3303 70 Avenue
Leduc, Alberta MLS® #29465687
Courtesy of Michelle A. Plach/HonestDoor Inc
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
24518 MCCOWAN ROAD
Georgina (Belhaven), Ontario MLS® #29536008
Courtesy of ANGELA CRISTINI/RE/MAX HALLMARK CHAY REALTY
514 - 9245 JANE STREET
Vaughan (Maple), Ontario MLS® #29536010
Courtesy of FAY TSATSKINA/HOMELIFE FRONTIER REALTY INC.
912 - 270 DUFFERIN STREET
Toronto (South Parkdale), Ontario MLS® #29536015
Courtesy of MAGGIE TIAN/TIMES SQUARE REAL ESTATE SERVICES INC.
198 MUNROE STREET
West Elgin (West Lorne), Ontario MLS® #29535997
Courtesy of MEGAN SLAATS/LPT REALTY
161 FIFTH Avenue
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29535942
Courtesy of Goran Gligorovic/CENTURY 21 GREEN REALTY INC
7382 HIGHWAY 6
Northern Bruce Peninsula, Ontario MLS® #29536022
Courtesy of ASHLEY JACKSON/RE/MAX Grey Bruce Realty Inc.
179 MAIN STREET
North Middlesex (Ailsa Craig), Ontario MLS® #29536027
Courtesy of ROBIN TILLER/COLDWELL BANKER STAR REAL ESTATE
1508 - 3131 BRIDLETOWNE CIRCLE
Toronto (L'Amoreaux), Ontario MLS® #29536004
Courtesy of STEVE HOU/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
3860 BLOOMINGTON CRESCENT
Mississauga (Churchill Meadows), Ontario MLS® #29536016
Courtesy of JANE ZHANG/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
LOWER - 168 WAINSCOT AVENUE
Newmarket (Woodland Hill), Ontario MLS® #29536009
Courtesy of HIRBOD CHEHRAZI/REAL ESTATE HOMEWARD
LOT 4 HUNT ROAD
100 Mile House, British Columbia MLS® #29535657
Courtesy of Clee Grahn/eXp Realty (100 Mile)
84 WILLIAM SAVILLE STREET
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #29536030
Courtesy of Kimberly Jin/LPT REALTY
76 DONALD BUTTRESS BOULEVARD W
Markham (Cathedraltown), Ontario MLS® #29536035
Courtesy of LAWRENCE LAU/TRUSTWELL REALTY INC.
435 - 8250 COUNTY ROAD 17 ROAD
Clarence-Rockland, Ontario MLS® #29536028
Courtesy of Carole Wilson/ROYAL LEPAGE PERFORMANCE REALTY
52 MEADOWRIDGE Street
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29535943
Courtesy of SATOMI FUMITSUKI/SMART FROM HOME REALTY LIMITED
7382 HIGHWAY 6 HIGHWAY
Northern Bruce Peninsula, Ontario MLS® #29536023
Courtesy of ASHLEY JACKSON/RE/MAX Grey Bruce Realty Inc.
2 - 233 GREENWOOD AVENUE
Toronto (Greenwood-Coxwell), Ontario MLS® #29536000
Courtesy of DASHA SMIRNOVA/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
37 BRANTFORD DRIVE
Toronto (L'Amoreaux), Ontario MLS® #29536005
Courtesy of ANNA DIMITRA GEORGOUSSIS/RE/MAX ULTIMATE REALTY INC.
563 MULOCK COURT
Newmarket (Gorham-College Manor), Ontario MLS® #29536012
Courtesy of PAUL HELPS/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
99 - 6399 SPINNAKER CIRCLE
Mississauga (Meadowvale Village), Ontario MLS® #29536017
Courtesy of KEN QI/HIGHLAND REALTY
UPPER UNIT - 10 BEECH STREET
St. Catharines (Downtown), Ontario MLS® #29536029
Courtesy of Angela Gervasio/ROYAL LEPAGE NRC REALTY
512 TERRINGTON Crescent
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29535944
Courtesy of SATOMI FUMITSUKI/SMART FROM HOME REALTY LIMITED
110 MAPLE GOLF CRESCENT
Northern Bruce Peninsula, Ontario MLS® #29536024
Courtesy of ASHLEY JACKSON/RE/MAX Grey Bruce Realty Inc.
T7 560 SODA CREEK ROAD
Williams Lake, British Columbia MLS® #29536048
Courtesy of Erin Stangoe/RE/MAX Williams Lake Realty
43 S BALSAM Avenue S
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29536050
Courtesy of George Palios/Real Broker Ontario Ltd.
729 WEST 5TH STREET
Hamilton (Fessenden), Ontario MLS® #29536044
Courtesy of MELODIA BENEDICTO/CENTURY 21 GREEN REALTY INC.
49 - 7250 KEELE STREET
Vaughan (Concord), Ontario MLS® #29536032
Courtesy of LYNDA ZHOU/ANJIA REALTY
88 COLONEL DANFORTH TRAIL
Toronto (Centennial Scarborough), Ontario MLS® #29536001
Courtesy of JOHN C. KENNEDY/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
194 SOUTH CHANNEL DRIVE
Georgina (Keswick North), Ontario MLS® #29536013
Courtesy of Kimberly Jin/LPT REALTY
2512 - 125 REDPATH AVENUE
Toronto (Mount Pleasant West), Ontario MLS® #29536025
Courtesy of AMY LAM/Avenue Group Realty Brokerage Inc.
MAIN - 168 WAINSCOT AVENUE
Newmarket (Woodland Hill), Ontario MLS® #29536007
Courtesy of HIRBOD CHEHRAZI/REAL ESTATE HOMEWARD
808 - 255 VILLAGE GREEN SQUARE
Toronto (Agincourt South-Malvern West), Ontario MLS® #29536002
Courtesy of JEFFREY SUN/RE/MAX REALTRON JIM MO REALTY
5125 VETERE STREET
Mississauga (Churchill Meadows), Ontario MLS® #29536038
Courtesy of SALMAN ALAM/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY, BROKERAGE
438 - 22 SOUTHPORT STREET
Toronto (High Park-Swansea), Ontario MLS® #29536040
Courtesy of VIK GULATI/HOUSESIGMA INC.
707 CLIFFORD PERRY PLACE
Newmarket (Woodland Hill), Ontario MLS® #29536033
Courtesy of KEVIN LIU/UNION CAPITAL REALTY
113 SOUTHWOOD DRIVE
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29536045
Courtesy of VIKTOR VERBITSKY/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
LOWER - 10 GOLFWOOD HEIGHTS
Toronto (Kingsview Village-The Westway), Ontario MLS® #29535959
Courtesy of SHAN YOUSAF CHEEMA/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
1228 PEELAR CRESCENT
Innisfil (Lefroy), Ontario MLS® #29535954
Courtesy of VIGNES SINNADURAI/RE/MAX COMMUNITY REALTY INC.
13 - 660 COLBORNE STREET W
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #29535961
Courtesy of TAREK EL-MASRY/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
#206 - 140 BATHURST STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29531010
Courtesy of PETER L.M. SO/HOMELIFE LANDMARK 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.
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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