3303 70 Avenue, Leduc, AB
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.
815 - 2489 TAUNTON ROAD
Oakville (RO River Oaks), Ontario MLS® #30451207
Courtesy of NADIA HIRMIZ/ROYAL LEPAGE MACRO REALTY
22827 MELBOURNE ROAD
Southwest Middlesex, Ontario MLS® #30451194
Courtesy of TIM CANN/CENTURY 21 FIRST CANADIAN CORP
51 ALDONSCHOOL COURT
Ajax (South East), Ontario MLS® #30451219
Courtesy of Steven Rea/Strive Realty Ltd.
203 - 30 CHAPMAN COURT
London North (North I), Ontario MLS® #30451221
Courtesy of ANDREA NEWCOMBE/CENTURY 21 FIRST CANADIAN CORP
306 - 736 OLD ALBERT STREET
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #30451238
Courtesy of ROHIT MANOCHA/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
5675 MORIARTY CRESCENT
Prince George, British Columbia MLS® #30451240
Courtesy of Denise Dykes/Royal LePage Aspire Realty
2489 TAUNTON Road Unit# 815
Oakville, Ontario MLS® #30451168
Courtesy of Nadia Hirmiz/Royal LePage Macro Realty
5105 - 8 CUMBERLAND STREET
Toronto (Annex), Ontario MLS® #30451226
Courtesy of SOPHIE YU/JDL REALTY INC.
319 SOUTH COURT
Burlington (Roseland), Ontario MLS® #30451233
Courtesy of JACKIE MAKHLOUF/Affinity Real Estate
290 MELROSE Avenue
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30451203
Courtesy of MARTY FRASER/BOSLEY REAL ESTATE LTD., BROKERAGE
4 - 1230 GRIPSHOLM ROAD
Mississauga (Applewood), Ontario MLS® #30451208
Courtesy of VOLODYMYR POHORETSKYY/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
68 - 5 WILLIAM JACKSON WAY
Toronto (New Toronto), Ontario MLS® #30451210
Courtesy of JACLYN APPUGLIESI/RE/MAX WEST REALTY INC.
857 MESSENGER MEADOW DRIVE
Mississauga (Creditview), Ontario MLS® #30451215
Courtesy of JULIET QIN/SMART SOLD REALTY
1 2288 GASSOFF ROAD
Quesnel, British Columbia MLS® #30451152
Courtesy of Scott Klassen/Century 21 Energy Realty(Qsnl)
13865 COUNTY #9 ROAD
North Dundas, Ontario MLS® #30451195
Courtesy of Lise Buma/COLDWELL BANKER COBURN REALTY
613 - 736 OLD ALBERT STREET
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #30451239
Courtesy of ROHIT MANOCHA/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
5025 AGAR AVENUE
Terrace, British Columbia MLS® #30450976
Courtesy of Dawn Monsen/RE/MAX Coast Mountains
507 - 2450 BLOOR STREET W
Toronto (Lambton Baby Point), Ontario MLS® #30451234
Courtesy of RICKY LAU/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
BSMT - 102 PORTSDOWN ROAD
Toronto (Dorset Park), Ontario MLS® #30451204
Courtesy of JENNY JIANG/REGAL REALTY POINT
1309 - 15 ZORRA STREET
Toronto (Islington-City Centre West), Ontario MLS® #30451209
Courtesy of JEFFREY ALVES/SUTTON GROUP ELITE REALTY INC.
103 - 1665 BLOOR STREET E
Mississauga (Applewood), Ontario MLS® #30451211
Courtesy of NIKKI GOODMAN/HAZELTON REAL ESTATE INC.
811 DOVERCOURT ROAD
Toronto (Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction), Ontario MLS® #30451216
Courtesy of NGOC-LAN TRUONG/Avenue Group Realty Inc.
LOWER - 79 GREENSIDES AVENUE
Toronto (Wychwood), Ontario MLS® #30451228
Courtesy of SAVANNAH WENG/RE/MAX DASH REALTY
68 ALF NEELY WAY
Newmarket (Glenway Estates), Ontario MLS® #30451230
Courtesy of JERRY ZHANG/MASTER'S TRUST REALTY INC.
46 CANTERBURY Street Unit# 307
Ingersoll, Ontario MLS® #30451242
Courtesy of Milan Kozomora/Keller Williams Innovation Realty
24 HUNTLEY COURT
Brampton (Heart Lake West), Ontario MLS® #30451212
Courtesy of MANRAJ AUJLA/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
1401 - 4065 BRICKSTONE MEWS
Mississauga (Creditview), Ontario MLS® #30451217
Courtesy of AMANDA IRVING/RE/MAX REALTY SPECIALISTS INC.
319 SOUTH Court
Burlington, Ontario MLS® #30451185
Courtesy of IBRAHIM HUSSEIN ABOUZEID/Affinity Real Estate Inc
906 - 1 THE ESPLANADE
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30451200
Courtesy of WANLUN LI/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
592 MACTIER DRIVE
Vaughan (Kleinburg), Ontario MLS® #30451231
Courtesy of KENNETH NG/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
B - 706 THE QUEENSWAY
Toronto (Stonegate-Queensway), Ontario MLS® #30451236
Courtesy of SOHEIL SHIVARANI/INTERCITY REALTY INC.
505 - 1665 BLOOR STREET E
Mississauga (Applewood), Ontario MLS® #30451213
Courtesy of NIKKI GOODMAN/HAZELTON REAL ESTATE INC.
63 WISLA AVENUE
Markham, Ontario MLS® #30451206
Courtesy of TONY B. MA/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
55 VOYAGER PASS
Hamilton (Binbrook), Ontario MLS® #30451218
Courtesy of MAULYNNA DOUNG/ACCSELL REALTY INC.
60 STARLING Drive
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #30451167
Courtesy of George Palios/Real Broker Ontario Ltd.
3705 - 395 BLOOR STREET E
Toronto (North St. James Town), Ontario MLS® #30451198
Courtesy of ALEX LEE/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
46 CHALET ROAD
Toronto (Pleasant View), Ontario MLS® #30451201
Courtesy of ISABELLA WANG/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
277 PASADENA DRIVE
Georgina (Keswick South), Ontario MLS® #30451232
Courtesy of CHARLIE YANG/RE/MAX REALTRON JIM MO REALTY
42 - 3020 CEDARGLEN GATE
Mississauga (Erindale), Ontario MLS® #30447287
Courtesy of JIM BEH/TFN REALTY INC.
1280 New Cumberland Road
Lake Centre, Nova Scotia MLS® #30447314
Courtesy of Katie Iyoupe/EXIT Realty Inter Lake
1586 GETA CIRCLE
Pickering (Village East), Ontario MLS® #30447631
Courtesy of SADIA ALAM/RE/MAX ACE REALTY INC.
Lot 13 Maple Drive Drive
Lower Ohio, Nova Scotia MLS® #30447085
Courtesy of Corey Huskilson/Royal Lepage Atlantic (Mahone Bay)
212 455 Sitkum Rd
Victoria, British Columbia MLS® #30447561
Courtesy of Molly Marland/Royal LePage Coast Capital - Chatterton
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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