38 BUSATO DRIVE
Whitchurch-Stouffville (Stouffville), Ontario MLS® #29191232
Courtesy of SHIVANA SHAMSEER/EXP 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.
BASEMENT - 29 VIA ITALIA
Toronto (Corso Italia-Davenport), Ontario MLS® #29191237
Courtesy of JAMES TASCA/ICI SOURCE REAL ASSET SERVICES INC.
299- UPPER UNIT MOORLANDS Crescent
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29191256
Courtesy of SAM KHETANI/PEAK REALTY LTD.
2323 STEEPLECHASE STREET
Oshawa (Windfields), Ontario MLS® #29191268
Courtesy of TARA BAYLIS/LAND & GATE REAL ESTATE INC.
71 DAVEY CRESCENT
Loyalist (Amherstview), Ontario MLS® #29191270
Courtesy of ARNOLD CAMPBELL/SUTTON GROUP-MASTERS REALTY INC., BROKERAGE
1022 BALLYHALE HEIGHTS
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29191275
Courtesy of Ravi Inder Singh/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
115 LARRY Crescent
Caledonia, Ontario MLS® #29191282
Courtesy of Nancy DiCosimo/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
24 - 57 FINCH AVENUE W
Toronto (Willowdale West), Ontario MLS® #29191287
Courtesy of GARY LI/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
34 PLAINS Road Unit# 303
Burlington, Ontario MLS® #29191294
Courtesy of Jennifer Syer/Revel Realty Inc.
31 Loggie Drive
Summerside, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29191299
Courtesy of Zenaida Saldanha/CENTURY 21 NORTHUMBERLAND REALTY
1104A - 3605 KARIYA DRIVE
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29191302
Courtesy of CHRISTOPHER ADAM CHMIELEWSKI/SUTTON GROUP REALTY SYSTEMS INC.
2B - 17 QUEEN STREET N
Mississauga (Streetsville), Ontario MLS® #29191307
Courtesy of JARED ROGERS/RE/MAX WEST REALTY INC.
312 - 155 QUEEN STREET N
Minto, Ontario MLS® #29191314
Courtesy of CHRIS KELOS/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
1 HANEY DRIVE
Thorold (Hurricane/Merrittville), Ontario MLS® #29191631
Courtesy of VIKRAM AAST/INTERNATIONAL REALTY FIRM, INC.
810 - 45 CARLTON STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29191655
Courtesy of DAVID ELFASSY/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
15 THISTLEWAITE CRESCENT
Toronto (Agincourt South-Malvern West), Ontario MLS® #29191674
Courtesy of STEVE SONG/KELLER WILLIAMS REFERRED URBAN REALTY
100 Granville Street
Summerside, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29191679
Courtesy of Amirhossein (Gabriel) Rahbari/CENTURY 21 COLONIAL REALTY INC
12 Newbery Lane
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29191681
Courtesy of Nick MacDonald/RE/MAX CHARLOTTETOWN REALTY
10 Coteau PLACE
Coteau Rm No. 255, Saskatchewan MLS® #29191686
Courtesy of Jocelyne G Petryshyn/RE/MAX Shoreline Realty
806 - 8323 KENNEDY ROAD
Markham (Village Green-South Unionville), Ontario MLS® #29191693
Courtesy of JIMMY YANG/CENTURY 21 KING'S QUAY REAL ESTATE INC.
103 - 2075 KING ROAD
King (King City), Ontario MLS® #29191698
Courtesy of MIMMO GALATI/INTERCITY REALTY INC.
8 BIRCH CRESCENT
Ajax (Central), Ontario MLS® #29191802
Courtesy of JENNIFER FOLEY/RE/MAX ROUGE RIVER REALTY LTD.
126 GARAFRAXA STREET
West Grey, Ontario MLS® #29191814
Courtesy of SHIVAM TANEJA/LUXE HOME TOWN REALTY INC.
17 DON HADDEN CRESCENT
Brock (Sunderland), Ontario MLS® #29191453
Courtesy of SHAWN LEPP/KELLER WILLIAMS ENERGY LEPP GROUP REAL ESTATE
1767 YOUNG'S POINT ROAD
Selwyn, Ontario MLS® #29191458
Courtesy of CHARLOTTE MCCONKEY/MCCONKEY REAL ESTATE CORPORATION
183 S OTTAWA Street S
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29191477
Courtesy of Michael Afley Tewelde/KELLER WILLIAMS INNOVATION REALTY
100 KING Street S
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #29191542
Courtesy of CHRISTOPHER BRENT MCFARLANE/Royal LePage Wolle Realty
4006 - 488 UNIVERSITY AVENUE
Toronto (University), Ontario MLS® #29191566
Courtesy of STEVE MURRIA/CENTURY 21 GREEN REALTY INC.
806 - 8323 KENNEDY ROAD
Markham (Village Green-South Unionville), Ontario MLS® #29191578
Courtesy of JIMMY YANG/CENTURY 21 KING'S QUAY REAL ESTATE INC.
505 - 806 LANSDOWNE AVENUE
Toronto (Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction), Ontario MLS® #29191612
Courtesy of NIKKI GOODMAN/HAZELTON REAL ESTATE INC.
402 - 11 SOHO STREET
Toronto (Kensington-Chinatown), Ontario MLS® #29191934
Courtesy of SHERENE FARAH/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
1940 CRANBERRY PLACE
Valemount, British Columbia MLS® #29192088
Courtesy of Sherri Malone/Royal LePage Aspire Realty
1522 - 8960 JANE STREET
Vaughan (Vellore Village), Ontario MLS® #29192660
Courtesy of MARIA ISABEL MERA/RE/MAX EXPERTS
1357 Ellis Street Unit# 101
Kelowna, British Columbia MLS® #29193036
Courtesy of Kris McLaughlin/RE/MAX Kelowna
801 BOWERCREST CRESCENT N
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29193175
Courtesy of Philip Cote/ROYAL LEPAGE TEAM REALTY
703 - 17 BATHURST STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29191357
Courtesy of JOEY ZHOU/PROMPTON REAL ESTATE SERVICES CORP.
211 Sharma LANE
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #29191376
Courtesy of Jordan Boyes/Boyes Group Realty Inc.
706 - 1285 DUPONT STREET
Toronto (Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction), Ontario MLS® #29191383
Courtesy of ANASTASIA SPOZITO/REALOSOPHY REALTY INC.
8 DINGWALL Court
Brampton, Ontario MLS® #29191410
Courtesy of Preet Shah/KELLER WILLIAMS INNOVATION REALTY
283 KING Street E Unit# 306
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29191415
Courtesy of Michael St. Jean/Michael St. Jean Realty Inc.
11B MAPLE AVENUE N
Mississauga (Port Credit), Ontario MLS® #29191441
Courtesy of SAM ALLAN MCDADI/SAM MCDADI REAL ESTATE INC.
1ST FLOOR ROOM - 112 LELAND STREET
Hamilton (Ainslie Wood), Ontario MLS® #29191129
Courtesy of MICHAEL G. LI/LE SOLD REALTY BROKERAGE INC.
LPH08 - 55 ONEIDA CRESCENT
Richmond Hill (Langstaff), Ontario MLS® #29191155
Courtesy of KATRINA ZHENG/REAL ONE 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.
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Toronto Neighbourhood Guide
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