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Riley Park

3,196 addresses on 53 streets, in the 1940 city directory

For motormen, nowhere on the site comes close to Riley Park: 76 motormen in 1940, four times as common as on the site's other streets. They included William McKay of 4132 Balkan Street. Much of Riley Park's 1940 still stands: half of its addresses keep a building from before 1946, where the site's other streets keep one in three.

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

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Riley Park 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. Salesman238

    And 233 more, each on their own house's page.

  2. Laborer192

    And 187 more, each on their own house's page.

  3. Clerk185

    And 180 more, each on their own house's page.

  4. Driver144

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

  5. Carpenter132

    And 127 more, each on their own house's page.

  6. Proprietor130

    And 125 more, each on their own house's page.

  7. Saleswoman108

    And 103 more, each on their own house's page.

  8. Stenographer95

    And 90 more, each on their own house's page.

  9. Helper82

    And 77 more, each on their own house's page.

  10. Motormanfour times as common as on the rest of the site's streets76

    And 71 more, each on their own house's page.

  11. Engineer72

    And 67 more, each on their own house's page.

  12. Mechanic72

    And 67 more, each on their own house's page.

  13. Conductor67

    And 62 more, each on their own house's page.

  14. Car repairersix times as common as on the rest of the site's streets13

    And 8 more, each on their own house's page.

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

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

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

Who they worked for

  • BC Electric Railway226
  • Vancouver City139
  • Spencer's74
  • BC Telephone72
  • Woodward's72
  • CPR66
  • Associated Dairies29
  • Canadian White Pine29

At home

1,796 of the 3,236 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

1,628 of the addresses here still have a building from before 1946; 921 were rebuilt later, and 647 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.

Streetcars on Main Street, past a row of billboards
March 1940 Streetcars on Main Street, past a row of billboards. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 136-513. Public domain.
A large group, Rev. Ebenezer Robson among them, in front of Mount Pleasant Methodist Church
About 1907 A large group, Rev. Ebenezer Robson among them, in front of Mount Pleasant Methodist Church. City of Vancouver Archives, Ch P166. Public domain.
Goad's 1912 fire insurance map of the 100 block of West 18th Avenue
The 100 block of West 18th Avenue on Goad's fire insurance map, 1912 (City of Vancouver Archives, open data).
Goad's 1912 fire insurance map of the 4500 block of John Street
The 4500 block of John Street on Goad's fire insurance map, 1912 (City of Vancouver Archives, open data).
Goad's 1912 fire insurance map of the 400 block of West 17th Avenue
The 400 block of West 17th Avenue on Goad's fire insurance map, 1912 (City of Vancouver Archives, open data).

The streets

The 53 streets in Riley Park on the site, A to Z.

  1. Aubrey Place15 addresses, ten still standing
    1940
  2. Balkan Street22 addresses, eight still standing
    1940
  3. Carolina Streetthe 3300–3400 and 3600–3800 blocks: 16 addresses, eight still standing
    1940
  4. Columbia Streetthe 3200–3400 blocks: 5 addresses
    1940
  5. East 16th Avenuethe 100–500 blocks: 84 addresses, 16 still standing
    1940
  6. East 17th Avenuethe 0–600 blocks: 106 addresses, 41 still standing
    1940
  7. East 18th Avenuethe 0–600 blocks: 99 addresses, 40 still standing
    1940
  8. East 19th Avenuethe 0–600 blocks: 97 addresses, 34 still standing
    1940
  9. East 20th Avenuethe 0–600 blocks: 112 addresses, 56 still standing
    1940
  10. East 21st Avenuethe 0–600 blocks: 112 addresses, 55 still standing
    1940
  11. East 22nd Avenuethe 0–600 blocks: 76 addresses, 40 still standing
    1940
  12. East 23rd Avenuethe 0–600 blocks: 81 addresses, 41 still standing
    1940
  13. East 24th Avenuethe 0–600 blocks: 85 addresses, 57 still standing
    1940
  14. East 26th Avenuethe 0–300 and 500–600 blocks: 56 addresses, 33 still standing
    1940
  15. East 27th Avenuethe 0–100 and 500–600 blocks: 43 addresses, 21 still standing
    1940
  16. East 28th Avenuethe 100–600 blocks: 66 addresses, 37 still standing
    1940
  17. East 29th Avenuethe 100 and 300–600 blocks: 43 addresses, six still standing
    1940
  18. East 30th Avenuethe 0 and 200–600 blocks: 42 addresses, 23 still standing
    1940
  19. East 31st Avenuethe 300–600 blocks: 23 addresses, 14 still standing
    1940
  20. East 32nd Avenuethe 200–300 blocks: 40 addresses, 19 still standing
    1940
  21. East 33rd Avenuethe 0–300 blocks: 11 addresses, four still standing
    1940
  22. East 34th Avenuethe 300–400 blocks: 15 addresses, six still standing
    1940
  23. East 35th Avenuethe 100 and 300–400 blocks: 28 addresses, nine still standing
    1940
  24. East 36th Avenuethe 200–400 blocks: 23 addresses, 14 still standing
    1940
  25. East 37th Avenuethe 0–100 and 300–400 blocks: 35 addresses, 22 still standing
    1940
  26. East 38th Avenuethe 0–400 blocks: 77 addresses, 24 still standing
    1940
  27. East 39th Avenuethe 0–300 blocks: 44 addresses, 13 still standing
    1940
  28. East 40th Avenuethe 0–300 blocks: 35 addresses, 17 still standing
    1940
  29. East 41st Avenuethe 0 and 300 blocks: 14 addresses, eight still standing
    1940
  30. East King Edward Avenuethe 0–600 blocks: 97 addresses, 58 still standing
    1940
  31. Fraser Streetthe 3200, 3500–3600, 4000–4200, 4400–4600 and 5400 blocks: 69 addresses, 16 still standing
    1940
  32. James Street60 addresses, 35 still standing
    1940
  33. John Street89 addresses, 71 still standing
    1940
  34. Main Streetthe 3200–5000 and 5300–5400 blocks: 241 addresses, 53 still standing
    1940
  35. Manitoba Streetthe 3300 block: 3 addresses, two still standing
    1940
  36. Ontario Streetthe 3200–4400, 4800–4900 and 5600 blocks: 75 addresses, 39 still standing
    1940
  37. Prince Edward Streetthe 3200, 3400–3900, 4100–4500 and 4800–5400 blocks: 84 addresses, 56 still standing
    1940
  38. Quebec Streetthe 3200–3500, 3700–3900, 4100–5000 and 5600 blocks: 164 addresses, 110 still standing
    1940
  39. Sophia Streetthe 3200–3500, 3700–3800, 4100–4600 and 4800 blocks: 99 addresses, 59 still standing
    1940
  40. Walden Street77 addresses, 39 still standing
    1940
  41. West 16th Avenuethe 0–200 blocks: 20 addresses, three still standing
    1940
  42. West 17th Avenuethe 0–400 blocks: 89 addresses, 68 still standing
    1940
  43. West 18th Avenuethe 0–400 blocks: 91 addresses, 67 still standing
    1940
  44. West 19th Avenuethe 0–400 blocks: 92 addresses, 68 still standing
    1940
  45. West 20th Avenuethe 0–400 blocks: 94 addresses, 54 still standing
    1940
  46. West 21st Avenuethe 0–400 blocks: 97 addresses, 68 still standing
    1940
  47. West 23rd Avenuethe 0–400 blocks: 104 addresses, 60 still standing
    1940
  48. West 26th Avenuethe 0 block: 1 address, one still standing
    1940
  49. West 39th Avenuethe 0 block: 2 addresses, one still standing
    1940
  50. West 40th Avenuethe 0–100 blocks: 8 addresses, two still standing
    1940
  51. West 41st Avenuethe 0 block: 6 addresses, three still standing
    1940
  52. West King Edward Avenuethe 0–100 and 300–400 blocks: 19 addresses, twelve still standing
    1940
  53. Yukon Streetthe 3200–3400 and 3700 blocks: 10 addresses, seven still standing
    1940

What the directory left out

The 1940 directory printed “Orientals” at five doors in Riley Park 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

Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Mount Pleasant, Oakridge, South Cambie and Sunset.