5556 50 Avenue
St. Paul Town, Alberta MLS® #29199362
Courtesy of Tyler J. Poirier/Century 21 Poirier 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.
8-9 Privateer Road
West Dover, Nova Scotia MLS® #29208448
Courtesy of Kyle Smyth/EXP Realty of Canada Inc.
50 DUNDEE STREET
Caledon, Ontario MLS® #29208479
Courtesy of MANJINDER SINGH/RE/MAX GOLD REALTY INC.
12 HINES STREET
Brampton (Northwest Brampton), Ontario MLS® #29208481
Courtesy of MANJINDER SINGH/RE/MAX GOLD REALTY INC.
28 - 5070 DRUMMOND ROAD
Niagara Falls (Cherrywood), Ontario MLS® #29208455
Courtesy of NICOLE PRETTY/ROYAL LEPAGE NRC REALTY
11 CLUNBURRY ROAD
Brampton (Northwest Brampton), Ontario MLS® #29208474
Courtesy of MANJINDER SINGH/RE/MAX GOLD REALTY INC.
3230 PARKER LOOP SW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29208467
Courtesy of Ricky Aujla/Century 21 Bravo Realty
172 FRANKLIN TRAIL
Barrie, Ontario MLS® #29208462
Courtesy of JESSIE SINGH/COLDWELL BANKER SUN REALTY
256 Shad Point Parkway
Blind Bay, Nova Scotia MLS® #29208449
Courtesy of Kyle Smyth/EXP Realty of Canada Inc.
1503 - 5765 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Newtonbrook East), Ontario MLS® #29208456
Courtesy of RAYMOND PAU/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
36 TREEGROVE CRESCENT
Brampton (Fletcher's Meadow), Ontario MLS® #29208475
Courtesy of MANJINDER SINGH/RE/MAX GOLD REALTY INC.
38 LIGHTCATCHER CIRCLE
Brampton (Bram East), Ontario MLS® #29208482
Courtesy of GOLDY CHATHA/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
2503 - 5 ST JOSEPH STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29208457
Courtesy of NATHAN ZHOU/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
901 - 45 CHARLES STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29208464
Courtesy of Wilson Lee/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
706 - 1346 DANFORTH ROAD
Toronto (Eglinton East), Ontario MLS® #29208469
Courtesy of KATE KOZIKOWSKI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
19 LOTHBURY DRIVE
Brampton (Northwest Brampton), Ontario MLS® #29208476
Courtesy of MANJINDER SINGH/RE/MAX GOLD REALTY INC.
1616 - 17 BATHURST STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29208465
Courtesy of LEON LI/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
106 - 31 DAIRY LANE
Huntsville (Chaffey), Ontario MLS® #29208453
Courtesy of NANCY CARR/Royal LePage Lakes Of Muskoka Realty
505 - 20 GILDER DRIVE
Toronto (Eglinton East), Ontario MLS® #29208460
Courtesy of AL BASILIO/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
3 TEMPLE MANOR
Brampton (Bram West), Ontario MLS® #29208472
Courtesy of WEN JIANG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
520 VETERANS DRIVE
Brampton (Northwest Brampton), Ontario MLS® #29208477
Courtesy of MANJINDER SINGH/RE/MAX GOLD REALTY INC.
7 RIVERSIDE DRIVE
Toronto (Humber Summit), Ontario MLS® #29208484
Courtesy of BOBBY DHALIWAL/CENTURY 21 PEOPLE'S CHOICE REALTY INC.
Lot 6 Janvrin Harbour Rd
St. Marys, Nova Scotia MLS® #29208447
Courtesy of Olena Stutzinger/Cape Breton Realty
18 TRAVIS CRESCENT
Brampton (Fletcher's Meadow), Ontario MLS® #29208478
Courtesy of MANJINDER SINGH/RE/MAX GOLD REALTY INC.
42 JESSOP DRIVE
Brampton (Fletcher's Meadow), Ontario MLS® #29208480
Courtesy of MANJINDER SINGH/RE/MAX GOLD REALTY INC.
58 COPELAND CRESCENT
Innisfil (Cookstown), Ontario MLS® #29208461
Courtesy of JESSIE SINGH/COLDWELL BANKER SUN REALTY
10 CHESTERMERE (BSMT) CRESCENT
Brampton (Fletcher's Meadow), Ontario MLS® #29208473
Courtesy of MANJINDER SINGH/RE/MAX GOLD REALTY INC.
22 RIESLING DRIVE
Niagara-on-the-Lake (Virgil), Ontario MLS® #29208454
Courtesy of Jordan Clark/RE/MAX GARDEN CITY REALTY INC, BROKERAGE
6919 SUNRISE PLACE
Prince George, British Columbia MLS® #29207933
Courtesy of Roger Kollner/RE/MAX Core Realty
18 Third Avenue
Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29207940
Courtesy of Jackie Warford/Royal LePage Generation Realty
204, 3375 15 Street SW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29207945
Courtesy of Willemina Montgomery/Renzo Real Estate Inc.
209 - 280 HARWOOD AVENUE S
Ajax (South West), Ontario MLS® #29207957
Courtesy of LOU GROSSI/INTERCITY REALTY INC.
22 Grennan Drive
Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia MLS® #29207995
Courtesy of Richard Murphy/Exit Realty Metro
1164 HAIST ROAD
Pelham (Fonthill), Ontario MLS® #29208001
Courtesy of Ayela Redpath/RE/MAX NIAGARA REALTY LTD, BROKERAGE
2300 Benvoulin Road Unit# 202
Kelowna, British Columbia MLS® #29208006
Courtesy of Tanya Kim/Royal LePage Kelowna
1002 COWBELL LANE
Gravenhurst (Muskoka (S)), Ontario MLS® #29208056
Courtesy of KRISTIN CRIPPS/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
207 - 1180 OHIO STREET
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29208063
Courtesy of Moustafa Elgendy/ROYAL LEPAGE INTEGRITY REALTY
19978 BEACON ROAD|Hope
Hope, British Columbia MLS® #29208070
Courtesy of Sandy Sandher/Century 21 AAA Realty Inc.
195, 300 MARINA Drive
Chestermere, Alberta MLS® #29207697
Courtesy of Patrick M. Hospes/RE/MAX Complete Realty
1414 SIMCOE STREET N
Oshawa (Samac), Ontario MLS® #29207700
Courtesy of JEFF RENDALL/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
16 MANTELL CRESCENT
Ajax (Central West), Ontario MLS® #29207717
Courtesy of HEIKE LYONS/SUTTON GROUP-HERITAGE REALTY INC.
198 HOYLAKE CRESCENT
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29207724
Courtesy of Fern Beauchamp/RE/MAX ABSOLUTE REALTY INC.
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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