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
1006 - 4978 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Lansing-Westgate), Ontario MLS® #29258018
Courtesy of KEVIN PRAKASH JAGDEO/PROPERTY.CA INC.
712 - 106 DOVERCOURT ROAD
Toronto (Trinity-Bellwoods), Ontario MLS® #29258020
Courtesy of ENZO BUONO/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
1405 - 438 KING STREET W
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29258025
Courtesy of RASHA GHANDOUR/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
708 - 127 BROADWAY AVENUE
Toronto (Mount Pleasant West), Ontario MLS® #29258044
Courtesy of JASON XUE/MEHOME REALTY (ONTARIO) INC.
216 - 251 MASONRY WAY
Mississauga (Port Credit), Ontario MLS® #29258063
Courtesy of DI ZHENG/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
606 - 1 CONCORD CITYPLACE WAY
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29258019
Courtesy of SKY QIU/RE/MAX IMPERIAL REALTY INC.
1007 - 115 DENISON AVENUE
Toronto (Kensington-Chinatown), Ontario MLS® #29258021
Courtesy of SUNNY ZHANG/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
35 MOSLEY STREET
Wasaga Beach, Ontario MLS® #29258014
Courtesy of JEREMY RUTTAN/RE/MAX By The Bay Brokerage
3911 - 50 CHARLES STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29258045
Courtesy of JACK SONG/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
47 WYCLIFFE CRESCENT
Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #29258022
Courtesy of AMIR-REZA BAGHER-ZADEH/PROMPTON REAL ESTATE SERVICES CORP.
134 - 201 ALEXMUIR BOULEVARD
Toronto (Agincourt North), Ontario MLS® #29258027
Courtesy of QING ZHANG/HOMELIFE GOLCONDA REALTY INC.
719 - 15 QUEENS QUAY E
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29258023
Courtesy of RICK TIAN/HOMELIFE GOLCONDA REALTY INC.
10 HARPER HILL DRIVE
Ajax (Northeast Ajax), Ontario MLS® #29258028
Courtesy of ASHFAQ AHMED MEMON/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
214 WILLIAM ROE BOULEVARD
Newmarket (Central Newmarket), Ontario MLS® #29258030
Courtesy of KEVIN HOU/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
6359 PLOWMANS HEATH
Mississauga (Meadowvale), Ontario MLS® #29258035
Courtesy of MELAD FAHED/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
32 JAMES WALKER AVENUE
Caledon (Caledon East), Ontario MLS® #29258061
Courtesy of JOE REA/ROYAL LEPAGE PREMIUM ONE REALTY
51 HARVEST MOON DRIVE
Caledon (Bolton West), Ontario MLS® #29258059
Courtesy of BORIS DIMOVSKI/BASK REALTY INC.
217 MARSSALIA CRESCENT
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29258042
Courtesy of Georges El-Gharib/U REALTY GROUP INC.
3214 BRADLEY CREEK ROAD
Forest Grove, British Columbia MLS® #29257765
Courtesy of Shay Mahoney/eXp Realty (100 Mile)
#419 396 Silverberry RD NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29258085
Courtesy of Ravi Mander/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
510 - 3 ROWNTREE ROAD
Toronto (Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown), Ontario MLS® #29258036
Courtesy of TANMEET KAUR/CENTURY 21 PROPERTY ZONE REALTY INC.
1903 - 474 CALDARI ROAD
Vaughan (Concord), Ontario MLS® #29258031
Courtesy of NASRIN YOUSIF/KINGSWAY REAL ESTATE
1402 - 168 KING ST EAST STREET
Toronto (Moss Park), Ontario MLS® #29258024
Courtesy of DONNIE ALOISI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
126 LAGEER DRIVE
Whitchurch-Stouffville (Stouffville), Ontario MLS® #29258029
Courtesy of MARK DU/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
#1110 - 1100 CAVEN STREET
Mississauga (Lakeview), Ontario MLS® #29258062
Courtesy of MINA DEMIR/ONE PERCENT REALTY LTD.
124 KINGSTON ROAD
Newmarket (Bristol-London), Ontario MLS® #29257969
Courtesy of AREZOU LINA TALEBI/ZOLO REALTY
61 BOSWORTH CRESCENT
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29257976
Courtesy of IGOR MILJANOVIC/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
153 WILSON Street W Unit# 307
Ancaster, Ontario MLS® #29256149
Courtesy of Sarit Zalter/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
90 ANN STREET
Hamilton (Dundas), Ontario MLS® #29256283
Courtesy of Bland Kaka/KELLER WILLIAMS COMPLETE REALTY
17 KRIEGHOFF Drive
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29256303
Courtesy of Josh Purdon/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
545 St. Andrews Point Road
Lower Montague, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29256327
Courtesy of Colin MacIsaac/PROVINCIAL REALTY
303 - 20 STEWART STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29256334
Courtesy of KYLIE SOLWAY/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
121 MARKHAM STREET
Toronto (Trinity-Bellwoods), Ontario MLS® #29256339
Courtesy of ADAM BRIND/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
48 WIMPOLE DRIVE
Toronto (St. Andrew-Windfields), Ontario MLS® #29256341
Courtesy of ZACK FENWICK/HARVEY KALLES REAL ESTATE LTD.
BSMT - 42 TOTTENHAM ROAD
Toronto (Banbury-Don Mills), Ontario MLS® #29256346
Courtesy of SOPHIA PUCCETTI/KELLER WILLIAMS REFERRED URBAN REALTY
14 Cardinal DRIVE
Dundurn Rm No. 314, Saskatchewan MLS® #29256358
Courtesy of Gagan (Gagandeep) Jagdey/Real Broker SK Ltd.
53309 A 65 Range RD
Rural Parkland County, Alberta MLS® #29256372
Courtesy of Michelle C. Zenon/RE/MAX Real Estate
10169 CONCESSION 3 ROAD
Uxbridge, Ontario MLS® #29256377
Courtesy of TAYLOR SUGAR/ROYAL LEPAGE RCR REALTY
BASEMENT - 69 TANGMERE CRESCENT
Markham (Milliken Mills East), Ontario MLS® #29256384
Courtesy of SHAN THAYAPARAN/RE/MAX COMMUNITY REALTY INC.
25 DEVONSHIRE DRIVE
Brampton (Southgate), Ontario MLS® #29258037
Courtesy of MARK PERSAUD/CENTURY 21 RED STAR 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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