In 1940, 1543 West 3rd Avenue is Third Avenue Grocery, with two suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists three people here: Joseph Rosen, of Third Avenue Grocery; Mrs Sophia Rosen, of Third Avenue Grocery; and Frank Tait, a fireman at Canadian National Steamships. The street section prints one more name the name section doesn't list: J F T Tait.
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- people the 1940 directory lists here
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- some member of the family owns the property, to the best of the directory's knowledge, in 1940
- Address gone
- today, by the City's records
In 1940
The street section
The household
- Joseph Rosenof Third Avenue Grocery · householderp. 532
Also under the Rosen name
West 3rd Avenue is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
WEST 3RD
Names
The building today
The City's list of addresses no longer has 1543 West 3rd Avenue, so the building is probably gone (inferred); the 1500 block of West 3rd Avenue keeps no building from before 1946; the nearest of its old addresses still on the City's list is 1523, with a building from 1973.
The 1500 block in 1940
West 3rd Avenue ending at Fir Street, Fairview: 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.
West 3rd Avenue, the 1500 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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1543 West 3rd Avenue, Fairview, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1543-west-3rd-avenue, 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.