4807 44 Ave
Stony Plain, Alberta MLS® #29210474
Courtesy of Rohin Geis/Royal LePage Noralta 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.
78 Peddle Drive
Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29345907
Courtesy of ROBERT GARDNER/RE/MAX Central Real Estate Ltd. - Grand Falls-Win
65275 Range Rd 114A
Lac La Biche County, Alberta MLS® #29326202
Courtesy of Derek C. Claffey/NAI Commercial Real Estate Inc
5815 97 St NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29336017
Courtesy of Tanner Wormald/NAI Commercial Real Estate Inc
3509 - 85 MCMAHON DRIVE
Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #29376290
Courtesy of BING DONG/SMART SOLD REALTY
63 TERRACE DRIVE
Grimsby (Grimsby East), Ontario MLS® #29376466
Courtesy of Julie Nickerson/ROYAL LEPAGE NRC REALTY
9 Burnt Head Loop
Cupids, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29376461
Courtesy of GENNA HICKEY/3% Realty East Coast
# 1705 - 70 TOWN CENTRE COURT
Toronto (Bendale), Ontario MLS® #29376478
Courtesy of VICTORIA LEE/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
205 - 520 STEELES AVENUE W
Vaughan (Crestwood-Springfarm-Yorkhill), Ontario MLS® #29376480
Courtesy of ALEX WINIARSKI/SUTTON GROUP QUANTUM REALTY INC.
236 RACHEL Crescent Unit# H
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29376492
Courtesy of DOUG COULTER/THE REALTY FIRM INC.
40 CHEESE FACTORY Road Unit# 102
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #29376505
Courtesy of Corry Christopher Van Iersel/Vancor Realty Inc.
60 Birmingham Street
St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29376524
Courtesy of REAGAN DILNY/RE/MAX Infinity Realty Inc. - Sheraton Hotel
10 GATINEAU DRIVE
Vaughan (Beverley Glen), Ontario MLS® #29376531
Courtesy of JENNA DAVIS/HOMELIFE CLASSIC REALTY INC.
46 BYTHIA STREET
Orangeville, Ontario MLS® #29376536
Courtesy of ROBERT LYON/ONE PERCENT REALTY LTD.
37 - 125 BONAVENTURE DRIVE
Hamilton (Gilbert), Ontario MLS® #29376543
Courtesy of ERIC LAPIERRE/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
270 Everoak Drive SW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29376550
Courtesy of Lisa McLaren/TREC The Real Estate Company
275 BRIDGE STREET
Carleton Place, Ontario MLS® #29376574
Courtesy of Ramsay Ferguson/INNOVATION REALTY LTD.
124 COMBA DRIVE
Carleton Place, Ontario MLS® #29376579
Courtesy of Lisa Fitzpatrick/ROYAL LEPAGE TEAM REALTY
LOT 52 WALKER ROAD
Pelham (Fonthill), Ontario MLS® #29376586
Courtesy of MIKE FAHANDEJ-SADE/BOLDT REALTY INC., BROKERAGE
43 - 30 LIBEN WAY
Toronto (Malvern), Ontario MLS® #29376613
Courtesy of JESSE ARORA/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
1633 CORSAL COURT
Innisfil (Alcona), Ontario MLS® #29376625
Courtesy of ROBBY SINGH/SOTHEBY'S INTERNATIONAL REALTY CANADA
489 GREEN Road
Stoney Creek, Ontario MLS® #29376632
Courtesy of Andrew Springstead/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
125 BONAVENTURE Drive Unit# 37
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29376637
Courtesy of Eric LaPierre/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
185 ALL SAINTS CRESCENT
Oakville (FD Ford), Ontario MLS® #29376649
Courtesy of SABRINA TU/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
#120 1144 ADAMSON DR SW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29376663
Courtesy of Twyla D. Lalonde/NOW Real Estate Group
4 - 4230 FIELDGATE DRIVE
Mississauga (Rathwood), Ontario MLS® #29376644
Courtesy of SAM ALLAN MCDADI/SAM MCDADI REAL ESTATE INC.
66 JAMES MCCULLOUGH ROAD
Whitchurch-Stouffville (Stouffville), Ontario MLS® #29376404
Courtesy of HUNG TAT TERRY CHAN/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
130 Mitchell Crescent
Blackfalds, Alberta MLS® #29376423
Courtesy of Melanie Barclay/Coldwell Banker OnTrack Realty
11 - 230 AVONSYDE BOULEVARD
Hamilton (Waterdown), Ontario MLS® #29376428
Courtesy of BRIAN PARK/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
231, 170 Kananaskis Way
Canmore, Alberta MLS® #29376430
Courtesy of KEVIN MCARDLE/Century 21 Nordic Realty
40 Pleasantville Avenue
St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29376459
Courtesy of Nicole Darbaz/Keller Williams Platinum Realty
20 ROYAL ORCHARD Drive
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29376365
Courtesy of MONIQUE ROES/Royal LePage Wolle Realty
7D - 7398 YONGE STREET
Vaughan (Crestwood-Springfarm-Yorkhill), Ontario MLS® #29376409
Courtesy of LATIF MERALI/HOMELIFE/BAYVIEW REALTY INC.
267 PROVIDENT WAY
Hamilton (Mount Hope), Ontario MLS® #29376788
Courtesy of SARBJIT SINGH/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
109 BRANT STREET
Oakville (CO Central), Ontario MLS® #29376548
Courtesy of AARON ARSENAULT/Right At Home Realty, Brokerage
378 ALDERWOOD COMMON
Oakville (JM Joshua Meadows), Ontario MLS® #29376757
Courtesy of YONGE ZHOU/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
2106 - 55 STRATHAVEN DRIVE
Mississauga (Hurontario), Ontario MLS® #29376973
Courtesy of KEN ONG/CENTURY 21 GREEN REALTY INC.
11 SEANESY DRIVE
Thorold (Hurricane/Merrittville), Ontario MLS® #29377015
Courtesy of OLABODE OGUNDIMU/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
5024 1st AVENUE
Regina, Saskatchewan MLS® #29377010
Courtesy of Chris Untereiner/Coldwell Banker Local Realty
110 - 71 VANIER DRIVE
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29377027
Courtesy of DANIELLA RENEE AITKEN/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
3184 Fernwood Lane
Port Alberni, British Columbia MLS® #29377034
Courtesy of Amy Francoeur/Real Broker
19 MEDITERRANEAN CRESCENT
Brampton (Bram West), Ontario MLS® #29376310
Courtesy of ANNURAG CHAWLA/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
Lower Shore Road
Little Judique, Nova Scotia MLS® #29376411
Courtesy of Mia Rankin/Royal LePage Atlantic
4 - 405 MERRITT STREET
St. Catharines (Oakdale), Ontario MLS® #29376668
Courtesy of Dhana Dias/RE/MAX NIAGARA REALTY LTD, BROKERAGE
21 ORIOLE CRESCENT
Guelph (Dovercliffe Park/Old University), Ontario MLS® #29376815
Courtesy of EMILY CASSOLATO/Coldwell Banker Neumann 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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