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.
4807 44 Ave
Stony Plain, Alberta MLS® #29210474
Courtesy of Rohin Geis/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
1903 - 725 DON MILLS ROAD
Toronto (Flemingdon Park), Ontario MLS® #29880570
Courtesy of ALI KAROVALIA/NEWGEN REALTY EXPERTS
69 GILBANK DRIVE
Aurora (Aurora Heights), Ontario MLS® #29880582
Courtesy of VINCENT BONGARD/KELLER WILLIAMS REALTY CENTRES
238 LORMONT BOULEVARD
Hamilton (Stoney Creek Mountain), Ontario MLS® #29880594
Courtesy of SANG DHILLON/EXP REALTY
7110 - 388 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29880602
Courtesy of JENNY JIAN/MAPLE LIFE REALTY INC.
159 FRANK KELLY DRIVE
East Gwillimbury (Holland Landing), Ontario MLS® #29880619
Courtesy of MARGARET MIAO-DAI/RE/MAX CROSSROADS REALTY INC.
1505 - 160 FLEMINGTON ROAD
Toronto (Yorkdale-Glen Park), Ontario MLS® #29880626
Courtesy of LAURA COOPER/ROYAL LEPAGE ESTATE REALTY
3377 HARGROVE ROAD
Mississauga (Erin Mills), Ontario MLS® #29880633
Courtesy of JESSICA GENG/RE/MAX IMPERIAL REALTY INC.
704 - 363 COLBORNE STREET
London East (East K), Ontario MLS® #29880563
Courtesy of JOAN BUTLER/SUTTON GROUP PREFERRED REALTY INC.
901 - 51 TROLLEY CRESCENT
Toronto (Moss Park), Ontario MLS® #29880568
Courtesy of MAJA CURIC/HOUSESIGMA INC.
#205 9908 84 AV NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29880645
Courtesy of Lesa M. Patermann/MaxWell Challenge Realty
118 CANLISH ROAD
Toronto (Dorset Park), Ontario MLS® #29880912
Courtesy of JOACHIM NG/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
6 LLOYD COOK DRIVE E
Springwater (Snow Valley), Ontario MLS® #29881270
Courtesy of ALEX ELIEFF/CENTURY 21 B.J. ROTH REALTY LTD.
1018 - 399 ROYAL ORCHARD BOULEVARD
Markham (Royal Orchard), Ontario MLS® #29881256
Courtesy of RAMIN KHAZE/FOREST HILL REAL ESTATE INC.
4425 HIRAM STREET
Niagara Falls (Downtown), Ontario MLS® #29881439
Courtesy of Donna Park/ROYAL LEPAGE NRC REALTY
1012 - 308 JARVIS STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29881097
Courtesy of JESSIE LIANG/AVION REALTY INC.
11641 HIGHWAY 3
Wainfleet (Marshville/Winger), Ontario MLS® #29881193
Courtesy of Paul Marcov/RE/MAX GARDEN CITY REALTY INC, BROKERAGE
261 MACNAB Street
Dundas, Ontario MLS® #29881225
Courtesy of Melanie Cunningham/One Percent Realty Ltd.
201 - 11 BRUNEL COURT
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29881218
Courtesy of ALMAS KARA/CENTURY 21 LEADING EDGE REALTY INC.
309 GRAYS Road Unit# 2
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29881232
Courtesy of Arshad Hayat/Royal LePage Macro Realty
705 10 Avenue SE
High River, Alberta MLS® #29881237
Courtesy of Tricia Rakos/Century 21 Foothills Real Estate
32 GAINSBOROUGH ROAD
Bracebridge (Monck (Bracebridge)), Ontario MLS® #29881249
Courtesy of SUE BURKE/Royal LePage Lakes Of Muskoka Realty
201 SHADYWOOD CRESCENT
Huron-Kinloss, Ontario MLS® #29881251
Courtesy of JEN EDWARDS/Lake Range Realty Ltd.
9 ADAMS AVENUE
Springwater (Minesing), Ontario MLS® #29881275
Courtesy of PEGGY HILL/RE/MAX HALLMARK PEGGY HILL GROUP REALTY
540 CAVELL DRIVE
Mississauga (Cooksville), Ontario MLS® #29881294
Courtesy of NINO CASALE/ROYAL LEPAGE REALTY CENTRE
506 - 1878 GORDON STREET
Guelph (Pineridge/Westminster Woods), Ontario MLS® #29881321
Courtesy of SUMIT TAGGAR/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
19 BAPTIST CHURCH Road
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #29881376
Courtesy of Jessica Pimentel/Real Broker Ontario Ltd.
16-1000 D'ARCY STREET
Cobourg, Ontario MLS® #29881388
Courtesy of Tony Pulla/RE/MAX Rouge River Realty Ltd.
85 PIRATES COVE LANE
Prince Edward County (South Marysburg Ward), Ontario MLS® #29881390
Courtesy of Erin Lachance/LPT Realty
18 Sunset Way
St. Philips, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29881395
Courtesy of Brad Colbert/RE/MAX Realty Specialists
419 SECOND AVENUE N
South Bruce Peninsula, Ontario MLS® #29881078
Courtesy of BILL MCFARLANE/Sutton-Sound Realty
213 - 66 FOREST MANOR ROAD
Toronto (Henry Farm), Ontario MLS® #29881085
Courtesy of STEPHANIE CHIDIAC/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
49 KAWNEER TERRACE
Toronto (Dorset Park), Ontario MLS® #29881105
Courtesy of EVELYN HE/JDL REALTY INC.
13 Porter Street
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia MLS® #29881112
Courtesy of Tony White/Engel & Volkers (Yarmouth)
1707 - 1 UPTOWN DRIVE
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #29881117
Courtesy of PETER HAN/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
292 St Marys Bay Road
Gaspereaux, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29881129
Courtesy of David Corrigan/CENTURY 21 COLONIAL REALTY INC
19 Hiscocks Lane
Conception Bay South, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29881181
Courtesy of Allison Hull/Hanlon Realty
2711 - 68 SHUTER ST NE
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29881206
Courtesy of MICHAEL SOARES/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
46 - 60 ELMSDALE DRIVE
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29881326
Courtesy of JASON O'KEEFE/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
B - 624 STEWART STREET
Peterborough (Town Ward 3), Ontario MLS® #29881167
Courtesy of Gus Burneau/RE/MAX Jazz INC.
22899 HIGHWAY 7 HIGHWAY
Frontenac (Frontenac Centre), Ontario MLS® #29881186
Courtesy of Douglas Stuewe/ROYAL LEPAGE TEAM REALTY
565 STONE CHURCH Road E
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29881371
Courtesy of Stacey Adamson/Royal LePage Macro Realty
17 WOODWARD AVENUE
London North (North N), Ontario MLS® #29881403
Courtesy of CHRISTINE SIEMENS/THE REALTY FIRM 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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