Cabbagetown, Toronto

Cabbagetown
Neighbourhood
Houses in Cabbagetown
Houses in Cabbagetown
Cabbagetown, Toronto is located in Toronto
Cabbagetown, Toronto
Location within Toronto
Coordinates: 43°39′59″N 79°21′46″W / 43.6664°N 79.3629°W / 43.6664; -79.3629
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
CityToronto
Government
 • TypeWard 13 of Toronto City Council
 • City councillorChris Moise

Cabbagetown is a neighbourhood in central Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Administratively, it is defined as part of the Cabbagetown-South St. Jamestown neighbourhood.[1] It largely features semi-detached Victorian houses and is recognized as "the largest continuous area of preserved Victorian housing in all of North America", according to the Cabbagetown Preservation Association.

Cabbagetown's name derives from the Irish immigrants who moved to the neighbourhood beginning in the late 1840s, said to have been so poor that they grew cabbage in their front yards.[2] Canadian writer Hugh Garner's novel, Cabbagetown, depicted life in the neighbourhood during the Great Depression.

  1. ^ "[1] Archived 2014-12-15 at the Wayback Machine" Toronto Neighborhoods List
  2. ^ "[2]" a view on cities