Cabbagetown

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Featured Cabbagetown Listings

Cabbagetown is home to many artists, musicians, journalists, writers, lawyers, management consultants, and many other professionals.


MLS® listing #29142401 for sale located at 3207 - 77 HARBOUR SQUARE

$4,100

2 beds 2 baths 1000 sqft

3207 - 77 HARBOUR SQUARE

Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29142401

Courtesy of MEERA GUPTA/PINE REAL ESTATE

MLS® listing #29142381 for sale located at 209 2390 City Gate Blvd

$527,400

2 beds 2 baths 949 sqft

209 2390 City Gate Blvd

Langford, British Columbia MLS® #29142381

Courtesy of David Silletta/RE/MAX Camosun

MLS® listing #29142393 for sale located at 4422 HURON Street Unit# 503

$1,795

1 beds 1 baths 905 sqft

4422 HURON Street Unit# 503

Niagara Falls, Ontario MLS® #29142393

Courtesy of Jackie Corcoran/eXp Realty

MLS® listing #29142413 for sale located at 138 Lehrer CLOSE

$549,900

3 beds 3 baths 1663 sqft

138 Lehrer CLOSE

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #29142413

Courtesy of Jordan Boyes/Boyes Group Realty Inc.

MLS® listing #29142406 for sale located at 805 - 6 GREENBRIAR ROAD

$2,280

2 beds 1 baths 600 sqft

805 - 6 GREENBRIAR ROAD

Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #29142406

Courtesy of SUSANNA WU/CENTURY 21 LANDUNION REALTY INC.

MLS® listing #29141857 for sale located at 79 NIAGARA STREET

$4,600

3 beds 1 baths 1100 sqft

79 NIAGARA STREET

Toronto (Niagara), Ontario MLS® #29141857

Courtesy of SABINE MARIE STEVENS/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY

MLS® listing #29141946 for sale located at 8540 89 ST NW

$650,000

4 beds 4 baths 1823 sqft

8540 89 ST NW

Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29141946

Courtesy of Taylor J. Hack/RE/MAX River City

MLS® listing #29142305 for sale located at 14 DRUMSO STREET

$589,900

3 beds 2 baths 1100 sqft

14 DRUMSO STREET

Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29142305

Courtesy of Eric Manherz/EXP REALTY

MLS® listing #29141561 for sale located at 20448 56 AV NW

$567,900

5 beds 4 baths 1888 sqft

20448 56 AV NW

Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29141561

Courtesy of Byron J. Marlin/MORE Real Estate

MLS® listing #29141535 for sale located at 11 GENEVA COURT

$465,000

2 beds 2 baths 1100 sqft

11 GENEVA COURT

Georgina (Sutton & Jackson's Point), Ontario MLS® #29141535

Courtesy of JENNIFER JONES/EXP REALTY

MLS® listing #29141580 for sale located at 9 ORMEROD LANE

$2,650

2 beds 2 baths 1000 sqft

9 ORMEROD LANE

Richmond Hill (Devonsleigh), Ontario MLS® #29141580

Courtesy of DAVID QI/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.

MLS® listing #29141566 for sale located at 6514 - 388 YONGE STREET

$4,200

2 beds 2 baths 1000 sqft

6514 - 388 YONGE STREET

Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29141566

Courtesy of LI LIU/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.

MLS® listing #29141592 for sale located at BSMT - 94 EARLSCOURT AVENUE

$2,000

1 beds 1 baths

BSMT - 94 EARLSCOURT AVENUE

Toronto (Corso Italia-Davenport), Ontario MLS® #29141592

Courtesy of KATHERINE DAVIS BENNETT/ROYAL LEPAGE TERREQUITY REALTY

MLS® listing #29141578 for sale located at 940 ST DAVID Street N Unit# 104

$2,200

2 beds 2 baths 1200 sqft

940 ST DAVID Street N Unit# 104

Fergus, Ontario MLS® #29141578

Courtesy of Brittany Quay/Revel Realty Inc.

MLS® listing #29141706 for sale located at 82 ELGIN Street S Unit# 15

$1,645

1 beds 1 baths 578 sqft

82 ELGIN Street S Unit# 15

Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #29141706

Courtesy of SANDEV SOOMAL/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC., BROKERAGE

MLS® listing #29141720 for sale located at 82 ELGIN Street S Unit# 3

$2,095

3 beds 1 baths 1044 sqft

82 ELGIN Street S Unit# 3

Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #29141720

Courtesy of SANDEV SOOMAL/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC., BROKERAGE

MLS® listing #29141725 for sale located at 14 King Street

$149,900

3 beds 1 baths 950 sqft

14 King Street

Grand Falls - Windsor, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29141725

Courtesy of JUSTIN COX/Keller Williams Platinum Realty - Grand Falls

MLS® listing #29141612 for sale located at 2073 SWANFIELD STREET

$559,900

4 beds 3 baths 1100 sqft

2073 SWANFIELD STREET

Kingston (East Gardiners Rd), Ontario MLS® #29141612

Courtesy of JASON CLARKE/LPT REALTY, BROKERAGE

MLS® listing #29141624 for sale located at 411 Robie Street

$399,900

3 beds 1 baths 1972 sqft

411 Robie Street

Truro, Nova Scotia MLS® #29141624

Courtesy of Ashley Nauss/Exit Real Estate Professionals

MLS® listing #29141821 for sale located at 230 Sagewood Grove SW

$635,000

4 beds 4 baths 1430 sqft

230 Sagewood Grove SW

Airdrie, Alberta MLS® #29141821

Courtesy of Justin Havre/eXp Realty

MLS® listing #29141713 for sale located at 79 CONCESSION 3

$1,875,000

4 beds 4 baths 2250 sqft

79 CONCESSION 3

Wilsonville, Ontario MLS® #29141713

Courtesy of Don Lea/Royal LePage Action Realty

MLS® listing #29142007 for sale located at 131 THUNDERBIRD Drive

$719,900

3 beds 2 baths 1880 sqft

131 THUNDERBIRD Drive

Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #29142007

Courtesy of TINA LEWIS/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.

MLS® listing #29141977 for sale located at 33 HARROP AVENUE

$1,099,900

4 beds 4 baths 2000 sqft

33 HARROP AVENUE

Halton Hills (Georgetown), Ontario MLS® #29141977

Courtesy of ERIKA BIRD/ROYAL LEPAGE MEADOWTOWNE REALTY

MLS® listing #29142021 for sale located at 63 RIVER RIDGE Road

$799,900

3 beds 3 baths 2661 sqft

63 RIVER RIDGE Road

Barrie, Ontario MLS® #29142021

Courtesy of Peggy Hill/RE/MAX Hallmark Peggy Hill Group Realty Brokerage

MLS® listing #29142019 for sale located at 120 DUDHOPE Avenue Unit# 24

$549,900

2 beds 3 baths 2097 sqft

120 DUDHOPE Avenue Unit# 24

Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #29142019

Courtesy of Courtney Dorion/Revel Realty Inc

MLS® listing #29142026 for sale located at 18 Parkland Acres

$124,900

2 beds 1 baths 945 sqft

18 Parkland Acres

Lacombe, Alberta MLS® #29142026

Courtesy of Maddison Bellamy/Royal LePage Network Realty Corp.

MLS® listing #29141794 for sale located at 5526 MEADOWCREST AVENUE

$899,999

3 beds 3 baths 1500 sqft

5526 MEADOWCREST AVENUE

Mississauga (Churchill Meadows), Ontario MLS® #29141794

Courtesy of DANNY ABBALLE/ROYAL LEPAGE YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY

MLS® listing #29141960 for sale located at 2579 ISLINGTON AVENUE

$1,800,000

4 beds 4 baths 1500 sqft

2579 ISLINGTON AVENUE

Toronto (Thistletown-Beaumonde Heights), Ontario MLS® #29141960

Courtesy of SHIRLEY PASCARIELLE/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY

MLS® listing #29141996 for sale located at 208 AUTUMN Crescent

$549,900

3 beds 2 baths 1003 sqft

208 AUTUMN Crescent

Welland, Ontario MLS® #29141996

Courtesy of Jas Sarai/RE/MAX Niagara Realty Ltd.

MLS® listing #29141869 for sale located at 3 - 25 DALHOUSIE STREET

$35/sqft

803 sqft

3 - 25 DALHOUSIE STREET

Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29141869

Courtesy of IRA-VANESSA LYNCH/RE/MAX ULTIMATE REALTY INC.

MLS® listing #29141787 for sale located at 130 MUIR Road S

$499,900

2 beds 1 baths 1300 sqft

130 MUIR Road S

Harley, Ontario MLS® #29141787

Courtesy of Kim Bailey-Brown/Re/Max Twin City Realty Inc.

MLS® listing #29142374 for sale located at 42 Tuscany Meadows Bay NW

$729,900

3 beds 4 baths 1709 sqft

42 Tuscany Meadows Bay NW

Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29142374

Courtesy of Alex Briones/Real Broker

$415,000

2 beds 3 baths 1270 sqft

34 New Brighton Point SE

Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29142716

Courtesy of Sharon Murphy/RE/MAX First

$799,900

3 beds 3 baths 1500 sqft

63 RIVER RIDGE ROAD

Barrie (Bayshore), Ontario MLS® #29142285

Courtesy of PEGGY HILL/RE/MAX HALLMARK PEGGY HILL GROUP REALTY

MLS® listing #29141536 for sale located at 21023 DALTON ROAD

$589,000

3 beds 2 baths 1100 sqft

21023 DALTON ROAD

Georgina (Sutton & Jackson's Point), Ontario MLS® #29141536

Courtesy of JENNIFER JONES/EXP REALTY

MLS® listing #29141485 for sale located at 14 WEIR STREET

$950,000

4 beds 4 baths 2000 sqft

14 WEIR STREET

Bradford West Gwillimbury (Bradford), Ontario MLS® #29141485

Courtesy of JENNIFER JONES/EXP REALTY

MLS® listing #29141579 for sale located at 7 APPLEWOOD Lane Unit# 216

$2,399

2 beds 1 baths 700 sqft

7 APPLEWOOD Lane Unit# 216

Toronto, Ontario MLS® #29141579

Courtesy of Brittany Quay/Revel Realty Inc.

MLS® listing #29141581 for sale located at 93 WILLOWBROOK ROAD

$3,950

4 beds 3 baths 2500 sqft

93 WILLOWBROOK ROAD

Markham (Aileen-Willowbrook), Ontario MLS® #29141581

Courtesy of JANICE XU/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.

MLS® listing #29141593 for sale located at 119 TOWN LINE

$699,900

4 beds 3 baths 1100 sqft

119 TOWN LINE

Orangeville, Ontario MLS® #29141593

Courtesy of STEPHEN KELK/HOUSESIGMA INC.

MLS® listing #29141625 for sale located at 5551 Sullivan Street

$799,900

3 beds 3 baths 1190 sqft

5551 Sullivan Street

Halifax, Nova Scotia MLS® #29141625

Courtesy of Brenda MacKenzie/Engel & Volkers

MLS® listing #29141562 for sale located at 24 TEDLEY Boulevard

$2,499,900

5 beds 5 baths 5842 sqft

24 TEDLEY Boulevard

Brantford, Ontario MLS® #29141562

Courtesy of Kyle Jansink/Re/Max Twin City Realty Inc

MLS® listing #29141675 for sale located at 109, 1632 20 Avenue NW

$585,000

3 beds 3 baths 1985 sqft

109, 1632 20 Avenue NW

Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29141675

Courtesy of Justin Havre/eXp Realty

MLS® listing #29141702 for sale located at 200 Montague Street

$700,000

2 beds 1 baths 1425 sqft

200 Montague Street

Lunenburg, Nova Scotia MLS® #29141702

Courtesy of Nicola Hewish/Keller Williams Select Realty (Lunenburg)

MLS® listing #29141707 for sale located at 82 ELGIN Street S Unit# 28

$1,795

2 beds 1 baths 746 sqft

82 ELGIN Street S Unit# 28

Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #29141707

Courtesy of SANDEV SOOMAL/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC., BROKERAGE

MLS® listing #29141721 for sale located at 740 LAKESHORE Road

$199,900

600 sqft

740 LAKESHORE Road

Dunneville, Ontario MLS® #29141721

Courtesy of Jamie Page/Royal LePage State Realty Inc.

MLS® listing #29141726 for sale located at 808 - 115 BLUE JAYS WAY

$1,350

2 beds 1 baths 600 sqft

808 - 115 BLUE JAYS WAY

Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29141726

Courtesy of ALLEN KOU/NEW TIMES REALTY INC.

MLS® listing #29141500 for sale located at 101 Auburn Springs Park SE

$939,900

6 beds 4 baths 2482 sqft

101 Auburn Springs Park SE

Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29141500

Courtesy of Shirley E. Evans/Real Estate Professionals Inc.

MLS® listing #29141632 for sale located at 25 WELLINGTON Street Unit# 2901

$1,900

2 beds 1 baths 668 sqft

25 WELLINGTON Street Unit# 2901

Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29141632

Courtesy of Austin Bolt/Royal LePage Wolle Realty

MLS® listing #29141699 for sale located at 13 WELKIN CRESCENT

$799,900

4 beds 3 baths 1500 sqft

13 WELKIN CRESCENT

Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29141699

Courtesy of John King/ENGEL & VOLKERS OTTAWA

MLS® listing #29141656 for sale located at 24 MAGNOLIA AVENUE

$1,550,000

5 beds 5 baths 3500 sqft

24 MAGNOLIA AVENUE

Adjala-Tosorontio (Colgan), Ontario MLS® #29141656

Courtesy of MARK FARIS/FARIS TEAM REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE


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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