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
108 PINE HILL CRESCENT E
Aurora (Aurora Estates), Ontario MLS® #29658244
Courtesy of CHUNGKI KANG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
LPH10 - 37 GALLERIA PARKWAY
Markham (Commerce Valley), Ontario MLS® #29658232
Courtesy of WINNIE WANG/POWERLAND REALTY
1417, 95 Burma Star Road SW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29658326
Courtesy of Terri Champagne/RE/MAX House of Real Estate
3839 FRONT STREET
Uxbridge, Ontario MLS® #29658422
Courtesy of DENISE DOROTHY FORGIE/MAIN STREET REALTY LTD.
571 BRIGANTINE Drive
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #29658410
Courtesy of Austin Ye/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC
232 JOHN STREET S
Aylmer, Ontario MLS® #29658340
Courtesy of John Klassen/RE/MAX Tri-County Realty Inc Brokerage
16366 HWY 35
Algonquin Highlands (Stanhope), Ontario MLS® #29658249
Courtesy of HAROON MOHD NOORZADA/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
92 KEITH CRESCENT
Niagara-on-the-Lake (Glendale), Ontario MLS® #29658460
Courtesy of KATHERINE SARAH MILIAN/EXP REALTY
70 LADY CHURCHILL COURT
Toronto (Agincourt North), Ontario MLS® #29658530
Courtesy of JADE ZHENG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
30 - 4635 REGENTS TERRACE
Mississauga (Hurontario), Ontario MLS® #29658554
Courtesy of JACKIE GILLIGAN/FOREST HILL REAL ESTATE INC.
10 FERGUSON STREET
Erin, Ontario MLS® #29658561
Courtesy of VINAY KUMAR SINGAL/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
18 LADYSMITH STREET
Brampton (Sandringham-Wellington), Ontario MLS® #29658403
Courtesy of DEEPINDER SINGH GREWAL/CENTURY 21 LEGACY LTD.
0 OSPREY ROAD
Minden Hills (Minden), Ontario MLS® #29658465
Courtesy of VINCE DUCHENE/RE/MAX Professionals North
36 GREENMOUNT ROAD
Brampton (Northgate), Ontario MLS® #29658477
Courtesy of PAUL MUNDHAN/RE/MAX GOLD REALTY INC.
517 - 403 CHURCH STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29658415
Courtesy of TERRY JUNG/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
5950 SHELFORD TERRACE
Mississauga (Churchill Meadows), Ontario MLS® #29658693
Courtesy of PREETI MATKAR/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
2510 - 666 SPADINA AVENUE
Toronto (University), Ontario MLS® #29658655
Courtesy of TODOR YORDANOV/CITY REALTY POINT
7751 SECRETARIAT COURT
Niagara Falls (Ascot), Ontario MLS® #29658698
Courtesy of GOBI MANI/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
549 Weber St
Nanaimo, British Columbia MLS® #29658732
Courtesy of Jason Burrows/Royal LePage Nanaimo Realty (NanIsHwyN)
32 - 133 MANVILLE ROAD
Toronto (Clairlea-Birchmount), Ontario MLS® #29658720
Courtesy of ALEX ADAMO/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
1916 10 Avenue
Spruce View, Alberta MLS® #29658725
Courtesy of Janet Scott/Maxwell Real Estate Solutions Ltd.
1203, 519 Riverfront Avenue SE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29658282
Courtesy of Michelle Doudican/Real Broker
3818 17 Street SW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29658434
Courtesy of Jelena Stepanenko/MaxWell Capital Realty
4141 PALERMO COMMON
Burlington (Shoreacres), Ontario MLS® #29658763
Courtesy of YUVRAJ DAYAL/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
40 GREYLAWN CRESCENT
Toronto (Wexford-Maryvale), Ontario MLS® #29658751
Courtesy of ALLAN CHENG/EASTIDE REALTY
BSMT - 2359 PILGRIM SQUARE
Oshawa (Windfields), Ontario MLS® #29658749
Courtesy of SHAINOOR DOSSANI/CENTURY 21 PERCY FULTON LTD.
502, 210 Firelight Way W
Lethbridge, Alberta MLS® #29658597
Courtesy of LOU BENIS/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE - LETHBRIDGE
173 DUPLEX AVENUE
Toronto (Yonge-Eglinton), Ontario MLS® #29658240
Courtesy of KEVIN HOU/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
2914 ELGIN MILLS ROAD E
Markham (Victoria Square), Ontario MLS® #29658245
Courtesy of JONATHAN TSUNG/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
180 South Shore
Chestermere, Alberta MLS® #29658411
Courtesy of Divjot Singh/Century 21 Bravo Realty
LOWER 1 - 1242 MCBRIDE AVENUE
Mississauga (Erindale), Ontario MLS® #29658404
Courtesy of RICHARD ZHENG/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
6012 - 8 INTERCHANGE WAY
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #29658389
Courtesy of ANDREW VAN BUSKIRK/RE/MAX URBAN TORONTO TEAM REALTY INC.
317 - 736 SPADINA AVENUE
Toronto (University), Ontario MLS® #29658416
Courtesy of SALEEM SALAHUDDIN/RE/MAX PREMIER INC.
516 - 2212 LAKE SHORE BOULEVARD W
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #29658555
Courtesy of ALICE ZHU/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
128.5 Acres West Side Road
West Side Country Harbour, Nova Scotia MLS® #29658295
Courtesy of George McDaniel/EXP Realty of Canada Inc.
5 COTTONWOOD DRIVE
Toronto (Banbury-Don Mills), Ontario MLS® #29658719
Courtesy of JIE XU/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
11908 71 ST NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29658663
Courtesy of Michael D. Melnychuk/Century 21 All Stars Realty Ltd
17, 420069 Range Road 284
Rural Ponoka County, Alberta MLS® #29658670
Courtesy of Michael Gouchie/Royal LePage Lifestyles Realty
78 SOUTH KINGSWAY
Toronto (High Park-Swansea), Ontario MLS® #29658687
Courtesy of SAM ALLAN MCDADI/SAM MCDADI REAL ESTATE 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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