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Kitsilano
6,027 addresses on 46 streets, in the 1940 city directory
Of all the work the 1940 directory gives Kitsilano's 12,564 people, salesmen, clerks and stenographers come first. 2,637 of its addresses still have a building from before 1946.
Who lived at each house is read on every street in 1940; and in 1905, 1915, 1925, 1935 and 1945 on three of its 530 blocks: the 2200–2400 blocks of Yew Street.
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.
Salesman700
- Ross M Hanbury2222 Alma Street
- Allan L Gillespie1310 Arbutus Street
- Patrick J McFaul2305 Balaclava Street
- James Mahood1546 Balsam Street
- George G Gordon1749 Bayswater Street
And 695 more, each on their own house's page.
Clerk641
- Margaret M Booker1742 Alma Street
- Arthur Smith1240 Arbutus Street
- William A Mann1933 Balaclava Street
- Ian D Ballard1534 Balsam Street
- A Gordon Campbell1760 Blenheim Street
And 636 more, each on their own house's page.
Stenographer518
- Edith M Hood1640 Alma Street
- Emily C Atack1438 Arbutus Street
- Irene N Horner2242 Balaclava Street
- Mary A Ballard1534 Balsam Street
- Jean M Allen1749 Bayswater Street
And 513 more, each on their own house's page.
Proprietor342
- Kahachi Mori2009 Alma Street
- John Taylor1420 Arbutus Street
- D Baden P Esplen2537 Balaclava Street
- David C Dennis2424 Balsam Street
- Frederick J Gamlin1912 Blenheim Street
And 337 more, each on their own house's page.
Saleswoman226
- Charlotte E Hood1640 Alma Street
- Audrey Smith1240 Arbutus Street
- Elsie M MacLean2643 Balaclava Street
- Florence A Howard2241 Blenheim Street
- Margaret H M Appleby2516 Carnarvon Street
And 221 more, each on their own house's page.
Teacher163
- Elizabeth D Jack1898 Balsam Street
- Margaret H McIntosh1731 Bayswater Street
- Percy T Burch3680 Cameron Avenue
- Marion E Gibbon1631 Collingwood Street
- Margaret C N Logan2230 Cornwall Avenue
And 158 more, each on their own house's page.
Driver155
- Earl B Hunter1930 Arbutus Street
- Harvey J Smith2233 Balaclava Street
- Rudolph Kane2452 Balsam Street
- John H Perkins2421 Burrard Street
- Eric G Hammond1921 Collingwood Street
And 150 more, each on their own house's page.
Manager152
- Wilfred W Brown1368 Arbutus Street
- Clive M F Planta1790 Bayswater Street
- Jack G Tonelli2125 Collingwood Street
- Joseph Millman2056 Cornwall Avenue
- E James Galloway2096 Creelman Avenue
And 147 more, each on their own house's page.
Engineer149
- James McKie2222 Alma Street
- James B Deans1270 Arbutus Street
- David H Cochrane Jr2240 Balaclava Street
- Robert A Henderson2530 Balsam Street
- Frederick L Lade2076 Cornwall Avenue
And 144 more, each on their own house's page.
Carpenter135
- Leighton C Moffatt2525 Cornwall Avenue
- John E Scutnabb1961 Creelman Avenue
- Alex Riggs2119 Cypress Street
- Thomas Lees2744 Dunbar Street
- Allen E Smith1830 Greer Avenue
And 130 more, each on their own house's page.
Accountant134
- Fred Woodward2543 Balaclava Street
- Howard J Breen1838 Collingwood Street
- Ralph E Fitch2386 Cornwall Avenue
- John W Anderson1081 Cypress Street
- John E Dalton2020 Larch Street
And 129 more, each on their own house's page.
Laborer129
- Walter M H Dubberley1716 Arbutus Street
- Roy J Campbell2720 Balaclava Street
- Sensuki Mori1810 Burrard Street
- J Alan Macfarlane2031 Collingwood Street
- Andrew M Dobbie1806 Cornwall Avenue
And 124 more, each on their own house's page.
Priestfour times as common as on the rest of the site's streets10
- Rev Konstantine Molchansky1990 West 7th Avenue
- Rev Anthony Jordan2015 West 8th Avenue
And 8 more, each on their own house's page.
Railway mail clerkfour times as common as on the rest of the site's streets10
- Thomas W Bennett1965 Cornwall Avenue
- Alex G Allan3218 West 1st Avenue
- Syd C Bate3025 West 2nd Avenue
- Robert J Herbert2926 West 3rd Avenue
- Herbert F Hatt3184 West 5th Avenue
And 5 more, each on their own house's page.
Acting fire captainthree times as common as on the rest of the site's streets8
- Steph F Stephenson1355 Cypress Street
- Charles R Ellinor1855 West 11th Avenue
- John MacLeod2608 West 14th Avenue
- Alex Wilson2345 West 7th Avenue
- John W Faulkner2853 West 8th Avenue
And 3 more, each on their own house's page.
161 people listed here in 1940 were on active service, in the forces.
Who they worked for
- Vancouver City315
- BC Telephone177
- BC Electric Railway162
- UBC155
- CPR140
- Spencer's138
- Woodward's101
- Hudson's Bay Company74
At home
2,761 of the 6,576 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
2,637 of the addresses here still have a building from before 1946; 1,068 were rebuilt later, and 2,322 are gone from the City's list. The oldest still up:
- 2173 West 4th Avenuebuilt 1900
- 2966 West 4th Avenuebuilt 1900
- 2217 West 6th Avenuebuilt 1903
- 1729 Trafalgar Streetbuilt 1905
- 1731 Trafalgar Streetbuilt 1905
- 1747 Trafalgar Streetbuilt 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 46 streets in Kitsilano on the site, A to Z.
- Alma Streetthe 1600–1700, 1900–2000, 2200 and 2600 blocks: 31 addresses, six still standing1940
- Arbutus Streetthe 1100–2300, 2500–2700 and 2900 blocks: 73 addresses, 20 still standing1940
- Balaclava Streetthe 1700–2300, 2500–2800 and 3000 blocks: 58 addresses, 48 still standing1940
- Balsam Streetthe 1500–1600, 1800 and 2300–2500 blocks: 18 addresses, two still standing1940
- Bayswater Street28 addresses, 17 still standing1940
- Blenheim Streetthe 1700–2200, 2500 and 3000–3100 blocks: 30 addresses, 17 still standing1940
- Burrard Streetthe 1800, 2200–2400 and 2600 blocks: 27 addresses, two still standing1940
- Cameron Avenue19 addresses, eight still standing1940
- Carnarvon Streetthe 2500 block: 2 addresses, one still standing1940
- Chestnut Street3 addresses1940
- Collingwood Streetthe 1600–2100, 2300–2400, 2700 and 3100 blocks: 40 addresses, 31 still standing1940
- Cornwall Avenue100 addresses, 15 still standing1940
- Creelman Avenue41 addresses, 13 still standing1940
- Cypress Streetthe 1000–1100, 1300–1400, 1600–2600 and 2800 blocks: 61 addresses, 22 still standing1940
- Dunbar Streetthe 1500–2400, 2700 and 3100–3200 blocks: 67 addresses, 43 still standing1940
- Greer Avenue4 addresses, one still standing1940
- Laburnum Streetthe 1300–1400 blocks: 21 addresses, six still standing1940
- Larch Streetthe 1500–1600, 1800–2000, 2200–2300 and 2500 blocks: 30 addresses, 13 still standing1940
- Macdonald Streetthe 1700–1800, 2000–2300, 2500, 2700 and 3000–3100 blocks: 54 addresses, 39 still standing1940
- Mackenzie Streetthe 2500–2600 and 2800 blocks: 20 addresses, 18 still standing1940
- Maple Streetthe 1000–2200 and 2400–2600 blocks: 68 addresses, 26 still standing1940
- Ogden Avenue18 addresses, five still standing1940
- Point Grey Roadthe 2400–3600 blocks: 184 addresses, 68 still standing1940
- Stephens Street88 addresses, 65 still standing1940
- Trafalgar Streetthe 1500–2600, 2800 and 3000–3100 blocks: 67 addresses, 44 still standing1940
- Vine Streetthe 1500–1600, 1800, 2000–2600, 2800–2900 and 3100 blocks: 57 addresses, 18 still standing1940
- Walnut Street26 addresses, five still standing1940
- Waterloo Street99 addresses, 63 still standing1940
- West 10th Avenuethe 1800–3600 blocks: 253 addresses, 141 still standing1940
- West 11th Avenuethe 1800–2200 and 2600–3600 blocks: 219 addresses, 130 still standing1940
- West 12th Avenuethe 1800–3600 blocks: 278 addresses, 174 still standing1940
- West 13th Avenuethe 1800–3500 blocks: 292 addresses, 170 still standing1940
- West 14th Avenuethe 1800–3500 blocks: 284 addresses, 168 still standing1940
- West 15th Avenuethe 1800–3500 blocks: 250 addresses, 133 still standing1940
- West 16th Avenuethe 1900–2000, 2200–2300, 2500–2600, 2800–2900 and 3100–3400 blocks: 70 addresses, 37 still standing1940
- West 1st Avenuethe 1800–2800 and 3100–3600 blocks: 266 addresses, 72 still standing1940
- West 2nd Avenuethe 1800–2700 and 2900–3600 blocks: 332 addresses, 122 still standing1940
- West 3rd Avenuethe 1800–3600 blocks: 355 addresses, 152 still standing1940
- West 4th Avenuethe 1800–2900 and 3100–3600 blocks: 335 addresses, 37 still standing1940
- West 5th Avenuethe 1800–3700 blocks: 356 addresses, 176 still standing1940
- West 6th Avenuethe 1800–3600 blocks: 311 addresses, 163 still standing1940
- West 7th Avenuethe 1800–3600 blocks: 314 addresses, 149 still standing1940
- West 8th Avenuethe 1800–3600 blocks: 338 addresses, 133 still standing1940
- West Broadwaythe 1800–3600 blocks: 312 addresses, 24 still standing1940
- Whyte Avenue29 addresses, 13 still standing1940
- Yew Streetthe 1400–2900 and 3100 blocks: 99 addresses, 27 still standing1905–1955
What the directory left out
The 1940 directory printed “Orientals” at three doors in Kitsilano 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
Arbutus Ridge, Dunbar-Southlands, Fairview, Shaughnessy, West End and West Point Grey.