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.
3303 70 Avenue, Leduc, AB
Leduc, Alberta MLS® #29465687
Courtesy of Michelle A. Plach/HonestDoor Inc
PRO LIQUOR STORE
Vegreville, Alberta MLS® #30006458
Courtesy of Kuljeet Dhaliwal/Royal Lepage Arteam Realty
Lot Dentremont Road
Meteghan Station, Nova Scotia MLS® #30034363
Courtesy of Mathieu Theriault/EXP Realty of Canada Inc.
4 VISTA DRIVE
Pelham (Fonthill), Ontario MLS® #30034452
Courtesy of Jamie Szeibert/RE/MAX NIAGARA REALTY LTD, BROKERAGE
10005 Highway 201
South Farmington, Nova Scotia MLS® #30034813
Courtesy of Colin Crowell/RE/MAX Banner Real Estate(Greenwood)
3 119 McKendry AVENUE W
Melfort, Saskatchewan MLS® #30034899
Courtesy of Robyn Luthi/Prairie Skies Realty
92 - 495856 10TH LINE
East Zorra-Tavistock (Braemar), Ontario MLS® #30034731
Courtesy of Tovah Hommes/Gale Group Realty Brokerage Ltd
33 Foundry Street
Glace Bay, Nova Scotia MLS® #30034952
Courtesy of Johannes Dombrowski/iLand Realty Inc.
1503, 225 11 Avenue SE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #30035032
Courtesy of Craig Rushton/Century 21 Bamber Realty LTD.
1201 - 320 MILL STREET S
Brampton (Brampton South), Ontario MLS® #30035169
Courtesy of HARRY K.P. KANDHAI/CENTURY 21 LEGACY LTD.
2503 - 2230 LAKE SHORE BOULEVARD W
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #30035171
Courtesy of SUNIL SAINI/CENTURY 21 LEGACY LTD.
510 City View Drive
Mermaid, Prince Edward Island MLS® #30035183
Courtesy of Leigh Jenkins/CENTURY 21 COLONIAL REALTY INC
33 RUSKVIEW ROAD
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30035203
Courtesy of SANDRA MILOVANOVIC/ROCK STAR REAL ESTATE INC.
484 Spring Avenue
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia MLS® #30034914
Courtesy of Hayley Thomas/Royal LePage Atlantic
4510 - 108 PETER STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30035342
Courtesy of AMY LIU/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
406 - 1 WELLINGTON STREET
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #30035520
Courtesy of ALKESH PATEL/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
#4 320 Spruce Ridge RD
Spruce Grove, Alberta MLS® #30035652
Courtesy of Viktoriya V. Finkbeiner/Century 21 Leading
71 WILDWOOD ROAD
St. Catharines (Port Weller), Ontario MLS® #30035241
Courtesy of Amy Layton/ROYAL LEPAGE NRC REALTY
155 WESTCOTT STREET
Peterborough (Town Ward 3), Ontario MLS® #30035563
Courtesy of Mitchell Cleary/Century 21 United Realty Inc.
3 - 4120 STEELES AVENUE
Vaughan (Steeles West Industrial), Ontario MLS® #30035664
Courtesy of EUGENIO (GINO) BRUNO/RE/MAX PREMIER INC.
48 COURTLAND STREET
Orillia, Ontario MLS® #30035676
Courtesy of Anastasia Langiano/ROYAL LEPAGE QUEST
4 FERN STREET
Brampton (Brampton South), Ontario MLS® #30035683
Courtesy of NINA ASUSA/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
902 - 3100 KEELE STREET S
Toronto (Downsview-Roding-CFB), Ontario MLS® #30035688
Courtesy of BHAJI BATRA/HOMELIFE/CHAMPIONS REALTY INC.
BASEMENT - 866 MCNAIR CIRCLE
Milton (BE Beaty), Ontario MLS® #30035690
Courtesy of RITA SINGH/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
109 - 4950 WINSTON CHURCHILL BOULEVARD
Mississauga (Churchill Meadows), Ontario MLS® #30035695
Courtesy of RON PAGCALIWAGAN/SKYBOUND REALTY
5262 KITCHENER STREET
Niagara Falls (Clifton Hill), Ontario MLS® #30035715
Courtesy of ZHENPO XU/REAL HOME CANADA REALTY INC.
15 E. Cantin Lane (D'Amour Lake)
D'Amour Lake, Saskatchewan MLS® #30035727
Courtesy of Mike Yerhoff/Realty Executives Saskatoon
20A - 180 STEELES AVENUE
Vaughan (Crestwood-Springfarm-Yorkhill), Ontario MLS® #30035138
Courtesy of NAV DHALIWAL/HOMELIFE SILVERCITY REALTY INC.
A B 84-86 Williams Lake Road
Armdale, Nova Scotia MLS® #30035070
Courtesy of Mark Lummis/Sutton Group Professional Realty
77 WESMINA AVENUE
Whitchurch-Stouffville (Stouffville), Ontario MLS® #30034522
Courtesy of ELVA YIN TSING LEE/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
98 Ocean Front Drive
Gulf Shore, Nova Scotia MLS® #30035068
Courtesy of Danielle Johnson/Keller Williams Select Realty (Truro)
7400 Cottage Way
Lake Cowichan, British Columbia MLS® #30035114
Courtesy of Jason Anson/eXp Realty (NA)
50 ACTIVE ROAD
Markham (Commerce Valley), Ontario MLS® #30035140
Courtesy of DANIEL TANG/RE/MAX ATRIUM HOME REALTY
17 SLEEPY HOLLOW LANE
Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario MLS® #30035145
Courtesy of THALIA ISMINI KIRIOPOULOS/KELLER WILLIAMS REFERRED URBAN REALTY
UPPER - 231 ELIZABETH STREET S
Brampton (Brampton South), Ontario MLS® #30035176
Courtesy of RAMANDEEP SINGH JATANA/COLDWELL BANKER DREAM CITY REALTY
702 3rd AVENUE W
Melville, Saskatchewan MLS® #30035210
Courtesy of Anna Liu/RE/MAX Crown Real Estate
2212 BATTERSEA ROAD
Kingston (City North of 401), Ontario MLS® #30035501
Courtesy of LESLIE HACAULT/SUTTON GROUP-MASTERS REALTY INC., BROKERAGE
6207 KIRKLAND DRIVE
Niagara Falls (West Wood), Ontario MLS® #30035518
Courtesy of ANDREW BRUCE ROBERTSON/KELLER WILLIAMS COMPLETE REALTY
21 - 254 GOSLING GARDENS
Guelph (Clairfields/Hanlon Business Park), Ontario MLS® #30034849
Courtesy of MAT SCOTT/Coldwell Banker Neumann Real Estate
321 HARTSON ROAD
London North (North O), Ontario MLS® #30035049
Courtesy of JEFF GARD/ROYAL LEPAGE TRILAND REALTY
43 - 11 HARRISFORD STREET
Hamilton (Red Hill), Ontario MLS® #30035525
Courtesy of USAMA AMIN/ROYAL LEPAGE CERTIFIED REALTY
529 Stewart Street
Rural Grande Prairie No. 1, County of, Alberta MLS® #30035753
Courtesy of Jason Meashaw/Sutton Group Grande Prairie Professionals
87 ST PAUL AVENUE
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #30035998
Courtesy of ERIC FARRACE/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
4203 Green Apple DRIVE E
Regina, Saskatchewan MLS® #30036004
Courtesy of Peter Fourlas/Coldwell Banker Local Realty
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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