3303 70 Avenue
Leduc, Alberta MLS® #29465687
Courtesy of Michelle A. Plach/HonestDoor Inc
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
BSMT - 29 GORE DRIVE
Barrie (Ardagh), Ontario MLS® #29507465
Courtesy of IRINA YOFFE/NORTH 2 SOUTH REALTY
10A CECIL STREET
Toronto (Kensington-Chinatown), Ontario MLS® #29507624
Courtesy of SANDRA PATE/SAGE REAL ESTATE LIMITED
219 UNION AVENUE
Middlesex Centre (Komoka), Ontario MLS® #29507561
Courtesy of AMY YOUNG/ROYAL LEPAGE TRILAND REALTY
218 SCHOONER Drive
Port Dover, Ontario MLS® #29507600
Courtesy of Rod Fess/RE/MAX Erie Shores Realty Inc. Brokerage
2455 HIBISCUS DRIVE
Pickering, Ontario MLS® #29507667
Courtesy of PAUL PABLA/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
59 - 735 NEW WESTMINSTER DRIVE
Vaughan (Brownridge), Ontario MLS® #29507453
Courtesy of PATRICK ZAHAROV/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
52 - 1131 SANDHURST CIRCLE
Toronto (Agincourt North), Ontario MLS® #29507441
Courtesy of JOHNNY CHOI/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
315 - 1200 DON MILLS ROAD
Toronto (Banbury-Don Mills), Ontario MLS® #29507434
Courtesy of SARA MISTRY/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
269 - 6 SAKURA WAY
Toronto (Banbury-Don Mills), Ontario MLS® #29507422
Courtesy of FALYN JENSEN/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
2 PARMBELLE CRESCENT
Toronto (Parkwoods-Donalda), Ontario MLS® #29507415
Courtesy of ROBERT CROCIONE/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
703 - 19 WOODLAWN ROAD E
Guelph (Riverside Park), Ontario MLS® #29507408
Courtesy of ROB GREEN/Royal LePage Royal City Realty
44 CARLISLE STREET
St. Catharines (Downtown), Ontario MLS® #29507345
Courtesy of NATALIE KESHAVARZNIA/ROYAL LEPAGE NRC REALTY
3652 HAVEN GLENN
Mississauga (Applewood), Ontario MLS® #29507333
Courtesy of JYOTI RATH/Royal Lepage Real Estate Associates
605 CRAVEN ROAD
Toronto (Greenwood-Coxwell), Ontario MLS® #29507299
Courtesy of ROBERT TURGEON/FOREST HILL REAL ESTATE INC.
741 KING Street W Unit# 803
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29507225
Courtesy of Mack Giles/Royal LePage Wolle Realty
15B BINGHAM Road
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29507484
Courtesy of Jessica Alexopoulos/Royal LePage Macro Realty
10 PALACE Street Unit# D5
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29507477
Courtesy of Jignesh Dave/HOMELIFE MIRACLE REALTY LTD
B417 - 271 SEA RAY AVENUE
Innisfil, Ontario MLS® #29507458
Courtesy of DAVID BERTOLO/ROYAL LEPAGE MAXIMUM REALTY
225 McColl Street
New Glasgow, Nova Scotia MLS® #29507376
Courtesy of Fred El-Haddad/Blinkhorn Real Estate Ltd.
16 FALLGATE DRIVE
Brampton (Credit Valley), Ontario MLS® #29507504
Courtesy of GAURAV BAWEJA/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
3 TYNEDALE COURT
Hamilton (Carlisle), Ontario MLS® #29507516
Courtesy of KYRSTEN SHELBY FEERE/Royal Lepage Real Estate Associates
8 33860 MARSHALL ROAD
Abbotsford, British Columbia MLS® #29507511
Courtesy of Lovish Kalra/eXp Realty of Canada, Inc.
6716 LEVEQUE ROAD
Frontenac (Frontenac South), Ontario MLS® #29506986
Courtesy of Penny Rudderham/EXP REALTY
12 CARNAHAN TERRACE
Toronto (East End-Danforth), Ontario MLS® #29507066
Courtesy of ROGER MARTINS/REAL ESTATE HOMEWARD
911 FERNDALE CRESCENT
Newmarket (Gorham-College Manor), Ontario MLS® #29507078
Courtesy of JEFFREY GRAVES/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
2207 - 15 LEGION ROAD S
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #29507100
Courtesy of GEORGIA KOTIADIS-CARNEVALE/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
181 CEDAR Drive
Turkey Point, Ontario MLS® #29507162
Courtesy of Tommy Land/RE/MAX Erie Shores Realty Inc. Brokerage
21 - 121 CENTENNIAL ROAD
Toronto (Centennial Scarborough), Ontario MLS® #29507181
Courtesy of LISA JOY MACDONALD/KELLER WILLIAMS ENERGY REAL ESTATE
169 STREAMSIDE CRESCENT
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29507186
Courtesy of Geoff Walker/RE/MAX ABSOLUTE WALKER REALTY
449 KING EDWARD Street
Paris, Ontario MLS® #29507270
Courtesy of Eric Farrace/Re/Max Twin City Realty Inc
622 - 15 QUEENS QUAY E
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29507294
Courtesy of EMIL VOJKOLLARI/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
79 FAIRLANE AVENUE
Barrie (Painswick South), Ontario MLS® #29507314
Courtesy of ZACK FLEMING/BRIMSTONE REALTY BROKERAGE INC.
124 KINGSTON ROAD
Newmarket (Bristol-London), Ontario MLS® #29507307
Courtesy of AREZOU LINA TALEBI/ZOLO REALTY
6 - 164 CHARLOTTE STREET
Peterborough (Town Ward 3), Ontario MLS® #29507542
Courtesy of LINDSAY SEABROOKE/CENTURY 21 UNITED REALTY INC.
592 ROSEDALE STREET
London East (East F), Ontario MLS® #29507554
Courtesy of CHRIS OLIVEIRA/KELLER WILLIAMS LIFESTYLES
508 YELLOW BIRCH STREET
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29507573
Courtesy of Mathieu Gignac/ROYAL LEPAGE INTEGRITY REALTY
195 PAR-LA-VILLE CIRCLE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29507580
Courtesy of Steven Carriere/RE/MAX DELTA REALTY TEAM
413 - 50 GEORGE BUTCHART DRIVE
Toronto (Downsview-Roding-CFB), Ontario MLS® #29506981
Courtesy of JENNIFER LI/PROMPTON REAL ESTATE SERVICES CORP.
712 - 75 WELDRICK ROAD E
Richmond Hill (Observatory), Ontario MLS® #29506974
Courtesy of MICHAEL ATKINSON/LPT 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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