5556 50 Avenue
St. Paul Town, Alberta MLS® #29199362
Courtesy of Tyler J. Poirier/Century 21 Poirier Real Estate
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.
14 CANNER COURT
Vaughan (Patterson), Ontario MLS® #29203347
Courtesy of HENRY ZHAO/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
309 - 601 KINGSTON ROAD
Toronto (The Beaches), Ontario MLS® #29203361
Courtesy of KERRY MARK/REAL ESTATE HOMEWARD
4910 - 88 QUEEN STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29203359
Courtesy of SIMONE CHEN/RE/MAX REALTRON BARRY COHEN HOMES INC.
417 - 50 O'NEIL ROAD
Toronto (Banbury-Don Mills), Ontario MLS® #29203429
Courtesy of MOHAMMAD DERAKHSHAN/ROYAL LEPAGE YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
1 ST JAMES PLACE
Hamilton (Durand), Ontario MLS® #29203448
Courtesy of BERNIE CARLOS/RE/MAX ALL-STARS REALTY INC.
0 HURONTARIO STREET
Caledon, Ontario MLS® #29203443
Courtesy of JENNIFER LYNNE HORNE/ROYAL LEPAGE RCR REALTY
A305 - 9763 MARKHAM ROAD
Markham (Greensborough), Ontario MLS® #29203348
Courtesy of BRIAN CHAU/RE/MAX EXCEL REALTY LTD.
BASEMENT (SIDE DOOR) - 34 CLOVERCREST ROAD
Toronto (Don Valley Village), Ontario MLS® #29203355
Courtesy of YEWEN CAI/BAY STREET INTEGRITY REALTY INC.
745 WATERLOO STREET
Wellington North (Mount Forest), Ontario MLS® #29203406
Courtesy of RACHELL MCCRONE/EXP REALTY
725 - 3 CONCORD CITYPLACE WAY
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29203418
Courtesy of DANIEL CHENG/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
22 CHAPPLE LANE
Richmond Hill (Headford Business Park), Ontario MLS® #29203420
Courtesy of SHERRY YANG/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
103 UNO DRIVE
Toronto (Stonegate-Queensway), Ontario MLS® #29203363
Courtesy of KAI LI/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
707 - 7 MABELLE AVENUE
Toronto (Islington-City Centre West), Ontario MLS® #29203349
Courtesy of SAJAN JOSHUA/META REALTY INC.
3007 - 7890 JANE STREET
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #29203419
Courtesy of JASON PATRICK YIP/ELITE CAPITAL REALTY INC.
681 CUMBERLAND AVENUE
Burlington (Roseland), Ontario MLS® #29203445
Courtesy of JAY NICOLAS GHANEM/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
750 BLEAMS Road Unit# A
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29203438
Courtesy of Alyssa Vasey/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
806 - 7 KENASTON GARDENS
Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #29203345
Courtesy of WAN WAN/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
516, 8230 Broadcast Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29203388
Courtesy of Alexander Shemetov/2% Realty
338 DARLING STREET
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #29203422
Courtesy of ROB AVERY/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
3045 GLADESIDE Avenue Unit# 2
Oakville, Ontario MLS® #29203439
Courtesy of TEJA VAJHA/CENTURY 21 PEOPLE'S CHOICE REALTY INC. BROKERAGE
1315, 333 Taravista Drive NE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29203427
Courtesy of Zaki Keskich/Century 21 Bamber Realty LTD.
607 - 3660 HURONTARIO STREET
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29203441
Courtesy of FRANCIS D'ATRI-GUIRAN/ADVISORS REALTY
610 - 741 SHEPPARD AVENUE W
Toronto (Clanton Park), Ontario MLS® #29203358
Courtesy of ANDREW O. ENOFE/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
3620-3622 VICTORIA PARK AVENUE
Toronto (Hillcrest Village), Ontario MLS® #29203346
Courtesy of JAMES LU/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
105 PINNACLE Drive Unit# 55
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29203404
Courtesy of PK Kapoor/RE/MAX Real Estate Centre Inc.
BASEMENT - 3 BUSHWOOD TRAIL
Brampton (Northwest Brampton), Ontario MLS® #29203447
Courtesy of SHANDEEP SINGH/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
3333 SIXTH LINE
Oakville (GO Glenorchy), Ontario MLS® #29203442
Courtesy of PUNAM VYAS/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
18 BREWIS STREET
Brant (Paris), Ontario MLS® #29203316
Courtesy of AMAN TOOR/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
201 - 4850 GLEN ERIN DRIVE
Mississauga (Central Erin Mills), Ontario MLS® #29201726
Courtesy of HANAN ALHASANI/HOMELIFE EXCELSIOR REALTY INC.
1 20921 SNOWFLAKE CRESCENT
Mission, British Columbia MLS® #29201916
Courtesy of Rob Allegrini/Team 3000 Realty Ltd.
18 Wilson Drive
Chester, Nova Scotia MLS® #29201935
Courtesy of Lorena MacDonald/Harbourside Realty Ltd.
113 - 1555 KINGSTON ROAD
Pickering (Town Centre), Ontario MLS® #29202041
Courtesy of GEETA RAJPAL/RE/MAX KEY2 REAL ESTATE
2 SEATON CRESCENT
Tillsonburg, Ontario MLS® #29202072
Courtesy of RICKY MARIANO/CENTURY 21 MILLENNIUM INC.
5 HOMESTEAD Avenue
Dundas, Ontario MLS® #29202109
Courtesy of Mary Hamilton/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
641 Albatross Cres
Campbell River, British Columbia MLS® #29202128
Courtesy of Brittany Berkenstock/eXp Realty (CR)
14 Discovery Woods Villas SW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29202250
Courtesy of Terrie Stewart/MaxWell Capital Realty
4600 OKANAGAN Avenue Unit# 26
Vernon, British Columbia MLS® #29202421
Courtesy of Hank Prebushewski/Coldwell Banker Executives Realty
12901 93 Street
Grande Prairie, Alberta MLS® #29202469
Courtesy of Jason Scott/Sutton Group Grande Prairie Professionals
8433 Highway 3
Charlesville, Nova Scotia MLS® #29202781
Courtesy of Andrea Huskilson-Townsend/Keller Williams Select Realty
354 RUSSETT DRIVE
McNab/Braeside, Ontario MLS® #29202801
Courtesy of Robin Gyimesi/RIVINGTON-HOWIE REALTY LTD.
2084 GRAND BOULEVARD
Burlington, Ontario MLS® #29203208
Courtesy of SAM ALLAN MCDADI/SAM MCDADI REAL ESTATE INC.
131 - 215 MISSISSAUGA VALLEY
Mississauga (Mississauga Valleys), Ontario MLS® #29203253
Courtesy of DANIEL FU/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
42 ARROWPOINT Drive
Brampton, Ontario MLS® #29203265
Courtesy of Sanjay Gupta/EXP REALTY OF CANADA INC
MAIN - 2 CRISCOE STREET
Toronto (Rockcliffe-Smythe), Ontario MLS® #29203277
Courtesy of HEATHER JOY HOLMES/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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