2349 MAIN STREET
London South (South V), Ontario MLS® #28506567
Courtesy of ANDREW REDMAN/RE/MAX CENTRE CITY REALTY 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.
34 BEAUMONT DRIVE
Ajax (Central West), Ontario MLS® #28506574
Courtesy of JOHN CHRISTODOULOU/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
11 - 310 VILLAGE GREEN SQUARE E
Toronto (Agincourt South-Malvern West), Ontario MLS® #28506579
Courtesy of TOMMY HUA/REAL LAND REALTY INC.
603 - 55 ONEIDA CRESCENT
Richmond Hill (Langstaff), Ontario MLS® #28506581
Courtesy of GAVIN PU/SMART SOLD REALTY
14 - 6435 DIXIE ROAD
Mississauga (Northeast), Ontario MLS® #28506586
Courtesy of HANSEL CHEUNG/ROYAL LEPAGE YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
2349 MAIN STREET
London South (South V), Ontario MLS® #28506566
Courtesy of ANDREW REDMAN/RE/MAX CENTRE CITY REALTY INC.
1734 BROADOAK CRESCENT
Pickering (Amberlea), Ontario MLS® #28506578
Courtesy of Nikhil Abraham/EXP REALTY
2203 - 365 PRINCE OF WALES DRIVE
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #28506585
Courtesy of JON YU/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
2 FRED MASON STREET
Georgina (Keswick South), Ontario MLS® #28506580
Courtesy of JIE CHEN/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
47 THAMES DRIVE
Whitby (Rolling Acres), Ontario MLS® #28506577
Courtesy of STEVE KABBABEH/CENTURY 21 LEADING EDGE REALTY INC.
3620 PONYTRAIL DRIVE
Mississauga (Applewood), Ontario MLS® #28506584
Courtesy of SANDRA SOLDERA/EXP REALTY
22 - 819 KLEINBURG DRIVE
London North (North B), Ontario MLS® #28506564
Courtesy of HILL HAM/KELLER WILLIAMS LIFESTYLES
1809 - 50 BRIAN HARRISON WAY
Toronto (Bendale), Ontario MLS® #28506576
Courtesy of KATHARINE LIU/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
569 GIBBONS STREET
Oshawa (McLaughlin), Ontario MLS® #28506595
Courtesy of ADRIAN GENNUSO/KELLER WILLIAMS ENERGY REAL ESTATE
2807 - 252 CHURCH STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #28506571
Courtesy of AIDEN RAD/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
BSMTAPT - 46 BRIARFIELD AVENUE
East Gwillimbury (Sharon), Ontario MLS® #28506582
Courtesy of RICHARD LIU/CENTRAL HOME REALTY INC.
503 - 1150 PARKWEST PLACE
Mississauga (Lakeview), Ontario MLS® #28506587
Courtesy of VIKTORIA LEVIEVA/IPRO REALTY LTD.
322 - 25 TOWN CENTRE COURT
Toronto (Bendale), Ontario MLS® #28506575
Courtesy of SKY QIU/RE/MAX IMPERIAL REALTY INC.
15 SAGEBROOK ROAD
Brampton (Bram East), Ontario MLS® #28506118
Courtesy of ZHIFEI ROSS LIU/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
75 DRYDEN LANE
Hamilton (McQuesten), Ontario MLS® #28506149
Courtesy of SAJAN THAVANAYAGAM/RE/MAX EXPERTS
LOT 2 - 18 LINDEN LANE
Grimsby (Grimsby West), Ontario MLS® #28506151
Courtesy of SAM ALLAN MCDADI/SAM MCDADI REAL ESTATE INC.
LOWER - 61 CECIL STREET
Toronto (Kensington-Chinatown), Ontario MLS® #28506156
Courtesy of JUSTIN WU/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
149 - 35 ELSIE LANE
Toronto (Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction), Ontario MLS® #28506163
Courtesy of NICK PACHAS/HOMELIFE/RESPONSE REALTY INC.
12847 103 NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #28506170
Courtesy of Steven Bruner/Homes & Gardens Real Estate Limited
123 SOMERSIDE Grove SW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #28506175
Courtesy of Casey Heiyqz Patel/4th Street Holdings Ltd.
19-21 LANARK STREET S
Smiths Falls, Ontario MLS® #28505639
Courtesy of ROBERT TAYLOR/GREATER OTTAWA REALTY INC.
3512 CAMBRIAN ROAD
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #28505641
Courtesy of RAYMOND CHIN/COLDWELL BANKER FIRST OTTAWA REALTY
76A GORT AVENUE
Toronto (Alderwood), Ontario MLS® #28505778
Courtesy of VIREAK HINH/INTERNATIONAL REALTY FIRM, INC.
819 - 225 PLATTEN BOULEVARD
Scugog, Ontario MLS® #28505862
Courtesy of PAUL RAYMENT/RE/MAX JAZZ INC.
803B - 8 ROUGE VALLEY DRIVE W
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #28505879
Courtesy of VICTORIA HO/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
156 HARTNEY DRIVE
Richmond Hill, Ontario MLS® #28505881
Courtesy of NIKKI KHA/CENTURY 21 ATRIA REALTY INC.
B305 - 60 ANNIE CRAIG DRIVE
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #28505886
Courtesy of MOSTAFA SADIGHIAN/CENTRAL HOME REALTY INC.
2903 - 15 GREENVIEW AVENUE
Toronto (Newtonbrook West), Ontario MLS® #28505898
Courtesy of MANI SHOOSHTARIZADEH/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
BSMT - 271 BRAYMORE BOULEVARD
Toronto (Rouge), Ontario MLS® #28505901
Courtesy of NITHARSAN KUMARAKULASINGAM/RE/MAX ACE REALTY INC.
510 VIRGINIA CREEPER Street
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #28505906
Courtesy of Emily Yu/Royal LePage Peaceland Realty
8 PADBURY TRAIL
Brampton (Northwest Brampton), Ontario MLS® #28505918
Courtesy of SONIA SINGH/SAVE MAX REAL ESTATE INC.
1205 - 2900 JANE STREET
Vaughan (Concord), Ontario MLS® #28505723
Courtesy of PAULA ELENA ALONZI/VENTURE REAL ESTATE CORP.
35 HOWARD DRIVE
Oro-Medonte, Ontario MLS® #28505735
Courtesy of Sean Wilkinson/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
1712 - 3 GLOUCESTER STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #28505742
Courtesy of CONNIE CHEN/EVERLAND REALTY INC.
410A - 3660 HURONTARIO STREET
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #28505747
Courtesy of FRANCIS D'ATRI-GUIRAN/ADVISORS 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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