9928 81 Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29199942
Courtesy of Mark B. Wilbert/CIR 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.
4807 44 Ave
Stony Plain, Alberta MLS® #29210474
Courtesy of Rohin Geis/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
778 LAURELWOOD Drive Unit# 710
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #29901403
Courtesy of RANA MOUFTI/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC., BROKERAGE
10 DARRAS COURT
Brampton (Southgate), Ontario MLS® #29901434
Courtesy of PRITAM KAHLON/RE/MAX GOLD REALTY INC.
622 - 102 GROVEWOOD COMMON
Oakville (GO Glenorchy), Ontario MLS® #29901435
Courtesy of CECILIA SAILIN WANG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
BASMENT - 2931 BUR OAK AVENUE S
Markham (Cornell), Ontario MLS® #29901430
Courtesy of RIYAZ MALAM/CENTURY 21 TITANS REALTY INC.
30 BRIDGE Street W Unit# 307
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29901404
Courtesy of YING SUSAN JIANG/Royal LePage Peaceland Realty
BASEMENT - 27 ELMARTIN DRIVE
Toronto (Steeles), Ontario MLS® #29901428
Courtesy of JOE REA/ROYAL LEPAGE PREMIUM ONE REALTY
1306 ST JOHNS Road W
Simcoe, Ontario MLS® #29901405
Courtesy of Jacob Atkinson/Royal LePage State Realty Inc.
1906 - 8 WATER WALK DRIVE
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #29901431
Courtesy of BELINDA YU/JDL REALTY INC.
73 WEST 1ST Street
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29901425
Courtesy of Asarhadoun Kattina/One Percent Realty Ltd.
W/O BASEMENT - 239 CRESTWOOD ROAD
Vaughan (Crestwood-Springfarm-Yorkhill), Ontario MLS® #29901432
Courtesy of HELEN XIAO HUI ZHANG/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
154 CHARLTON BOULEVARD
Toronto (Newtonbrook West), Ontario MLS® #29901426
Courtesy of ARI ESMAIL/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
6934 Laguna Way NE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29901383
Courtesy of Steve Sklenka/RE/MAX House of Real Estate
112 - 21 LIVONIA PLACE
Toronto (Morningside), Ontario MLS® #29901388
Courtesy of KUMAR SELVARATNAM/RE/MAX EXCEL REALTY LTD.
3B - 348 MAIN STREET N
Markham (Old Markham Village), Ontario MLS® #29901390
Courtesy of ALFRED YANG/RE/MAX EXCEL REALTY LTD.
223 PIONEER Drive Unit# B16
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29901376
Courtesy of Ana Bustamante/Century 21 Miller Real Estate Ltd.
31 PRADY LANE
New Tecumseth (Tottenham), Ontario MLS® #29901371
Courtesy of JOE REA/ROYAL LEPAGE PREMIUM ONE REALTY
305 - 22 PERKINS STREET
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29900727
Courtesy of Oksana Shevchenko/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
913 - 57 ST JOSEPH STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29900758
Courtesy of HARPREET RAI/RE/MAX PRESIDENT REALTY
8 PAUL MARKWAY
Toronto (Hillcrest Village), Ontario MLS® #29900760
Courtesy of HAN ZHANG/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
16 SHREWSBURY SQUARE
Toronto (Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan), Ontario MLS® #29900765
Courtesy of MARGARET HAYES/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
1960 10TH SIDE ROAD
New Tecumseth, Ontario MLS® #29900777
Courtesy of GLENN JOHN DEWHIRST/COLDWELL BANKER RONAN REALTY
504 CRANDELL CT
Sherwood Park, Alberta MLS® #29900791
Courtesy of Arthur Jastrzebski/Century 21 All Stars Realty Ltd
10 - 199 HILLCREST UPPER AVENUE
Mississauga (Cooksville), Ontario MLS® #29900804
Courtesy of ANDY ZHANG/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
222 Skana Gate Rd
Mayne Island, British Columbia MLS® #29900809
Courtesy of Brenda Dean/RE/MAX Mayne-Pender
2116 YEARLEY ROAD
Huntsville (Stisted), Ontario MLS® #29900811
Courtesy of AMIT WASSON/THE CANADIAN HOME REALTY INC.
#117 6070 SCHONSEE WY NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29900830
Courtesy of Vincent Hong/Coldwell Banker Mountain Central
208 Royal Birch Circle NW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29900587
Courtesy of Tomasz Samborski/MaxWell Capital Realty
655-663 QUEEN STREET W
Toronto (Niagara), Ontario MLS® #29900594
Courtesy of MOE FAHRY/RE/MAX CROSSROADS REALTY INC.
B1201 - 715 DAVIS DRIVE
Newmarket (Huron Heights-Leslie Valley), Ontario MLS® #29900602
Courtesy of KELVIN KONG CHI YU/RE/MAX IMPERIAL REALTY INC.
#116 5005 165 AV NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29900607
Courtesy of Garth A. Brennan/Century 21 Leading
502 - 55 DUKE STREET
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29900619
Courtesy of DENNIS AGUIRRE-JACOME/RE/MAX EXPERTS
121 - 49 RHONDA ROAD
Guelph (Willow West/Sugarbush/West Acres), Ontario MLS® #29900621
Courtesy of AMANDEEP SINGH/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
1495 Hobson Ave
Courtenay, British Columbia MLS® #29900640
Courtesy of Karen Lutz/Royal LePage Advance Realty
410 MANNING AVENUE
Toronto (Palmerston-Little Italy), Ontario MLS® #29900652
Courtesy of JOSEPH MARCHESE/Royal LePage Security Real Estate
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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