In 1940, 1184 Granville Street is Martinique Smoke Shop, with one household listed under it. The street section prints one name the name section doesn't list: S Risby.
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- 1
- person the 1940 directory lists here
- Address gone
- today, by the City's records
In 1940
Granville Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
GRANVILLE
The building today
The City's list of addresses no longer has 1184 Granville Street, so the building is probably gone (inferred); directly across the street, 1183 still has one from before 1946, one of 15 on the block.
The 1100 block in 1940
Granville Street between Helmcken and Davie Streets, Downtown: 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.
Granville Street, the 1100 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)
West side, odd numbers
- 1105Auto Parts Ltdstands
- 1109Westport Meat Mkt +1gone
- 1115Vancouver Furnstands
- 1117Fleming G G Cogone
- 1123Hemenway & Songone
- 1125Clifton Hotel +1stands
- 1127Gowdy L Ngone
- 1129Beale Astands
- 1133vacantgone
- 1143H Y Gro +1stands
- 1145Newest Cafegone
- 1149*Bank of Montrealstands
- 1155West Side Apts +1stands
- 1157Bailey W +1gone
- 1159St Helen's Cigar Stand +1gone
- 1161St Helens Hotel +1stands
- 1167French Way Clnrs +1stands
- 1169Griffiths J Cgone
- 1171Gibbons W Jstands
- 1175Popular Produce Costands
- 1179Ferrie R +1gone
- 1181Butterfield H Jstands
- 1183Ruddick Mrs Sstands
- 1191Bond's Tea & Coffee Hse +1gone
- 1193*Royal Bankrebuilt
East side, even numbers
- 1102Goodrich Silvertown Storesgone
- 1104Richardson R Egone
- 1106Cut Rate Furn Cogone
- 1110Matheson Pgone
- 1114Raubinger P +1gone
- 1116Family Shoe Repairsgone
- 1118Carlo G Shoe Shine +1gone
- 1120A 1 Coml Photo Servgone
- 1122Soo Jgone
- 1124De Luxe Cafegone
- 1126Cut Rate Furngone
- 1128Bodnar W +1gone
- 1130Clowes Block +6stands
- 1132Pioneer Furngone
- 1138Cut Rate Furngone
- 1140Rialto Hotel +1gone
- 1142vacantrebuilt
- 1144vacantgone
- 1146Parker's Furn Exchgone
- 1148Adeline Beauty Shoppe +1gone
- 1150Jakes Sanitary Barber Shop +2rebuilt
- 1152Assoc Hdw Jobbersgone
- 1154Mayfair Lndygone
- 1156Merrin S Wgone
- 1160Cain W J +1gone
- 1162International Cap Co +2gone
- 1164Jansson K Tgone
- 1166vacantgone
- 1168Davis Tgone
- 1176Martin Hotel +1stands
- 1180Peter Pan Cafegone
- 1182Smith Pgone
- 1184Martinique Smoke Shop +1gone
- 1190C P Communicationsgone
- 1196*Bk of Nova Scotiarebuilt
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1184 Granville Street, Downtown, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1184-granville, from Vancouver's city directories (Vancouver Public Library) and City of Vancouver open data.

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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.