Vancouver
Fairview
2,910 addresses on 29 streets, in the 1940 city directory
Fairview has been rebuilt: one in ten of its addresses keeps a building from before 1946, where the site's other streets keep one in three. Fairview rented: only one in five of its households carries the directory's mark for a family member owning the house in 1940, where the site's other streets have half.
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.
Clerk355
- Don L Telford2807 Alder Street
- Oda McAllister2601 Ash Street
- Percy L C Davies2027 Granville Street
- S Clayton McDonald2440 Heather Street
- Findlay M Bonnor2570 Hemlock Street
And 350 more, each on their own house's page.
Salesman328
- Charles E Evans2221 Alder Street
- Stewart C Thomson2846 Birch Street
- George T McCulloch2003 Burrard Street
- William C Gerstner2265 Fir Street
- Kaname Asano2339 Granville Street
And 323 more, each on their own house's page.
Stenographer309
- Olga K Swanson2747 Alder Street
- Jeanne E Steeves2836 Birch Street
- Mary Fisk2150 Fir Street
- Mary S Taylor2926 Granville Street
- Leonore Duffy3005 Heather Street
And 304 more, each on their own house's page.
Nurse267
- Helen Ostlund2230 Granville Street
- Jean M Clark2455 Hemlock Street
- Elsie Hannam2550 Laurel Street
- Helen R Medforth2833 Oak Street
- Isabel C Kirkpatrick2930 Pine Street
And 262 more, each on their own house's page.
Proprietor245
- Mrs Marie Tansley2016 Granville Street
- William A Morrison2990 Heather Street
- Albert Annett2315 Hemlock Street
- Malcolm A E Pringle3186 Laurel Street
- Eizo Kamitakahara2525 Oak Street
And 240 more, each on their own house's page.
Teacher186
- Gladys E Swanson2747 Alder Street
- C Maria P Andruss2615 Ash Street
- George Baillie2775 Birch Street
- Ifor Roberts2950 Heather Street
- Cora Brehaut2570 Hemlock Street
And 181 more, each on their own house's page.
Saleswoman141
- Flo N McDonald2620 Alder Street
- Edith D Fee2626 Heather Street
- Dorothy M Allison2232 Hemlock Street
- Cath J McLeod2423 Pine Street
- Jeanette Steedman636 West 10th Avenue
And 136 more, each on their own house's page.
Laborer135
- John H Rigney2547 Birch Street
- Albert Walker2115 Granville Street
- Allan M Gavin2200 Heather Street
- Christian L Sorensen2709 Hemlock Street
- Harry Jones2327 Laurel Street
And 130 more, each on their own house's page.
Millworker116
- Tahei Maeda1720 Pine Street
- Doug D Hadden3034 Spruce Street
- William Holmgren1352 West 10th Avenue
- Corey D Dagg1626 West 11th Avenue
- William C Manahan655 West 13th Avenue
And 111 more, each on their own house's page.
Manager111
- James A Beaton2735 Alder Street
- Steph A Williams2986 Birch Street
- Leonard Betsworth1820 Fir Street
- Frank Morgan2408 Granville Street
- George E Henry2570 Hemlock Street
And 106 more, each on their own house's page.
Helper91
- Oliver G Swenson2231 Birch Street
- Hiko Hamada1935 Fir Street
- Julius Pichler2200 Heather Street
- Robert R Fraser2430 Oak Street
- Loyd F Carsen2810 Pine Street
And 86 more, each on their own house's page.
Carpenter90
- John S Ramage2415 Alder Street
- Gus Werner2345 Granville Street
- Joseph J Radelet2440 Heather Street
- Chase Villman1729 Pine Street
- John W McMeekin567 West 10th Avenue
And 85 more, each on their own house's page.
Social workernine times as common as on the rest of the site's streets18
- Helen F McCain2570 Hemlock Street
- Kathleen Colgrove1316 West 11th Avenue
- Elizabeth S Chadbourne1265 West 12th Avenue
- Charter (no first name printed)1386 West 13th Avenue
- Margaret P Sweeney1275 West 14th Avenue
And 13 more, each on their own house's page.
Ward assistantsix times as common as on the rest of the site's streets15
- Alma Fridulin686 West 8th Avenue
- Lila Thomson1096 West Broadway
And 13 more, each on their own house's page.
Instructorfive times as common as on the rest of the site's streets8
- Anne S Cavers2570 Spruce Street
- Walter B Bishop1226 West 13th Avenue
- Alex P Hrennikoff1540 West 15th Avenue
- Shigetada Sasaki1684 West 4th Avenue
- Miriam R Ashton1485 West 13th Avenue
And 3 more, each on their own house's page.
60 people listed here in 1940 were on active service, in the forces.
Who they worked for
- Vancouver General Hospital311
- Vancouver City212
- BC Electric Railway88
- BC Telephone65
- UBC58
- Spencer's53
- CPR52
- BC Government48
At home
960 of the 4,275 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).
Half 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
294 of the addresses here still have a building from before 1946; 490 were rebuilt later, and 2,126 are gone from the City's list. The oldest still up:
- 1125 West 7th Avenuebuilt 1901
- 2300 Birch Streetbuilt 1901
- 2300 Granville Streetbuilt 1901
- 638 West Broadwaybuilt 1903
- 1635 West 7th Avenuebuilt 1904
- 1033 West 7th Avenuebuilt 1905
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.





The streets
The 29 streets in Fairview on the site, A to Z.
- Alder Street27 addresses1940
- Ash Streetthe 2300–2400 and 2600–2800 blocks: 7 addresses, one still standing1940
- Birch Streetthe 2200–2500 and 2700–2900 blocks: 16 addresses, two still standing1940
- Burrard Streetthe 1700 and 1900–2100 blocks: 19 addresses, one still standing1940
- Fir Street17 addresses, one still standing1940
- Granville Streetthe 1900–3100 blocks: 280 addresses, 49 still standing1940
- Heather Streetthe 2200–3100 blocks: 39 addresses, seven still standing1940
- Hemlock Street48 addresses, 13 still standing1940
- Laurel Streetthe 2300–2500, 2700–2800 and 3000–3100 blocks: 15 addresses, five still standing1940
- Oak Streetthe 2200–3100 blocks: 32 addresses, seven still standing1940
- Pine Street43 addresses, two still standing1940
- Spruce Street11 addresses, two still standing1940
- West 10th Avenuethe 500–1700 blocks: 172 addresses, 16 still standing1940
- West 11th Avenuethe 1000–1700 blocks: 150 addresses, 22 still standing1940
- West 12th Avenuethe 500–600 and 800–1700 blocks: 198 addresses, 13 still standing1940
- West 13th Avenuethe 500–1700 blocks: 214 addresses, 14 still standing1940
- West 14th Avenuethe 500–1700 blocks: 189 addresses, 24 still standing1940
- West 15th Avenuethe 700–1500 and 1700 blocks: 123 addresses, 40 still standing1940
- 1940
- West 1st Avenuethe 1600–1700 blocks: 18 addresses1940
- West 2nd Avenuethe 1500–1700 blocks: 56 addresses, two still standing1940
- West 3rd Avenuethe 1500–1700 blocks: 70 addresses, two still standing1940
- West 4th Avenuethe 1500–1700 blocks: 89 addresses, five still standing1940
- West 5th Avenuethe 1400–1700 blocks: 89 addresses, one still standing1940
- West 6th Avenuethe 500–1700 blocks: 137 addresses, five still standing1940
- West 7th Avenuethe 500–1700 blocks: 255 addresses, 17 still standing1940
- West 8th Avenuethe 500–1700 blocks: 222 addresses, eleven still standing1940
- West Broadwaythe 500–1700 blocks: 279 addresses, 17 still standing1940
- Willow Streetthe 2200–2300, 2600 and 2800–3100 blocks: 16 addresses1940
What the directory left out
The 1940 directory printed “Orientals” at 19 doors in Fairview instead of the residents' names. Its canvassers often didn't take down Chinese, Japanese and other residents' names, so the people at those doors can't be named or counted from it. Each door is on its street's page, as printed.
Next door
Downtown, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Shaughnessy and South Cambie.