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
123 HILLSMOUNT CRESCENT
London South (South M), Ontario MLS® #29501462
Courtesy of DIOGO BARREIRA/CENTURY 21 FIRST CANADIAN CORP
54 1/2 ST PATRICK STREET
Toronto (Kensington-Chinatown), Ontario MLS® #29502698
Courtesy of NOAM MUSCOVITCH/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
125 GOSNEL CIRCLE
Bradford West Gwillimbury (Bradford), Ontario MLS® #29502749
Courtesy of SHAD AZAR/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
PT LT 39 BIRCHS
North Bay (Ferris), Ontario MLS® #29502927
Courtesy of DARREL FALCONI/REALTY EXECUTIVES Local Group Inc. Brokerage
UNIT 3 - 1285 BAYFIELD STREET N
Springwater (Midhurst), Ontario MLS® #29502953
Courtesy of ALEX ELIEFF/CENTURY 21 B.J. ROTH REALTY LTD.
1278 CONSORT CRESCENT
Burlington (Palmer), Ontario MLS® #29502977
Courtesy of MICHAEL BREJNIK/ROYAL LEPAGE BURLOAK REAL ESTATE SERVICES
256 HOWARD Street
Waterford, Ontario MLS® #29502996
Courtesy of Amy Lynn Henderson/Century 21 Grand Realty Inc.
2009 Connaught STREET
Regina, Saskatchewan MLS® #29503002
Courtesy of Elena Schmidt/Realty Executives Diversified Realty
49 WEBB CIRCLE
Dysart et al (Dysart), Ontario MLS® #29502364
Courtesy of ANDREW HODGSON/Century 21 Granite Realty Group Inc.
104 - 17 BROOKBANKS DRIVE
Toronto (Parkwoods-Donalda), Ontario MLS® #29501739
Courtesy of ARLYN FORTIN/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
4406 - 36 PARK LAWN ROAD
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #29501878
Courtesy of SOFIE KEHDI/REMAX CONNECT REALTY
34 Airport DRIVE
Candle Lake, Saskatchewan MLS® #29501892
Courtesy of Donald (Don) Sather/eXp Realty
1105 Quail Drive Unit# 6
Kamloops, British Columbia MLS® #29504365
Courtesy of Helen Ralph/RE/MAX Real Estate (Kamloops)
LOT 2 MOORE DRIVE
Whitestone (Hagerman), Ontario MLS® #29502117
Courtesy of GREG ANTUCHIEWICZ/RE/MAX Parry Sound Muskoka Realty Ltd
1327-1329 WOODLAND DRIVE
Gravenhurst (Muskoka (S)), Ontario MLS® #29502559
Courtesy of JASON KLEYN/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
881 ST.CLARENS AVENUE
Toronto (Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction), Ontario MLS® #29504079
Courtesy of MANUEL A. VAZ/RE/MAX WEST REALTY INC.
1266 Maybery CRESCENT
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan MLS® #29503836
Courtesy of Teresa Thompson/Global Direct Realty Inc.
6935 DU BOIS AVENUE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29502369
Courtesy of Glenn Floyd/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY GROUP
728 - 460 ADELAIDE STREET E
Toronto (Moss Park), Ontario MLS® #29502150
Courtesy of ADAM PARSONS/SOTHEBY'S INTERNATIONAL REALTY CANADA
51 Cresthaven Court
Bridgewater, Nova Scotia MLS® #29502054
Courtesy of Mark Seamone/EXIT Realty Inter Lake
101 ALEXIE WAY
Vaughan (Vellore Village), Ontario MLS® #29502460
Courtesy of PANKAJ PATEL/HOMELIFE FRONTIER REALTY INC.
519 DEMERS STREET
West Nipissing (Sturgeon Falls), Ontario MLS® #29502415
Courtesy of PHIL SEGUIN/REALTY EXECUTIVES Local Group Inc. Brokerage
701 - 8 CEDARLAND DRIVE
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #29503216
Courtesy of NAZ SALA/ROYAL LEPAGE TERREQUITY REALTY
464 MOUNT TRYON Road
Mount Tryon, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29503211
Courtesy of JoAnne Jay/EXIT Realty PEI
193 WIGWOSS DRIVE
Vaughan (East Woodbridge), Ontario MLS® #29503223
Courtesy of XIAONING YI/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
5837 YONGE STREET
Innisfil (Churchill), Ontario MLS® #29503228
Courtesy of MICHAEL STERGIOS/FOREST HILL REAL ESTATE INC.
6871 BLACK RIVER ROAD
Georgina (Sutton & Jackson's Point), Ontario MLS® #29503230
Courtesy of STEPHEN M. PEROFF/RE/MAX HALLMARK YORK GROUP REALTY LTD.
1212 Central AVENUE
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #29503247
Courtesy of Christian Didur/Realty Executives Saskatoon
1202 - 4340 BLOOR STREET W
Toronto (Markland Wood), Ontario MLS® #29503254
Courtesy of ELLE IAKOVENKO/RARE REAL ESTATE
7 BIRCHWAY PLACE
Halton Hills (AC Acton), Ontario MLS® #29503259
Courtesy of RAMNEEK SIDHU/UPSTATE REALTY INC.
705 - 11 WINCOTT DRIVE
Toronto (Kingsview Village-The Westway), Ontario MLS® #29503261
Courtesy of JOANNA KAZIMIERCZAK/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
1036 MASTERS GREEN
Oakville (GA Glen Abbey), Ontario MLS® #29503266
Courtesy of BRAD MILLER/CENTURY 21 MILLER REAL ESTATE LTD.
1429 QUEEN STREET
Caledon (Alton), Ontario MLS® #29503273
Courtesy of DAVE GRIME/ROYAL LEPAGE RCR REALTY
403 - 3285 CARDING MILL TRAIL
Oakville (GO Glenorchy), Ontario MLS® #29503278
Courtesy of RAYO IRANI/RE/MAX ABOUTOWNE REALTY CORP.
334 - 1614 CHARLES STREET
Whitby (Port Whitby), Ontario MLS® #29502422
Courtesy of DIMITRI KRITSOTAKIS/RE/MAX EXPERTS
16 COX CRESCENT
Brampton (Northwood Park), Ontario MLS® #29502794
Courtesy of GEORGE REPPAS/ROYAL LEPAGE MEADOWTOWNE REALTY
31 - 51 PAULANDER DRIVE
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29502819
Courtesy of Michelle L. Boehmer/KELLER WILLIAMS EDGE REALTY
32029 JOYCE AVENUE
Abbotsford, British Columbia MLS® #29503158
Courtesy of Shinder Gill/Royal LePage Little Oak Realty
86 West Street
Milton, Nova Scotia MLS® #29503134
Courtesy of Kristopher Snarby/EXIT Realty Inter Lake (Liverpool)
325 - 1695 DERSAN STREET
Pickering (Duffin Heights), Ontario MLS® #29503204
Courtesy of MARIANA IVANOVA/RE/MAX PREMIER 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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