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.
180 FRONT Street E Unit# 1206
Toronto, Ontario MLS® #29430205
Courtesy of WEI ZHANG/SMART FROM HOME REALTY LIMITED
250 Silverado Plains Close SW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29430729
Courtesy of Michelle R. Bennett/eXp Realty
354 BLUCHER Boulevard
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29430541
Courtesy of Ramona Vejdani/Home and Property Real Estate Ltd.
112 KING Street E Unit# 408
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29431013
Courtesy of Soni Chachad/Keller Williams Edge Realty
1505 1550 Dresden Row
Halifax, Nova Scotia MLS® #29430976
Courtesy of Kirk Brown/Royal LePage Atlantic
189 COLLEGE AVENUE
London East (East B), Ontario MLS® #29430887
Courtesy of STEVE TANTON/CENTURY 21 FIRST CANADIAN CORP
1216 BRUCE ROAD 12
South Bruce, Ontario MLS® #29431094
Courtesy of MARLENE VOISIN/Coldwell Banker Peter Benninger Realty
2 - 397 SPRINGBANK AVENUE N
Woodstock (Woodstock - North), Ontario MLS® #29430503
Courtesy of Jennifer Webb/The Realty Firm Inc.
362 KIRKHAM DRIVE
Markham (Cedarwood), Ontario MLS® #29430623
Courtesy of DANIEL TANG/RE/MAX ATRIUM HOME REALTY
8252 Highway 1
Ardoise, Nova Scotia MLS® #29430604
Courtesy of Johnathon Benedict/Royal LePage Atlantic - Valley(Windsor)
867 DANFORTH AVENUE
Toronto (Danforth), Ontario MLS® #29430616
Courtesy of CHERYL LYNNE GRAFF/HARVEY KALLES REAL ESTATE LTD.
6489 KING WD SW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29430611
Courtesy of Tuba Pastutmaz/Homes & Gardens Real Estate Limited
2008 - 185 LEGION ROAD N
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #29430642
Courtesy of NABIH EL-HAGE/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
1951 GARFIELD AVENUE N
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29430596
Courtesy of Christine Hollands/INNOVATION REALTY LTD.
3199 WILLIAM ROSE WAY
Oakville (JM Joshua Meadows), Ontario MLS® #29430818
Courtesy of SHERRY FUNG/RE/MAX EXCEL REALTY LTD.
74 McMurchy AVENUE
Regina, Saskatchewan MLS® #29430589
Courtesy of Kelsey Smith/RE/MAX Crown Real Estate
1113 GREENOAKS DRIVE
Mississauga (Lorne Park), Ontario MLS® #29430337
Courtesy of RUBEN FURTADO/ROCK STAR REAL ESTATE INC.
108 BURGAR STREET
Welland (Welland Downtown), Ontario MLS® #29430724
Courtesy of ALAIN RABY/COLDWELL BANKER ADVANTAGE REAL ESTATE INC, BROKERAGE
5427 HIGHWAY 87 HIGHWAY
Minto, Ontario MLS® #29430692
Courtesy of SAM MCGILL/Royal LePage Heartland Realty
55 LONGWOOD DRIVE
Toronto (Banbury-Don Mills), Ontario MLS® #29430938
Courtesy of AUDREY AZAD/RE/MAX HALLMARK ESTATE GROUP REALTY LTD.
1013 - 20 RICHARDSON STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29430952
Courtesy of RAMIRO BRAGA/SUTTON GROUP OLD MILL REALTY INC.
1804 - 20 EDGECLIFF GOLFWAY
Toronto (Flemingdon Park), Ontario MLS® #29430957
Courtesy of SHERIF NATHOO/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
18 WINTER COURT
Whitby (Blue Grass Meadows), Ontario MLS® #29430969
Courtesy of SELVI JEYARAJA/RE/MAX COMMUNITY REALTY INC.
272 TOM TAYLOR CRESCENT
Newmarket (Summerhill Estates), Ontario MLS® #29430983
Courtesy of MARK FARIS/FARIS TEAM REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE
742 BEMAN DRIVE
Newmarket (Huron Heights-Leslie Valley), Ontario MLS® #29430988
Courtesy of JASON MANSINGH/RE/MAX PREMIER INC.
19 STEEL STREET
Barrie (Codrington), Ontario MLS® #29430995
Courtesy of MICHAEL PATRICK KEOGH/RE/MAX HALLMARK CHAY REALTY
1037 THE QUEENSWAY Unit# 1004
Toronto, Ontario MLS® #29431006
Courtesy of Gaurav Narula/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC. BROKERAGE-3
310 - 349 WHEAT BOOM DRIVE
Oakville (JM Joshua Meadows), Ontario MLS® #29431020
Courtesy of STEPHEN TRUONG/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
1045 EAST AVENUE
Mississauga (Lakeview), Ontario MLS® #29431032
Courtesy of SAMANTHA SHADZIK/CENTURY 21 HERITAGE GROUP LTD.
193 FAIRLANE CRESCENT
Vaughan (Vellore Village), Ontario MLS® #29430990
Courtesy of AMAN SINGH/RE/MAX EXPERTS
928 BLACKWOODS AVENUE
Innisfil (Alcona), Ontario MLS® #29430801
Courtesy of ANGELA MONTANO/COLDWELL BANKER THE REAL ESTATE CENTRE
3908 - 510 CURRAN PLACE
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29430813
Courtesy of FISHER YU/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
218 ARRIS CRESCENT
West Perth (Mitchell), Ontario MLS® #29430851
Courtesy of Janine Walsh/ROYAL LEPAGE WOLLE REALTY
17 ELSTREE ROAD
Toronto (Edenbridge-Humber Valley), Ontario MLS® #29430344
Courtesy of TRISH BUCHANAN/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
230 KING STREET S
New Tecumseth (Alliston), Ontario MLS® #29430464
Courtesy of TED TESSERIS/RE/MAX HALLMARK CHAY REALTY
212 - 2635 WILLIAM JACKSON DRIVE
Pickering (Duffin Heights), Ontario MLS® #29430971
Courtesy of MAHTA NOURBAKHSH/CENTURY 21 PERCY FULTON LTD.
1800 APPLEBY Line Unit# 8
Burlington, Ontario MLS® #29431044
Courtesy of Scott Overell/Martel Commercial Realty Inc.
45 RAINEY DRIVE
East Luther Grand Valley (Grand Valley), Ontario MLS® #29431051
Courtesy of DEZSO ILLYES/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
5387 TATTON STATION ROAD
108 Mile Ranch, British Columbia MLS® #29430166
Courtesy of David Jurek/RE/MAX 100
20 FARMFIELD CRESCENT
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29430717
Courtesy of Roseli Quarti/ROYAL LEPAGE INTEGRITY 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.
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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