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Mount Pleasant

3,801 addresses on 50 streets, in the 1940 city directory

Conductors were three times as common in Mount Pleasant as on the rest of the site's streets, 86 of them in 1940. Among them was William H Sinclair of 2510 Alberta Street. The 1940 city directory lists 8,295 people in Mount Pleasant, most often as salesmen, laborers and stenographers.

Who lived at each house is read on every street in 1940; and in 1905, 1915, 1925, 1935 and 1945 on four of its 371 blocks: the 2400–2700 blocks of Quebec Street.

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Mount Pleasant 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. Salesman285

    And 280 more, each on their own house's page.

  2. Laborer281

    And 276 more, each on their own house's page.

  3. Stenographer212

    And 207 more, each on their own house's page.

  4. Clerk201

    And 196 more, each on their own house's page.

  5. Proprietor179

    And 174 more, each on their own house's page.

  6. Driver178

    And 173 more, each on their own house's page.

  7. Saleswoman136

    And 131 more, each on their own house's page.

  8. Helper135

    And 130 more, each on their own house's page.

  9. Carpenter119

    And 114 more, each on their own house's page.

  10. Mechanic96

    And 91 more, each on their own house's page.

  11. Millworker89

    And 84 more, each on their own house's page.

  12. Conductor86

    And 81 more, each on their own house's page.

  13. Transferfive times as common as on the rest of the site's streets15

    And 10 more, each on their own house's page.

  14. Ward assistantfive times as common as on the rest of the site's streets12

    And 7 more, each on their own house's page.

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

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

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

Who they worked for

  • BC Electric Railway232
  • Vancouver City158
  • Vancouver General Hospital101
  • BC Telephone80
  • Woodward's74
  • CPR67
  • Spencer's57
  • CNR34

At home

1,482 of the 4,196 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

1,051 of the addresses here still have a building from before 1946; 568 were rebuilt later, and 2,179 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.

Harry and Mary Foote's house at 2812 Alberta Street, with people on its porch and balconies
About 1911 Harry and Mary Foote's house at 2812 Alberta Street, with people on its porch and balconies. City of Vancouver Archives, 2012-004.1. Public domain.
A girl at the dirt crossing of 10th Avenue and Quebec Street, looking east along 10th
1900 A girl at the dirt crossing of 10th Avenue and Quebec Street, looking east along 10th. City of Vancouver Archives, Str P273. Public domain.
Goad's 1912 fire insurance map of the 1000 block of East 12th Avenue
The 1000 block of East 12th Avenue on Goad's fire insurance map, 1912 (City of Vancouver Archives, open data).
Goad's 1912 fire insurance map of the 1100 block of East 13th Avenue
The 1100 block of East 13th Avenue on Goad's fire insurance map, 1912 (City of Vancouver Archives, open data).
Goad's 1912 fire insurance map of the 400 block of East 10th Avenue
The 400 block of East 10th Avenue on Goad's fire insurance map, 1912 (City of Vancouver Archives, open data).

The streets

The 50 streets in Mount Pleasant on the site, A to Z.

  1. Alberta Street62 addresses, 25 still standing
    1940
  2. Brunswick Street8 addresses, one still standing
    1940
  3. Carolina Streetthe 2100–2700, 2900 and 3100 blocks: 34 addresses, 22 still standing
    1940
  4. Clark Drivethe 2800 and 3100 blocks: 7 addresses, three still standing
    1940
  5. Columbia Streetthe 1800–2700 blocks: 60 addresses, eleven still standing
    1940
  6. East 10th Avenuethe 0–1200 blocks: 194 addresses, 75 still standing
    1940
  7. East 11th Avenuethe 0–1200 blocks: 202 addresses, 103 still standing
    1940
  8. East 12th Avenuethe 0–1200 blocks: 202 addresses, 104 still standing
    1940
  9. East 13th Avenuethe 0 and 200–1200 blocks: 171 addresses, 77 still standing
    1940
  10. East 14th Avenuethe 0–300 and 600–1200 blocks: 183 addresses, 77 still standing
    1940
  11. East 15th Avenuethe 0–1200 blocks: 172 addresses, 51 still standing
    1940
  12. East 16th Avenuethe 0 and 600–700 blocks: 32 addresses, nine still standing
    1940
  13. East 1st Avenuethe 0–100 blocks: 9 addresses
    1940
  14. East 2nd Avenuethe 0–100 and 300 blocks: 46 addresses, two still standing
    1940
  15. East 3rd Avenuethe 0–200 blocks: 31 addresses, one still standing
    1940
  16. East 4th Avenuethe 0–200 blocks: 35 addresses, two still standing
    1940
  17. East 5th Avenuethe 0–600 blocks: 81 addresses, five still standing
    1940
  18. East 6th Avenuethe 0–800 blocks: 101 addresses, 17 still standing
    1940
  19. East 7th Avenuethe 0–1000 and 1200 blocks: 150 addresses, 17 still standing
    1940
  20. East 8th Avenuethe 0–1000 and 1200 blocks: 183 addresses, eleven still standing
    1940
  21. East Broadwaythe 0–1200 blocks: 218 addresses, 32 still standing
    1940
  22. Glen Drivethe 2400 and 2600–3100 blocks: 20 addresses, 17 still standing
    1940
  23. Guelph Street30 addresses, five still standing
    1940
  24. Keith Drive10 addresses, four still standing
    1940
  25. Kingswaythe 0–600 blocks: 77 addresses, ten still standing
    1940
  26. Main Streetthe 1400–1500 and 1800–3100 blocks: 190 addresses, 29 still standing
    1940
  27. Manitoba Streetthe 1900–2200 and 2500–3100 blocks: 44 addresses, 15 still standing
    1940
  28. Ontario Streetthe 400, 1700–1800 and 2000–3100 blocks: 62 addresses, 35 still standing
    1940
  29. Prince Edward Streetthe 2100–2700 and 3000–3100 blocks: 39 addresses, six still standing
    1940
  30. Quebec Streetthe 1700 and 1900–3100 blocks: 76 addresses, ten still standing
    1905–1955
  31. Scotia Street13 addresses, two still standing
    1940
  32. Sophia Streetthe 2300 and 2700–3000 blocks: 20 addresses, ten still standing
    1940
  33. West 10th Avenuethe 0–400 blocks: 72 addresses, 21 still standing
    1940
  34. West 11th Avenuethe 0–300 and 600 blocks: 83 addresses, 39 still standing
    1940
  35. West 12th Avenuethe 0–400 blocks: 73 addresses, 39 still standing
    1940
  36. West 13th Avenuethe 0–400 blocks: 70 addresses, 42 still standing
    1940
  37. West 14th Avenuethe 0–400 blocks: 79 addresses, 43 still standing
    1940
  38. West 15th Avenuethe 0–400 blocks: 43 addresses, 13 still standing
    1940
  39. West 16th Avenuethe 300–400 blocks: 19 addresses, two still standing
    1940
  40. West 1st Avenuethe 0–300 blocks: 16 addresses, one still standing
    1940
  41. West 2nd Avenuethe 0–400 blocks: 40 addresses, two still standing
    1940
  42. West 3rd Avenuethe 0–300 blocks: 35 addresses, three still standing
    1940
  43. West 4th Avenuethe 0–300 blocks: 40 addresses, two still standing
    1940
  44. West 5th Avenuethe 0–400 blocks: 61 addresses, two still standing
    1940
  45. West 6th Avenuethe 0–400 blocks: 89 addresses, six still standing
    1940
  46. West 7th Avenuethe 0–400 blocks: 80 addresses, seven still standing
    1940
  47. West 8th Avenuethe 0–400 blocks: 78 addresses, five still standing
    1940
  48. West Broadwaythe 0–400 blocks: 95 addresses, eleven still standing
    1940
  49. Windsor Streetthe 2300–2400 and 2600–3100 blocks: 28 addresses, 18 still standing
    1940
  50. Yukon Streetthe 2000–2400 and 2600–3100 blocks: 38 addresses, seven still standing
    1940

What the directory left out

The 1940 directory printed “Orientals” at seven doors in Mount Pleasant 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, Fairview, Grandview-Woodland, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park and Strathcona.