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.
400 5556 50 Avenue
St. Paul Town, Alberta MLS® #29199362
Courtesy of Tyler J. Poirier/Century 21 Poirier Real Estate
28 Milton Road
Paradise, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29244531
Courtesy of DEBBIE BUDDEN/Keller Williams Platinum Realty
200 7 St. Anne Street
St. Albert, Alberta MLS® #29308248
Courtesy of Guy C. Hebert/Bermont Realty (1983) Ltd
205 7 St. Anne Street
St. Albert, Alberta MLS® #29308246
Courtesy of Guy C. Hebert/Bermont Realty (1983) Ltd
321 7 St. Anne Street
St. Albert, Alberta MLS® #29308247
Courtesy of Guy C. Hebert/Bermont Realty (1983) Ltd
905 - 15 ELIZABETH STREET N
Mississauga (Port Credit), Ontario MLS® #29309993
Courtesy of DAVIN MCMAHON/REALOSOPHY REALTY INC.
104 TAYLORWOOD AVENUE
Caledon (Bolton North), Ontario MLS® #29309998
Courtesy of FRANK VELLA/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
LOWER - 59 ELKWOOD COURT
Hamilton (Rolston), Ontario MLS® #29310008
Courtesy of SHAWN LOPES/CRESCENT REAL ESTATE INC.
2700 PRISCILLA STREET
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29309967
Courtesy of Maryam Jan Mohammadi/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
632 - 460 ADELAIDE STREET E
Toronto (Moss Park), Ontario MLS® #29309981
Courtesy of CYRIL DIJI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
158 HARVEST HILLS BOULEVARD
East Gwillimbury, Ontario MLS® #29309986
Courtesy of JANNIE LAM/RE/MAX CROSSROADS REALTY INC.
112 RIVERDALE DRIVE
St. Catharines (Old Glenridge), Ontario MLS® #29309968
Courtesy of Jordan Clark/RE/MAX GARDEN CITY REALTY INC, BROKERAGE
1507 - 27 MCMAHON DRIVE
Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #29309975
Courtesy of RICKLE HUANG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK RH REALTY
34 - 6625 FALCONER DRIVE
Mississauga (Streetsville), Ontario MLS® #29309994
Courtesy of ANITA CHOW/EXP REALTY
2432 HILDA DRIVE
Oakville (JC Joshua Creek), Ontario MLS® #29309999
Courtesy of MINA DEMIR/ONE PERCENT REALTY LTD.
492 WISMER Street
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #29309957
Courtesy of Austin Ye/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC
3215 - 3 CONCORD CITYPLACE WAY
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29309971
Courtesy of CANDY XIE/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
4 JEANETTE DRIVE
St. Catharines (Vine/Linwell), Ontario MLS® #29309969
Courtesy of Jordan Clark/RE/MAX GARDEN CITY REALTY INC, BROKERAGE
4203 - 38 WIDMER STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29309976
Courtesy of SERENA WU/RE/MAX EXCEL REALTY LTD.
3040 MERRICK ROAD
Oakville (JM Joshua Meadows), Ontario MLS® #29309995
Courtesy of HELEN XU/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
35 - 3030 BREAKWATER COURT
Mississauga (Cooksville), Ontario MLS® #29310000
Courtesy of YIRONG XU/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
230 - 701 SHEPPARD AVENUE W
Toronto (Clanton Park), Ontario MLS® #29309977
Courtesy of ARI ESMAIL/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
23 SCHOONER DRIVE
Brampton (Fletcher's Meadow), Ontario MLS® #29309996
Courtesy of KIRAN RANDHAWA/RE/MAX GOLD REALTY INC.
3001 - 38 ELM STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29309972
Courtesy of JACK J. WANG/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
3044 - 19 WALCOTT CRESCENT
Brampton (Northwest Brampton), Ontario MLS® #29309997
Courtesy of SANDEEP BATRA/SAVE MAX REAL ESTATE INC.
12487 NIAGARA RIVER Parkway
Niagara Falls, Ontario MLS® #29309959
Courtesy of Jackie Corcoran/eXp Realty
1002 - 50 MCCAUL STREET
Toronto (Kensington-Chinatown), Ontario MLS® #29309978
Courtesy of ZHENYU GU/MASTER'S TRUST REALTY INC.
12487 NIAGARA PARKWAY
Niagara Falls (Lyons Creek), Ontario MLS® #29310007
Courtesy of TRACY VAN LEEMPUT/EXP REALTY
492 WISMER STREET
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #29310002
Courtesy of AUSTIN YE/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
2823 18th STREET W
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #29309950
Courtesy of Ryan Hunchak/Royal LePage Saskatoon Real Estate
668 Aquitania Boulevard W
Lethbridge, Alberta MLS® #29309929
Courtesy of Felina Elizabeth Squires/Onyx Realty Ltd.
495 HIGHWAY NO. 8 Unit# 510
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29308933
Courtesy of Sarah Kiani/Keller Williams Edge Realty
19 EAST 17TH Street
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29308938
Courtesy of Ava Kiilaspea/Coldwell Banker Community Professionals
13 WINDWARD Drive Unit# 205
Grimsby, Ontario MLS® #29308940
Courtesy of Alyssa DeSantis/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
408, 501 River Heights Drive
Cochrane, Alberta MLS® #29308945
Courtesy of Lisa Johnson/RE/MAX House of Real Estate
444 WILLIAM STREET
Midland, Ontario MLS® #29308952
Courtesy of JESSICA LAJNER/MANOR HILL REALTY INC.
413 - 3660 HURONTARIO STREET
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29308957
Courtesy of FRANCIS D'ATRI-GUIRAN/ADVISORS REALTY
408 GRAVEL RIDGE TRAIL
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29308964
Courtesy of TRANG TRIZZY/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
26 CAMPBELL CRESCENT
Prince Edward County (Picton Ward), Ontario MLS® #29308976
Courtesy of Sandra Smith/ROYAL HERITAGE REALTY LTD.
427 - 1720 BAYVIEW AVENUE
Toronto (Mount Pleasant East), Ontario MLS® #29308983
Courtesy of MICHAEL CHEN/RE/MAX ATRIUM HOME REALTY
525 - 7 GOLDEN LION HEIGHTS
Toronto (Newtonbrook East), Ontario MLS® #29308988
Courtesy of ALI BAHRAMIKIA/CENTURY 21 ATRIA REALTY INC.
19 WISTERIA ROAD
Toronto (Wexford-Maryvale), Ontario MLS® #29308995
Courtesy of EDWARD MCKENNA/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE 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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