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Grandview-Woodland

4,386 addresses on 51 streets, in the 1940 city directory

Grandview-Woodland was the site's home of seamen: the 1940 directory lists 58, three times as common as on the site's other streets. Among them was Eric Olsen of 1920 Charles Street. The 1940 city directory lists 8,277 people in Grandview-Woodland, most often as laborers, salesmen and clerks.

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

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Grandview-Woodland today, with its streets on the site in red; the areas around it open their own pages. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

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. Laborer358

    And 353 more, each on their own house's page.

  2. Salesman241

    And 236 more, each on their own house's page.

  3. Clerk215

    And 210 more, each on their own house's page.

  4. Proprietor172

    And 167 more, each on their own house's page.

  5. Driver165

    And 160 more, each on their own house's page.

  6. Carpenter154

    And 149 more, each on their own house's page.

  7. Stenographer153

    And 148 more, each on their own house's page.

  8. Saleswoman144

    And 139 more, each on their own house's page.

  9. Millworker143

    And 138 more, each on their own house's page.

  10. Engineer125

    And 120 more, each on their own house's page.

  11. Logger115

    And 110 more, each on their own house's page.

  12. Longshoreman112

    And 107 more, each on their own house's page.

  13. Seamanthree times as common as on the rest of the site's streets58

    And 53 more, each on their own house's page.

  14. Truckerfive times as common as on the rest of the site's streets14

    And 9 more, each on their own house's page.

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

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

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

Who they worked for

  • Vancouver City165
  • BC Electric Railway114
  • CPR102
  • BC Telephone84
  • Sterling Lumber78
  • Woodward's76
  • Spencer's57
  • Hammond's56

At home

2,145 of the 4,699 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

2,012 of the addresses here still have a building from before 1946; 705 were rebuilt later, and 1,669 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.

Firefighters with their horse-drawn wagons in front of Firehall No. 9 at Salsbury Drive and Charles Street
About 1910 Firefighters with their horse-drawn wagons in front of Firehall No. 9 at Salsbury Drive and Charles Street. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 354-335. Public domain.
Children on the grounds of the open-air school at 20th Avenue and Clark Drive
About 1926 Children on the grounds of the open-air school at 20th Avenue and Clark Drive. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 96-1. Public domain.
Goad's 1912 fire insurance map of the 1900 block of Charles Street
The 1900 block of Charles Street on Goad's fire insurance map, 1912 (City of Vancouver Archives, open data).
Goad's 1912 fire insurance map of the 2000 block of Graveley Street
The 2000 block of Graveley Street on Goad's fire insurance map, 1912 (City of Vancouver Archives, open data).
Goad's 1912 fire insurance map of the 1700 block of McSpadden Avenue
The 1700 block of McSpadden Avenue on Goad's fire insurance map, 1912 (City of Vancouver Archives, open data).

The streets

The 51 streets in Grandview-Woodland on the site, A to Z.

  1. Adanac Streetthe 1300–2300 blocks: 115 addresses, 48 still standing
    1940
  2. Cambridge Streetthe 2100–2300 blocks: 32 addresses, seven still standing
    1940
  3. Charles Streetthe 1400–2300 blocks: 141 addresses, 79 still standing
    1940
  4. Clark Drivethe 200, 400, 600–1100, 1300–1400, 1600–1800, 2000 and 2200–2400 blocks: 53 addresses, eleven still standing
    1940
  5. Commercial Drivethe 200, 500–2200 and 2400 blocks: 263 addresses, 59 still standing
    1940
  6. Cotton Drive51 addresses, 33 still standing
    1940
  7. Dundas Streetthe 2000–2300 blocks: 37 addresses, five still standing
    1940
  8. East 1st Avenuethe 1300–2300 blocks: 134 addresses, 82 still standing
    1940
  9. East 2nd Avenuethe 1300–2300 blocks: 134 addresses, 68 still standing
    1940
  10. East 3rd Avenuethe 1300–2300 blocks: 152 addresses, 81 still standing
    1940
  11. East 4th Avenuethe 1400–2300 blocks: 146 addresses, 81 still standing
    1940
  12. East 5th Avenuethe 1300–2300 blocks: 127 addresses, 47 still standing
    1940
  13. East 6th Avenuethe 1300 and 1500–2300 blocks: 129 addresses, 68 still standing
    1940
  14. East 7th Avenuethe 1300–1400 and 1700–2200 blocks: 126 addresses, 79 still standing
    1940
  15. East 8th Avenuethe 1300–2200 blocks: 135 addresses, 69 still standing
    1940
  16. East Broadwaythe 1300 and 2100 blocks: 9 addresses, five still standing
    1940
  17. East Georgia Streetthe 1300–2100 and 2300 blocks: 98 addresses, 28 still standing
    1940
  18. East Hastings Streetthe 1300–2300 blocks: 96 addresses, twelve still standing
    1940
  19. East Pender Streetthe 1300–2300 blocks: 119 addresses, 43 still standing
    1940
  20. Eton Streetthe 2100–2300 blocks: 17 addresses
    1940
  21. Ferndale Street60 addresses, 48 still standing
    1940
  22. Frances Streetthe 1300–1800 blocks: 49 addresses, nine still standing
    1940
  23. Franklin Streetthe 1300 and 1500–2300 blocks: 105 addresses, 15 still standing
    1940
  24. Garden Drivethe 0–100, 400–500, 800, 1100–1200, 1700, 1900–2000 and 2200–2400 blocks: 39 addresses, 21 still standing
    1940
  25. Grant Streetthe 1300–2300 blocks: 153 addresses, 96 still standing
    1940
  26. Graveley Streetthe 1300–2300 blocks: 176 addresses, 108 still standing
    1940
  27. Kitchener Streetthe 1400–2300 blocks: 135 addresses, 86 still standing
    1940
  28. Lakewood Drivethe 0–400, 600–800, 1000–1500, 1700–1900, 2100–2200 and 2400 blocks: 73 addresses, 41 still standing
    1940
  29. McGill Streetthe 2200–2300 blocks: 16 addresses, two still standing
    1940
  30. McLean Drive58 addresses, 28 still standing
    1940
  31. McSpadden Avenue27 addresses, 21 still standing
    1940
  32. Nanaimo Streetthe 700–800, 1100, 1700, 2200 and 2400 blocks: 25 addresses, seven still standing
    1940
  33. Napier Streetthe 1300–2300 blocks: 118 addresses, 60 still standing
    1940
  34. North Garden Drive11 addresses
    1940
  35. 1940
  36. Odlum Drive33 addresses, 17 still standing
    1940
  37. Oxford Streetthe 2100–2300 blocks: 30 addresses, five still standing
    1940
  38. Pandora Streetthe 1600–2300 blocks: 69 addresses, 15 still standing
    1940
  39. Parker Streetthe 1200–2300 blocks: 139 addresses, 78 still standing
    1940
  40. Powell Streetthe 1300–1900 blocks: 60 addresses, seven still standing
    1940
  41. Salsbury Drive78 addresses, 51 still standing
    1940
  42. Semlin Drive80 addresses, 65 still standing
    1940
  43. Templeton Drivethe 0–600, 1100, 1300, 1500, 1900 and 2100 blocks: 26 addresses, twelve still standing
    1940
  44. Trinity Streetthe 2200–2300 blocks: 14 addresses, two still standing
    1940
  45. Triumph Streetthe 1800–2300 blocks: 67 addresses, eight still standing
    1940
  46. Turner Streetthe 1900–2300 blocks: 59 addresses, 39 still standing
    1940
  47. Venables Streetthe 1300–2300 blocks: 148 addresses, 66 still standing
    1940
  48. Victoria Drivethe 0–2300 blocks: 172 addresses, 80 still standing
    1940
  49. Wall Streetthe 2000–2300 blocks: 31 addresses, four still standing
    1940
  50. William Streetthe 1300–2200 blocks: 132 addresses, 84 still standing
    1940
  51. Woodland Drivethe 200–300, 500–1400, 1600–1800, 2100 and 2300 blocks: 74 addresses, 32 still standing
    1940

What the directory left out

The 1940 directory printed “Orientals” at six doors in Grandview-Woodland 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

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