9928 81 Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29199942
Courtesy of Mark B. Wilbert/CIR Realty
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
136 Meridian Way
Parksville, British Columbia MLS® #29932953
Courtesy of Sean McCaul/Royal LePage Island Living (QU)
1850 Shannon Lake Road Unit# 56
West Kelowna, British Columbia MLS® #29933413
Courtesy of Bruce Dougall/REMAX Kelowna
29 OLEANDER CRESCENT
Brampton (Heart Lake East), Ontario MLS® #29933211
Courtesy of SAVIE WANDER/CENTURY 21 PEOPLE'S CHOICE REALTY INC.
3456 REXWAY DRIVE
Burlington (Roseland), Ontario MLS® #29933393
Courtesy of SAM ALLAN MCDADI/SAM MCDADI REAL ESTATE INC.
3303, 20295 Seton Way SE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29933499
Courtesy of JAYDA HOLMEDAL/RE/MAX MEDALTA REAL ESTATE
220 41 Avenue NW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29933521
Courtesy of Robert P. Jansons/Coldwell Banker Mountain Central
4524 WELLINGTON ROAD 35 ROAD
Puslinch, Ontario MLS® #29933538
Courtesy of MASROOR AHMED/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
36 Regal Road
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia MLS® #29933583
Courtesy of Danielle Dubuc/The Agency Real Estate Brokerage
LPH06 - 100 WESTERN BATTERY ROAD
Toronto (Niagara), Ontario MLS® #29933730
Courtesy of ANAHITA SIMA/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
160 ROCHEFORT Street Unit# E5
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29933975
Courtesy of COLLEEN MADER/ROYAL LEPAGE WOLLE REALTY
75 YORKMINSTER ROAD
Toronto (St. Andrew-Windfields), Ontario MLS® #29934062
Courtesy of MARTIN WU/HC REALTY GROUP INC.
72 WINDWARD DRIVE
Grimsby (Grimsby Beach), Ontario MLS® #29932819
Courtesy of DHEERAJ GAWRI/CENTURY 21 PEOPLE'S CHOICE REALTY INC.
3371 Billhirst Pl
Colwood, British Columbia MLS® #29932807
Courtesy of May Chamberland/Pemberton Holmes Ltd.
344 - 1575 LAKESHORE ROAD W
Mississauga (Clarkson), Ontario MLS® #29932617
Courtesy of JAMIE ALVES/SUTTON GROUP ELITE REALTY INC.
33 HURON WOODS DRIVE
Oro-Medonte (Sugarbush), Ontario MLS® #29932612
Courtesy of ALI ASHRAFI/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
1212 - 36 OLIVE AVENUE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #29932605
Courtesy of SHARA JAZAERI ARAB/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
4292 QUESNEL-HIXON ROAD
Quesnel, British Columbia MLS® #29932561
Courtesy of April Cameron/Royal LePage Aspire Realty (Qsnl)
2501 - 501 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29932681
Courtesy of FAN GAO/RE/MAX REALTRON JIM MO REALTY
304 - 320 MILL STREET S
Brampton (Brampton South), Ontario MLS® #29932648
Courtesy of MARIO HERMENEGILDO/ROYAL LEPAGE CERTIFIED REALTY
72 SARASOTA Avenue
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29932667
Courtesy of Matthew Adeh/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
1001 - 8 WELLESLEY STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29932686
Courtesy of QUN JIN/MASTER'S TRUST REALTY INC.
631 COURTENAY AVENUE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29932903
Courtesy of Carmen Veres/ROYAL LEPAGE TEAM REALTY
822 - 15 NORTHTOWN WAY
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #29932833
Courtesy of DANIEL XIAO/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
560 BLYTHWOOD Road
North York, Ontario MLS® #29932821
Courtesy of Scott Alexander Bruinsma/MCINTYRE REAL ESTATE SERVICES INC.
20 ELIZABETH DRIVE
South Dundas, Ontario MLS® #29933007
Courtesy of Kim Heuff/COLDWELL BANKER COBURN REALTY
LOT 4 PENINSULA ROAD
Dysart et al (Dysart), Ontario MLS® #29933014
Courtesy of JEFF WILSON/RE/MAX Professionals North
154 FRESHMEADOW DRIVE
Toronto (Hillcrest Village), Ontario MLS® #29933021
Courtesy of CHUNLIE JI/CENTURY 21 ATRIA REALTY INC.
38 ROCHMAN BOULEVARD
Toronto (Woburn), Ontario MLS® #29933026
Courtesy of FAISAL AZIZ RANA/CENTURY 21 TITANS REALTY INC.
909 - 1007 THE QUEENSWAY AVENUE
Toronto (Islington-City Centre West), Ontario MLS® #29933038
Courtesy of CHRISTINA CAO/RE/MAX DASH REALTY
422 - 165 LEGION ROAD N
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #29933040
Courtesy of DANIELLA VONA/EXP REALTY
71 Pitt Island Road
Fortune Cove, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29933064
Courtesy of Brian Arsenault/RE/MAX HARBOURSIDE REALTY
147 Howe Street
Sydney, Nova Scotia MLS® #29933115
Courtesy of Darcy MacDonald/3% Realty Nova Scotia
2 - 88 HIGHLAND PARK BOULEVARD
Markham (Grandview), Ontario MLS® #29932737
Courtesy of REZA MOHSENI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
625 - 3 EVERSON DRIVE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #29932775
Courtesy of DIANE SCOTT/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
95 DANA DRIVE
Hamilton (Balfour), Ontario MLS® #29932787
Courtesy of CARRIE MASSEY/KELLER WILLIAMS COMPLETE REALTY
FR 3 259A Inglis Lake Road
Kenora, Ontario MLS® #29932864
Courtesy of KAREN REDDEN/RE/MAX NORTHWEST REALTY LTD.
5 - 30 HARGRAVE LANE
Toronto (Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills), Ontario MLS® #29932895
Courtesy of KENA LI/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
44 - 1701 FINCH AVENUE
Pickering (Village East), Ontario MLS® #29932908
Courtesy of HAREN PATEL/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
19 ARVIDA DRIVE
Vaughan (Brownridge), Ontario MLS® #29932693
Courtesy of ELLA WANG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK 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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