Vancouver / Arbutus Ridge

Vancouver

Arbutus Ridge

1,236 addresses on 38 streets, in the 1940 city directory

Two in three of the households the 1940 directory lists in Arbutus Ridge carry the directory's mark for a family member owning the house; on the rest of the site's streets, half. Accountants were three times as common in Arbutus Ridge as on the rest of the site's streets, 36 of them in 1940. Aubrey C Sanford of 4742 Elm Street was one.

Who lived at each house is read on every street in 1940.

At work in 1940

The work the 1940 name section prints for the people it lists here, the most common first. Open one for some of the people who did it, each with their house.

  1. Salesman138

    And 133 more, each on their own house's page.

  2. Clerk116

    And 111 more, each on their own house's page.

  3. Stenographer84

    And 79 more, each on their own house's page.

  4. Proprietor60

    And 55 more, each on their own house's page.

  5. Teacher55

    And 50 more, each on their own house's page.

  6. Manager41

    And 36 more, each on their own house's page.

  7. Accountant36

    And 31 more, each on their own house's page.

  8. President26

    And 21 more, each on their own house's page.

  9. Maid25

    Each of them lived in another family's household, under another surname, so they are named in that house's book, not here.

  10. Bookkeeper23

    And 18 more, each on their own house's page.

  11. Engineer21

    And 16 more, each on their own house's page.

  12. Carpenter19

    And 14 more, each on their own house's page.

  13. Sales managerfive times as common as on the rest of the site's streets10

    And 5 more, each on their own house's page.

  14. Manufacturers agentfour times as common as on the rest of the site's streets9

    And 4 more, each on their own house's page.

  15. Building contractorthree times as common as on the rest of the site's streets8

    And 3 more, each on their own house's page.

19 people listed here in 1940 were on active service, in the forces.

Who they worked for

  • Vancouver City73
  • UBC38
  • BC Electric Railway34
  • BC Telephone31
  • CPR26
  • BC Government16
  • Hudson's Bay Company14
  • Spencer's14

At home

844 of the 1,241 households the 1940 street section lists here carry its * (the directory's mark for a family member owning the house), against half on the rest of the site's streets. *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark, printed from 1935).

Three in five of the people its name section lists here are householders (h); the rest live in someone else's house (r), as family, boarders or roomers. On the rest of the site's streets, half are householders.

Still standing

430 of the addresses here still have a building from before 1946; 412 were rebuilt later, and 394 are gone from the City's list. The oldest still up:

Years built are the City's assessment records, approximate for old buildings.

In the archives

Archive photos of its streets, then three of its blocks on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, where the most still stands.

Men inspecting a new sewer trench along Wilson Road (41st Avenue), looking east from Elm Street
1911 or 1912 Men inspecting a new sewer trench along Wilson Road (41st Avenue), looking east from Elm Street. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 371-1033. Public domain.
Goad's 1912 fire insurance map of the 2800 block of West 30th Avenue
The 2800 block of West 30th Avenue on Goad's fire insurance map, 1912 (City of Vancouver Archives, open data).
Goad's 1912 fire insurance map of the 5500 block of Larch Street
The 5500 block of Larch Street on Goad's fire insurance map, 1912 (City of Vancouver Archives, open data).
Goad's 1912 fire insurance map of the 2800 block of West 33rd Avenue
The 2800 block of West 33rd Avenue on Goad's fire insurance map, 1912 (City of Vancouver Archives, open data).

The streets

The 38 streets in Arbutus Ridge on the site, A to Z.

  1. Arbutus Streetthe 3200–3800 and 4900–5000 blocks: 37 addresses, 17 still standing
    1940
  2. Aspen Avenue3 addresses, three still standing
    1940
  3. Balsam Streetthe 5300–5600 blocks: 35 addresses, one still standing
    1940
  4. Cypress Streetthe 4900–5000 blocks: 8 addresses, six still standing
    1940
  5. Elm Streetthe 4500–4800 and 5300–5600 blocks: 49 addresses, 18 still standing
    1940
  6. Larch Streetthe 5000 and 5300–5600 blocks: 32 addresses, 16 still standing
    1940
  7. Linden Road6 addresses, five still standing
    1940
  8. Macdonald Streetthe 4000–4100 and 5200 blocks: 4 addresses
    1940
  9. Mackenzie Streetthe 3800, 5200 and 5600 blocks: 11 addresses, seven still standing
    1940
  10. Puget Drivethe 4300–4800 blocks: 13 addresses, three still standing
    1940
  11. Quilchena Crescent28 addresses, 21 still standing
    1940
  12. Trafalgar Streetthe 3400–3500, 3900, 4700–5100 and 5300–5600 blocks: 54 addresses, 18 still standing
    1940
  13. Vine Streetthe 5100 and 5300–5400 blocks: 18 addresses
    1940
  14. West 16th Avenuethe 2100, 2400 and 2700 blocks: 14 addresses, five still standing
    1940
  15. West 17th Avenuethe 2800 block: 3 addresses
    1940
  16. West 18th Avenuethe 2100 and 2700–2800 blocks: 14 addresses, six still standing
    1940
  17. West 19th Avenuethe 2700 and 2900 blocks: 12 addresses, four still standing
    1940
  18. West 20th Avenuethe 2700 and 2900 blocks: 4 addresses, one still standing
    1940
  19. West 21st Avenuethe 2100 and 2700–2900 blocks: 28 addresses, eight still standing
    1940
  20. West 22nd Avenuethe 2100 and 2700 blocks: 19 addresses, two still standing
    1940
  21. West 23rd Avenuethe 2100 and 2700–2900 blocks: 18 addresses, one still standing
    1940
  22. West 24th Avenuethe 2700–2900 blocks: 19 addresses, seven still standing
    1940
  23. West 28th Avenuethe 2800 block: 8 addresses, two still standing
    1940
  24. West 29th Avenuethe 2700–2800 blocks: 25 addresses, ten still standing
    1940
  25. West 30th Avenuethe 2700–2800 blocks: 37 addresses, 21 still standing
    1940
  26. West 31st Avenuethe 2500–2800 blocks: 41 addresses, 22 still standing
    1940
  27. West 32nd Avenuethe 2700–2800 blocks: 29 addresses, 14 still standing
    1940
  28. West 33rd Avenuethe 1700–2800 blocks: 89 addresses, 51 still standing
    1940
  29. West 34th Avenuethe 2100–2800 blocks: 88 addresses, 30 still standing
    1940
  30. West 35th Avenuethe 2100–2800 blocks: 73 addresses, 22 still standing
    1940
  31. West 36th Avenuethe 2100–2800 blocks: 87 addresses, 24 still standing
    1940
  32. West 37th Avenuethe 2100–2800 blocks: 98 addresses, 48 still standing
    1940
  33. West 38th Avenuethe 2100 and 2700–2800 blocks: 61 addresses, 17 still standing
    1940
  34. West 39th Avenuethe 2100–2300 and 2700–2800 blocks: 50 addresses, eleven still standing
    1940
  35. West 40th Avenuethe 2100–2200 and 2500 blocks: 26 addresses
    1940
  36. West 41st Avenuethe 2200–2500 blocks: 59 addresses, six still standing
    1940
  37. West King Edward Avenuethe 2700–2800 blocks: 10 addresses, three still standing
    1940
  38. Yew Streetthe 5300–5600 blocks: 26 addresses
    1940

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