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
2802 - 510 CURRAN PLACE
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29570443
Courtesy of SAM AFSAR/HOUSESIGMA INC.
114 MARION STREET
Shelburne, Ontario MLS® #29570450
Courtesy of LORIE ANN HADDOCK/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
2138 NORTH ROUTLEDGE PARK
London North (North E), Ontario MLS® #29571054
Courtesy of JOANNE MARTIN/STREETCITY REALTY INC.
1056 WINNIFRED COURT
Innisfil (Alcona), Ontario MLS® #29570917
Courtesy of MARK FARIS/FARIS TEAM REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE
18 BLYTHE SHORE ROAD
Kawartha Lakes (Verulam), Ontario MLS® #29571220
Courtesy of DAVID AHRENS/RE/MAX ALL-STARS REALTY INC.
10 Tynes Court
Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia MLS® #29572019
Courtesy of Kimia Nejat/Exit Realty Metro
623 - 2020 MCNICOLL AVENUE
Toronto (Milliken), Ontario MLS® #29572088
Courtesy of APRIL ORTENCIO/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
15 JONAS MILLWAY
Whitchurch-Stouffville (Stouffville), Ontario MLS® #29572103
Courtesy of DANIELE MESSINA/CENTURY 21 PARKLAND LTD.
4864 Black Bear Ridge
Nanaimo, British Columbia MLS® #29572146
Courtesy of Gerry Thomasen/460 Realty Inc. (NA)
62 KALMAR CRESCENT
Richmond Hill (Oak Ridges), Ontario MLS® #29572110
Courtesy of SAM EHSSAN SCHARIEFY/HARVEY KALLES REAL ESTATE LTD.
BSMT - 185 ROSSLAND ROAD E
Oshawa (O'Neill), Ontario MLS® #29571338
Courtesy of GREG BROWN/SUTTON GROUP-HERITAGE REALTY INC.
301 - 34 DEERHURST GREENS ROAD
Huntsville (Chaffey), Ontario MLS® #29571004
Courtesy of IRENE MITCHELL/Royal LePage Meadowtowne Realty
67 BEECHNUT CRESCENT
Clarington (Courtice), Ontario MLS® #29572355
Courtesy of MICHELLE CHIDWICK/Royal Lepage Real Estate Associates
3202 - 20 RICHARDSON STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29572329
Courtesy of YING LU/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
609A Douglas ST
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario MLS® #29572312
Courtesy of Kyle Schneider/Exit Realty True North
2110 - 11 BRUNEL COURT
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29572331
Courtesy of RENEE DIDIANO/SOTHEBY'S INTERNATIONAL REALTY CANADA
87 CONNAUGHT AVENUE
Toronto (Newtonbrook West), Ontario MLS® #29572336
Courtesy of BELLA LEE/FOREST HILL REAL ESTATE INC.
7370 MARTIN GROVE ROAD
Vaughan (West Woodbridge Industrial Area), Ontario MLS® #29572381
Courtesy of PAUL MICHAEL MICELI/VANGUARD REALTY BROKERAGE CORP.
3913 - 35 MERCER STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29572343
Courtesy of SISI LIU/RE/MAX EXCEL REALTY LTD.
3516 Green Lily ROAD
Regina, Saskatchewan MLS® #29572444
Courtesy of Craig Adam/RE/MAX Crown Real Estate
101 - 45 SOUSA MENDES STREET
Toronto (Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction), Ontario MLS® #29572437
Courtesy of HONEY CHOI/RE/MAX WEST REALTY INC.
508 - 9075 JANE STREET
Vaughan (Concord), Ontario MLS® #29570474
Courtesy of FARHAN M SYED/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
2A FAIRGLEN AVENUE
Toronto (L'Amoreaux), Ontario MLS® #29570431
Courtesy of RHONDA ROSALINDA BAILEY/CENTURY 21 LEADING EDGE REALTY INC.
1710 - 335 RATHBURN ROAD W
Mississauga (Creditview), Ontario MLS® #29570789
Courtesy of DOUG HARRON/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
926 THOMPSON ROAD S
Milton (CO Coates), Ontario MLS® #29570791
Courtesy of BASIL KHAN/RE/MAX EXPERTS
143 SPRINGDALE DRIVE
Barrie (Cundles East), Ontario MLS® #29570772
Courtesy of MICHAEL BASIN/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY INVESTMENTS GROUP
103 5234 Morris Street
Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia MLS® #29570809
Courtesy of Blake Musgrave/Royal LePage Atlantic
3749 NIGHTSTAR DRIVE
Mississauga (Churchill Meadows), Ontario MLS® #29571833
Courtesy of JOOYOUNG LEE/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
45475 MEADOWBROOK DRIVE|Chilliwack Proper South
Chilliwack, British Columbia MLS® #29572696
Courtesy of Samuel Rus/Century 21 Creekside Realty
10274 COUNTY 2 ROAD
Alnwick/Haldimand, Ontario MLS® #29571028
Courtesy of LISA A. ABBOTT/RE/MAX JAZZ INC.
28 Centennial Drive
Abercrombie, Nova Scotia MLS® #29572583
Courtesy of Elizabeth (Liz) MacFarlane/Royal LePage Atlantic(Stellarton)
4227 COLE CRESCENT
Burlington (Alton), Ontario MLS® #29572711
Courtesy of DAN COOPER/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
142 MILL STREET N
Brampton (Downtown Brampton), Ontario MLS® #29572716
Courtesy of RYAN HARKINS/MODERN SOLUTION REALTY INC.
UPPER - 57 APTED AVENUE
Toronto (Humber Summit), Ontario MLS® #29572723
Courtesy of GIUSEPPE BAUCO/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
56 KING STREET
Halton Hills (Georgetown), Ontario MLS® #29572728
Courtesy of JUSTIN JEFFERY/Royal Lepage Real Estate Associates
1727 COPELAND CIRCLE
Milton (CL Clarke), Ontario MLS® #29572730
Courtesy of YOUSSEF ROMAN/RE/MAX SUCCESS REALTY
25 BANNISDALE WAY
Hamilton (Carlisle), Ontario MLS® #29571489
Courtesy of LISA KIRTON/RE/MAX ABOUTOWNE REALTY CORP.
7 MIAMI GROVE
Brampton (Heart Lake East), Ontario MLS® #29571821
Courtesy of GULBAG SINGH GILL/HOMELIFE SILVERCITY 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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