrook), Ontario MLS® #30078943
Courtesy of APRIL SUN/ROYAL LEPAGE PEACELAND REALTY
3 HALEY COURT
Brampton (Central Park), Ontario MLS® #30078924
Courtesy of DEEPAK KHOSLA/HOMELIFE SUPERSTARS REAL ESTATE LIMITED
210 FRONT STREET
Belleville (Belleville Ward), Ontario MLS® #30079085
Courtesy of Joe Shunock/EKORT REALTY LTD.
1585 ROSE WAY
Milton (CB Cobban), Ontario MLS® #30079232
Courtesy of NAVV PATHEJA/ROYAL LEPAGE CERTIFIED REALTY
1720 - 25 KINGSBRIDGE GARDEN CIRCLE
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #30079225
Courtesy of Neelofar Neelofar/RE/MAX REALTY SPECIALISTS INC.
5016 - 386 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30079131
Courtesy of MICHELLE YING XIA/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
28 THOMAS STREET
South Glengarry, Ontario MLS® #30079167
Courtesy of ERIC BELANGER/RE/MAX AFFILIATES MARQUIS LTD.
3277 PAUL HENDERSON DRIVE
Mississauga (Churchill Meadows), Ontario MLS® #30079148
Courtesy of ZARIFA BAHRAN/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
7177 NATH ROAD
Sheridan Lake, British Columbia MLS® #30078850
Courtesy of Adam Dirkson/eXp Realty (100 Mile)
1134 TUPPER DRIVE
Milton (CL Clarke), Ontario MLS® #30078925
Courtesy of JASMINE SUN/MASTER'S TRUST REALTY INC.
2620 - 20 EDWARD STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30078937
Courtesy of KERY ZENG/SMART SOLD REALTY
6896 ST FRANCES PLACE
Prince George, British Columbia MLS® #30078540
Courtesy of Darya Pfund/Easy List Realty (BCNREB)
1015 - 4968 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Lansing-Westgate), Ontario MLS® #30078913
Courtesy of EDMOND CHIU/HOMELIFE EXCELSIOR REALTY INC.
221 DELBERT CIRCLE
Whitchurch-Stouffville (Stouffville), Ontario MLS® #30078918
Courtesy of PUI YEE SHIRLEY CHENG/RE/MAX EXCEL REALTY LTD.
158 YORK MILLS ROAD
Toronto (St. Andrew-Windfields), Ontario MLS® #30078982
Courtesy of MICHELLE ZHAO/SMART SOLD REALTY
1902 - 5 BUTTERMILL AVENUE
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #30078999
Courtesy of RICK WOOYEONG KIM/RETREND REALTY LTD
2-611 - 515 NORTH SERVICE ROAD
Mississauga (Cooksville), Ontario MLS® #30079005
Courtesy of RYAN CONWAY/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
610 Larch Place
Canmore, Alberta MLS® #30079012
Courtesy of MARY-ANNE KAMENKA/Century 21 Nordic Realty
1195 Nightingale TERRACE
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #30078963
Courtesy of Pavel S Bhowmick/eXp Realty
36 ROSE AVENUE
Thorold (Thorold Downtown), Ontario MLS® #30078975
Courtesy of Anthony Venneri/RE/MAX GARDEN CITY REALTY INC, BROKERAGE
1912 - 4955 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #30078987
Courtesy of LAURA SONG/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
205 - 4 ANCHORAGE CRESCENT
Collingwood, Ontario MLS® #30079055
Courtesy of STEPHANIE WOLTER/Royal LePage Locations North
127 VINTON ROAD
Hamilton (Meadowlands), Ontario MLS® #30079079
Courtesy of KAI WANG/FENGHILL 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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