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
17 ST JOHN'S COURT
Uxbridge, Ontario MLS® #29555147
Courtesy of ALYSSA PERSAUD/COLDWELL BANKER - R.M.R. REAL ESTATE
503 - 2 ADAM SELLERS STREET
Markham (Cornell), Ontario MLS® #29555142
Courtesy of KOSTA DERIS/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
7 - 4045 HICKORY DRIVE
Mississauga (Rathwood), Ontario MLS® #29555154
Courtesy of SOPHIA XIAO/BAY STREET INTEGRITY REALTY INC.
286 CHOKECHERRY CRESCENT
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #29555161
Courtesy of AUSTIN YE/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
40 OZNER CRESCENT
Vaughan (Vellore Village), Ontario MLS® #29555178
Courtesy of LISA LIU/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
8 BEVERLEY GLEN
Vaughan (Beverley Glen), Ontario MLS® #29555180
Courtesy of VLADIMIR KRASNOPOLSKEY/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
16 Seaview Lane
Main-À-Dieu, Nova Scotia MLS® #29555004
Courtesy of Keith Buckland/RE/MAX Park Place Inc.
BSMT - 50 DRIZZEL CRESCENT
Richmond Hill (Oak Ridges), Ontario MLS® #29555143
Courtesy of DAVID YIN/BAY STREET INTEGRITY REALTY INC.
WALK-OUT BASEMENT - 24 CAIRNS DRIVE
Markham (Raymerville), Ontario MLS® #29555148
Courtesy of IVY CHEN/RE/MAX EPIC REALTY
406 BLACK DRIVE
Milton (CL Clarke), Ontario MLS® #29555155
Courtesy of MARK DENNIS/KINGSWAY REAL ESTATE
#207 - 300 KEATS WAY
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #29555162
Courtesy of AUSTIN YE/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
902 - 3091 DUFFERIN STREET
Toronto (Yorkdale-Glen Park), Ontario MLS® #29555186
Courtesy of GILBERT WANG/HOMELIVING EMPIRE REALTY INC.
78 JOHN STIVER CRESCENT
Markham (Buttonville), Ontario MLS® #29555179
Courtesy of JENNIFER WANG/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
51357 RGE ROAD 231
Rural Strathcona County, Alberta MLS® #29555201
Courtesy of Jefri C. Estrada/The E Group Real Estate
11 - 7990 KENNEDY ROAD S
Brampton (Fletcher's Creek South), Ontario MLS® #29555156
Courtesy of IKRAM PATEL/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
32 WILDSKY ROAD
Brampton (Fletcher's Creek South), Ontario MLS® #29555182
Courtesy of IMTIAZ KHAWAJA/ROYAL LEPAGE CERTIFIED REALTY
1602 - 60 CENTRAL PARK ROADWAY
Toronto (Islington-City Centre West), Ontario MLS® #29555187
Courtesy of HELEN YANG/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
207 - 25 NEIGHBOURHOOD LANE
Toronto (Stonegate-Queensway), Ontario MLS® #29555157
Courtesy of SANDY SUN/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
UPPER LEVEL - 50 DRIZZEL CRESCENT
Richmond Hill (Oak Ridges), Ontario MLS® #29555145
Courtesy of DAVID YIN/BAY STREET INTEGRITY REALTY INC.
1504 - 2560 EGLINTON AVENUE W
Mississauga (Central Erin Mills), Ontario MLS® #29555152
Courtesy of IAN WANG/AVION REALTY INC.
Lot 3 SUMMIT ROAD
Canim Lake, British Columbia MLS® #29555140
Courtesy of Sean Dirkson/eXp Realty (100 Mile)
203 - 225 VETERANS DRIVE
Brampton (Northwest Brampton), Ontario MLS® #29555188
Courtesy of JOE REA/ROYAL LEPAGE PREMIUM ONE REALTY
307 DUNDAS WAY
Markham (Greensborough), Ontario MLS® #29555141
Courtesy of SHARON GUAN/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
BASEMENT - 6 HIAWATHA PARKWAY
Mississauga (Port Credit), Ontario MLS® #29555184
Courtesy of SANDY SUN/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
LOT 1 AVERY PLACE
Perth East (Milverton), Ontario MLS® #29555077
Courtesy of Dillon Doucette/EXP REALTY
41 ELSA VINE WAY
Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #29548185
Courtesy of TINA LI/BAY STREET INTEGRITY REALTY INC.
908 - 219 DUNDAS STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29548192
Courtesy of FANGFANG MA/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
28 GREYHOUND DRIVE
Toronto (Bayview Woods-Steeles), Ontario MLS® #29548197
Courtesy of JEFFERY WU/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
(LOWER LEVEL 1) - 65 PARK CRESCENT
Richmond Hill (Oak Ridges Lake Wilcox), Ontario MLS® #29548205
Courtesy of NOUR GOLESTANI/KINGSWAY REAL ESTATE
567 LAKE DRIVE E
Georgina (Historic Lakeshore Communities), Ontario MLS® #29548212
Courtesy of ANDREW EASTMAN/COLDWELL BANKER THE REAL ESTATE CENTRE
BASEMENT - 7372 SAINT BARBARA BOULEVARD
Mississauga (Meadowvale), Ontario MLS® #29548217
Courtesy of HARLEEN KHURANA/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
7493 Andrea Cres
Lantzville, British Columbia MLS® #29548236
Courtesy of Jamie Odgers/REMAX Professionals (NA)
137 - 3278 COLONEL TALBOT ROAD
London South (South V), Ontario MLS® #29548286
Courtesy of LINDSAY REID/ROYAL LEPAGE TRILAND REALTY
763 JOSEPHINE STREET
Prescott, Ontario MLS® #29548298
Courtesy of Heather MacKay/ROYAL LEPAGE TEAM REALTY
54 JOSEPH GLOVER AVENUE
Markham (Berczy), Ontario MLS® #29548356
Courtesy of LIN YUAN/JDL REALTY INC.
106, 2022 Canyon Meadows Drive SE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29548426
Courtesy of John Reinbolt/2% Realty
1627 Hood Road Road
Creston, British Columbia MLS® #29548508
Courtesy of Karen Peck/Real Broker B.C. Ltd
G4 - 85 THEME PARK DRIVE
Wasaga Beach, Ontario MLS® #29548515
Courtesy of BRAD HAMMETT/RE/MAX By The Bay Brokerage
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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