73 SUPERIOR Street
Devon, Alberta MLS® #29441052
Courtesy of Erin Holowach/ComFree
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
S1205 - 120 BAYVIEW AVENUE
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29449511
Courtesy of LINDA ING-GILBERT/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
3302 - 30 GIBBS ROAD
Toronto (Islington-City Centre West), Ontario MLS® #29449523
Courtesy of Ena Kim/RETREND REALTY LTD
318 - 101 CHARLES STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29449509
Courtesy of NATHAN ZHOU/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
1002 - 7 CARLTON STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29449530
Courtesy of CHRISTALYN ARULNANGAI SANGARY/RE/MAX METROPOLIS REALTY
28 TIVOLI COURT
Toronto (Guildwood), Ontario MLS® #29449535
Courtesy of ROSS MACDONALD/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
1705 - 41 MARKBROOK LANE
Toronto (Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown), Ontario MLS® #29449542
Courtesy of MORRES CHELEBI/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
3 OLD ENGLISH LANE
Markham (Bayview Glen), Ontario MLS® #29449517
Courtesy of MANDY GAO/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
290 DUNDAS STREET
Woodstock (Woodstock - North), Ontario MLS® #29449524
Courtesy of SUKH CHATHA/COLDWELL BANKER SUN REALTY
15 TALAVERA CRESCENT
London East (East I), Ontario MLS® #29449497
Courtesy of LINDSAY REID/ROYAL LEPAGE TRILAND REALTY
2545 MARKET STREET
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29449500
Courtesy of Yanick Dagenais/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY GROUP
2506 - 33 ISABELLA STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29449531
Courtesy of TODOR YORDANOV/CITY REALTY POINT
2416 - 33 ISABELLA STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29449529
Courtesy of TODOR YORDANOV/CITY REALTY POINT
169 WESMINA AVENUE
Whitchurch-Stouffville (Stouffville), Ontario MLS® #29449536
Courtesy of PAR SINGH SIDHU/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
8 BURNELM DRIVE
Toronto (Islington-City Centre West), Ontario MLS® #29449548
Courtesy of DONNIE ALOISI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
614 ROSELAWN AVENUE
Oshawa (Northwood), Ontario MLS® #29449513
Courtesy of MARK MASRI/ROYAL HERITAGE REALTY LTD.
5 HOMEWOOD AVENUE
St. Catharines (Facer), Ontario MLS® #29449501
Courtesy of Makenna Mallett/RE/MAX NIAGARA REALTY LTD, BROKERAGE
8 CASTLEWOOD COURT
Caledon, Ontario MLS® #29449544
Courtesy of KAITLAN KLEIN/CENTURY 21 MILLENNIUM INC.
710 - 2220 LAKE SHORE BOULEVARD W
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #29449549
Courtesy of JOE TU/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
108 MILES FARM ROAD
Markham (Middlefield), Ontario MLS® #29449514
Courtesy of LAYLEE XU/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
506 MAPLE AVENUE
Oakville (OO Old Oakville), Ontario MLS® #29449521
Courtesy of LIN WANG/ROYAL LEPAGE GOLDEN RIDGE REALTY
2131 DEER PARK ROAD
Oakville (WT West Oak Trails), Ontario MLS® #29449519
Courtesy of DAVID YIN/MASTER'S TRUST REALTY INC.
4602 - 50 CHARLES STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29449507
Courtesy of GEORGE JIN WANG/SMART SOLD REALTY
11 GREENLAW PLACE
St. Catharines (Downtown), Ontario MLS® #29449502
Courtesy of Jon Wellington/COLDWELL BANKER MOMENTUM REALTY, BROKERAGE
1707 - 181 DUNDAS STREET E
Toronto (Moss Park), Ontario MLS® #29449533
Courtesy of RICK TIAN/HOMELIFE GOLCONDA REALTY INC.
3419 DOVETAIL MEWS
Mississauga (Erin Mills), Ontario MLS® #29449545
Courtesy of Zabina Meru/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
106 PENNYROYAL CRESCENT
Brampton (Bramalea North Industrial), Ontario MLS® #29449540
Courtesy of PAR SINGH SIDHU/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
55 BURTON HOWARD DRIVE
Aurora, Ontario MLS® #29449538
Courtesy of VINCENT JIANG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
2412 - 33 ISABELLA STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29449510
Courtesy of TODOR YORDANOV/CITY REALTY POINT
14 CHARLESWORTH LANE
Toronto (Rosedale-Moore Park), Ontario MLS® #29449508
Courtesy of SERGUEI ENDINIAN/CHESTNUT PARK REAL ESTATE LIMITED
63 - 2080 LEANNE BOULEVARD
Mississauga (Sheridan), Ontario MLS® #29449522
Courtesy of MATTHEW GABRAIEL/Royal Lepage Real Estate Associates
17 MONACO CRESCENT
Richmond Hill (Rouge Woods), Ontario MLS® #29449515
Courtesy of LISA SHE/CENTURY 21 LANDUNION REALTY INC.
514 - 33 ISABELLA STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29449534
Courtesy of TODOR YORDANOV/CITY REALTY POINT
2005 - 2212 LAKE SHORE BOULEVARD W
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #29449546
Courtesy of JOHNSON ZHANG/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
616 - 859 THE QUEENSWAY
Toronto (Stonegate-Queensway), Ontario MLS® #29449541
Courtesy of STEPHANIE EASTON/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
2907 - 1928 LAKE SHORE BOULEVARD W
Toronto (High Park-Swansea), Ontario MLS® #29449460
Courtesy of SHERVIN ZEINALIAN/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
514 JERSEYVILLE ROAD W
Hamilton (Ancaster), Ontario MLS® #29449472
Courtesy of KERRY ANNE HALL/RE/MAX ABOUTOWNE REALTY CORP.
BASEMENT - 455 CLARKSON GATE
Milton (FO Ford), Ontario MLS® #29449458
Courtesy of CINDY ZHANG/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
19 MERMOT LANE
Richmond Hill (Headford Business Park), Ontario MLS® #29449439
Courtesy of JIMMY CHUNG/REALTY ASSOCIATES INC.
102 BOTANY HILL ROAD
Toronto (Morningside), Ontario MLS® #29444150
Courtesy of STEVE KABBABEH/CENTURY 21 LEADING EDGE REALTY INC.
208 MCGUIRE BEACH ROAD
Kawartha Lakes (Carden), Ontario MLS® #29444174
Courtesy of WENDY COLLINS/RIGHT AT HOME 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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