At 1040 Barclay Street in 1940, the one listed is Arthur N Bond, who kept rooms to let. Its name section lists two more people here: D Alice Bond and Hazel E Bond. It lists four more people here under other surnames too.
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- 7
- people the 1940 directory lists here, four of them named in the book
- Standing; age not recorded
- today, by the City's records
In 1940
The household
- Arthur N Bondwho kept rooms to letp. 55
Also under the Bond name
Also at this address
- Four more peopleunder other surnames, with each one's work: in the book
Barclay Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
BARCLAY
Names
The house today
The address is on the City's list, but its record gives no year built.
Since 1940
- 1997–2024Licensed as an apartment house (licences on record start in 1997).
- 2025A building permit for demolition, valued at $610,000 (DB-2024-04701).
From City of Vancouver open data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver): the property tax report (BC Assessment's years, approximate for old buildings), business licences from 1997 (the kind of business only), issued building permits from 2017 and the heritage register.
The 1000 block in 1940
Barclay Street between Burrard and Thurlow Streets, West End: every door the 1940 directory lists on the block, the way it prints them, and what stands at each today. This house is marked in red.
Barclay Street, the 1000 blockas the 1940 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today
*: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark, printed from 1935)
North side, odd numbers
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1040 Barclay Street, West End, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1040-barclay, from Vancouver's city directories (Vancouver Public Library) and City of Vancouver open data.
The book of 1040 Barclay Street
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Sources
The 1940 city directory (British Columbia and Yukon Directory), street and name sections, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories); each line above links its page. Today's buildings: City of Vancouver Open Data (property tax report 2026, property addresses, Vancouver Heritage Register; Open Government Licence – Vancouver). The City's year built is BC Assessment's figure and can be approximate for old houses. Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.