Vancouver / South Cambie

Vancouver

South Cambie

814 addresses on 18 streets, in the 1940 city directory

South Cambie has kept more of its old buildings than the rest of the site's streets: half of its addresses still have one from before 1946, against one in three. Of all the work the 1940 directory gives South Cambie's 1,567 people, salesmen, clerks and stenographers come first.

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

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South Cambie 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. Salesman82

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

  2. Clerk79

    And 74 more, each on their own house's page.

  3. Stenographer78

    And 73 more, each on their own house's page.

  4. Proprietor42

    And 37 more, each on their own house's page.

  5. Teacher38

    And 33 more, each on their own house's page.

  6. Saleswoman26

    And 21 more, each on their own house's page.

  7. Nurse23

    And 18 more, each on their own house's page.

  8. Driver22

    And 17 more, each on their own house's page.

  9. Carpenter21

    And 16 more, each on their own house's page.

  10. Laborer20

    And 15 more, each on their own house's page.

  11. Maid19

    And 14 more, each on their own house's page.

  12. Mechanic16

    And 11 more, each on their own house's page.

  13. Superintendentfour times as common as on the rest of the site's streets8

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

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

Who they worked for

  • Vancouver City52
  • Vancouver General Hospital43
  • BC Electric Railway37
  • BC Telephone21
  • CPR19
  • Canadian Bakeries18
  • Spencer's15
  • Associated Dairies13

At home

486 of the 849 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

388 of the addresses here still have a building from before 1946; 191 were rebuilt later, and 235 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.

Firemen and their horse-drawn wagons at Fire Hall No. 10, Heather Street and 13th Avenue
15 July 1912 Firemen and their horse-drawn wagons at Fire Hall No. 10, Heather Street and 13th Avenue. City of Vancouver Archives, FD P48. Public domain.
Two men with tennis racquets on the step of the B.C. Electric Lawn Tennis Club at 41st Avenue and Laurel Street
About 1913 Two men with tennis racquets on the step of the B.C. Electric Lawn Tennis Club at 41st Avenue and Laurel Street. City of Vancouver Archives, LGN 935. Public domain.
Goad's 1912 fire insurance map of the 900 block of West 21st Avenue
The 900 block of West 21st Avenue on Goad's fire insurance map, 1912 (City of Vancouver Archives, open data).
Goad's 1912 fire insurance map of the 900 block of West 17th Avenue
The 900 block of West 17th Avenue on Goad's fire insurance map, 1912 (City of Vancouver Archives, open data).
Goad's 1912 fire insurance map of the 800 block of West 18th Avenue
The 800 block of West 18th Avenue on Goad's fire insurance map, 1912 (City of Vancouver Archives, open data).

The streets

The 18 streets in South Cambie on the site, A to Z.

  1. Ash Streetthe 3200–3600 and 4000 blocks: 16 addresses, eleven still standing
    1940
  2. Heather Streetthe 3200–3500 and 3700–3900 blocks: 55 addresses, 14 still standing
    1940
  3. Laurel Streetthe 3200–3500 and 3800–3900 blocks: 27 addresses, 19 still standing
    1940
  4. Oak Streetthe 3200–3300, 3600, 3800–3900 and 4800 blocks: 36 addresses, five still standing
    1940
  5. West 16th Avenuethe 500 and 700 blocks: 44 addresses, six still standing
    1940
  6. West 17th Avenuethe 500–900 blocks: 94 addresses, 56 still standing
    1940
  7. West 18th Avenuethe 500–900 blocks: 82 addresses, 45 still standing
    1940
  8. West 19th Avenuethe 500–900 blocks: 96 addresses, 47 still standing
    1940
  9. West 20th Avenuethe 500–900 blocks: 81 addresses, 42 still standing
    1940
  10. West 21st Avenuethe 500–600 and 900 blocks: 59 addresses, 34 still standing
    1940
  11. West 23rd Avenuethe 500–900 blocks: 68 addresses, 41 still standing
    1940
  12. West 24th Avenuethe 500–800 blocks: 36 addresses, 26 still standing
    1940
  13. West 26th Avenuethe 500–900 blocks: 54 addresses, 21 still standing
    1940
  14. West 27th Avenuethe 500 and 800–900 blocks: 15 addresses, six still standing
    1940
  15. West 28th Avenuethe 500 and 800 blocks: 15 addresses, five still standing
    1940
  16. West 29th Avenuethe 500 block: 6 addresses, one still standing
    1940
  17. West King Edward Avenuethe 500–900 blocks: 15 addresses, two still standing
    1940
  18. Willow Streetthe 3200–3300, 3500, 3900–4000 and 4300 blocks: 15 addresses, seven still standing
    1940

Next door

Fairview, Oakridge, Riley Park and Shaughnessy.