1516 - 188 DORIS AVENUE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #29198492
Courtesy of FAN GAO/RE/MAX REALTRON JIM MO 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.
46 TEAL CRESCENT
Vaughan (Vellore Village), Ontario MLS® #29198493
Courtesy of HUNG TAT TERRY CHAN/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
BSMT - 41 MAJESTIC DRIVE
Markham (Berczy), Ontario MLS® #29198494
Courtesy of HUNG TAT TERRY CHAN/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
UPPER LEVEL - 3716 TEESWATER ROAD
Mississauga (Malton), Ontario MLS® #29198496
Courtesy of ASHAD SHAIKH/HOMELIFE SUPERSTARS REAL ESTATE LIMITED
2108 - 70 PRINCESS STREET E
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29198478
Courtesy of VICTOR XU/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
1714 - 181 VILLAGE GREEN SQUARE
Toronto (Agincourt South-Malvern West), Ontario MLS® #29198480
Courtesy of CHARLIE BIAN/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
818 - 75 NORMAN BETHUNE AVENUE
Richmond Hill (Beaver Creek Business Park), Ontario MLS® #29197759
Courtesy of GINNIE YEUNG/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
UPPER - 12 REVELSTOKE COURT
Barrie (Holly), Ontario MLS® #29197761
Courtesy of VICTORIA MAKHNIN/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
3102 - 29 SINGER COURT
Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #29197773
Courtesy of JOE PENG/BEST UNION REALTY INC.
1608 - 3071 TRAFALGAR ROAD
Oakville (JM Joshua Meadows), Ontario MLS® #29197805
Courtesy of AMY CHEN/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
859 THE QUEENSWAY Unit# 412
Toronto, Ontario MLS® #29197812
Courtesy of Tamara Vukovic/Royal LePage Wolle Realty
514 GOLDENROD Lane
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #29197824
Courtesy of Hany Adam/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
47 COLLINGWOOD AVENUE
Brampton (Snelgrove), Ontario MLS® #29197829
Courtesy of SANDY KENNEDY/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
410B - 3660 HURONTARIO STREET
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29197850
Courtesy of FRANCIS D'ATRI-GUIRAN/ADVISORS REALTY
3312 - 395 SQUARE ONE DRIVE
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29197879
Courtesy of FAZLE MAJEED/RE/MAX GOLD REALTY INC.
2977 INLAKE COURT
Mississauga (Meadowvale), Ontario MLS® #29197881
Courtesy of MICHAEL HOPE/SUTTON GROUP QUANTUM REALTY INC.
1511 - 9085 JANE STREET
Vaughan (Concord), Ontario MLS® #29197918
Courtesy of VITO ANTHONY CASELLA/RE/MAX NOBLECORP REAL ESTATE
507 - 1414 BAYVIEW AVENUE
Toronto (Mount Pleasant East), Ontario MLS® #29197932
Courtesy of MICHELLE VOEGELIN/THE CONDO STORE REALTY INC.
1804 - 430 SQUARE ONE DRIVE
Mississauga (Creditview), Ontario MLS® #29198442
Courtesy of ASIM ALEEM/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
11 2121 BALSAM AVENUE
Quesnel, British Columbia MLS® #29197538
Courtesy of Jasper Croy/Century 21 Energy Realty(Qsnl)
1405, 60 Skyview Ranch Road NE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29197836
Courtesy of Oliver Trutina/RE/MAX First
212, 1411 7 Avenue NW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29198411
Courtesy of Randal Dean/Stonemere Real Estate Solutions
333 - 4055 PARKSIDE VILLAGE DRIVE
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29197762
Courtesy of IRENE N. CHU/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
903 - 5858 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Newtonbrook West), Ontario MLS® #29197786
Courtesy of HELEN XIA/HC REALTY GROUP INC.
19 KEENAN STREET
Kawartha Lakes (Lindsay), Ontario MLS® #29197818
Courtesy of PATRICIA BOYD/ROYAL LEPAGE KAWARTHA LAKES REALTY INC.
101 KATE AITKEN CRESCENT
New Tecumseth (Beeton), Ontario MLS® #29197825
Courtesy of JAMIE MCGINTY/RE/MAX HALLMARK CHAY REALTY
1460 W HIGHLAND Road W Unit# 9F
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29197837
Courtesy of TYLER JAMES WATTS/KELLER WILLIAMS INNOVATION REALTY
64 - 3420 SOUTH MILLWAY DRIVE
Mississauga (Erin Mills), Ontario MLS® #29197851
Courtesy of KHALID ABDULAHAD/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
16 - 5 INVERMARA COURT
Orillia, Ontario MLS® #29197863
Courtesy of SHERI HUGHES/Century 21 B.J. Roth Realty Ltd.
PH1920 - 60 PRINCESS STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29197868
Courtesy of RACHEL ZHOU/REAL LAND REALTY INC.
2605 - 28 WELLESLEY STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29197870
Courtesy of GORDON YAO/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
4 - 2961 LAKESHORE BOULEVARD W
Toronto (New Toronto), Ontario MLS® #29197882
Courtesy of KEVIN MATTHEW BEER/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
4 - 364 DUNDAS STREET E
Toronto (Moss Park), Ontario MLS® #29197914
Courtesy of CHOY YEN CHO/CENTURY 21 LEADING EDGE REALTY INC.
1811 RIDGE ROAD W
Oro-Medonte, Ontario MLS® #29197919
Courtesy of ROBIN LI/HOMELIFE GOLCONDA REALTY INC.
0 NORTH MARYSBURGH COURT
Prince Edward County (North Marysburg Ward), Ontario MLS® #29197926
Courtesy of ALEKS NINKOVIC/KELLER WILLIAMS ENERGY REAL ESTATE
3405 - 832 BAY STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29197933
Courtesy of VIVIEN LIANG/DREAM HOME REALTY INC.
50 ROSEWOOD AVENUE
Mississauga (Port Credit), Ontario MLS® #29197940
Courtesy of ROSEMARIE V. WALLACE/SUTTON GROUP QUANTUM REALTY INC.
7095 GUELPH LINE
Milton, Ontario MLS® #29197945
Courtesy of PETER NORMAN MICKUS/ROYAL LEPAGE/J & D DIVISION
198 EMPRESS AVENUE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #29198486
Courtesy of DAVID YANG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
342 Baywater Common SW
Airdrie, Alberta MLS® #29198190
Courtesy of Mark Younis/Manor Real Estate Ltd.
2504 - 181 WYNFORD DRIVE
Toronto (Banbury-Don Mills), Ontario MLS® #29198331
Courtesy of WAZIR A. KHOJA/RE/MAX CROSSROADS REALTY INC.
117 BEDFORD STREET
Cornwall, Ontario MLS® #29197763
Courtesy of Amanda Schab/AVENUE NORTH REALTY INC.
1214 - 7 BISHOP AVENUE
Toronto (Newtonbrook East), Ontario MLS® #29197787
Courtesy of TARA HUNTER/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
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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