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166 East 11th Avenue

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 166 East 11th Avenue is Wenonah Apartments, with 17 suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists 19 people here: Bertrand C Amey, proprietor of International Distributor; Edwin Caldwell, a compositor; and 17 others.

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19: people the 1940 directory lists here
Still standing: today, by the City's records
1913: the year built, by the City's record

In 1940

The street section

18 linesWenonah Apartments and its suites and households, each on the page beside

The household

Bertrand C Ameyproprietor of International Distributor · householder · suite 3p. 12
Edwin Caldwella compositor · householder · suite 19p. 86
William Crana baker at Canadian Bakeries · householder · suite 17p. 136
Pascal Dumonthouseholder · suite 11p. 171
Albert W Gibsona millworker at Sterling Lumber · lives here · suite 14p. 221
Nellie Jacobsonwidow of C · householder · suite 18p. 299
Joseph Jettea foreman at Leckies · householder · suite 4p. 304
Frances Journetwho worked for the Vancouver General Hospital · householder · suite 7p. 312
Spencer W Lesliea branch manager at Superior Stores · householder · suite 10p. 346
Homer M Mathershouseholder · suite 2p. 419
Orrin C Mixa clerk at the BC Electric Railway · householder · suite 15p. 435
Charles W Rhindon active service · householder · suite 8p. 517
Mrs Mary Shannonan operator at Family Service Laundry · householder · suite 1p. 553
John Skinnera machinist · householder · suite 6p. 565
William B Wakefieldhouseholder · suite 9p. 636
William Westa clerk at the Post Office · householder · suite 12p. 651
Stan G Wilcoxa conductor at the BC Electric Railway · householder · suite 16p. 659

Also under the Dumont name

Elmer J Dumonta mechanic for P Dumont · lives here · suite 11p. 171
Harold Jacobsona salesman · lives here · suite 18p. 299

East 11th Avenue is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

EAST 11TH

Names

The lines for 166 East 11th Avenue in the 1940 directory, as we read them, with its abbreviations; each opens its page at the Vancouver Public Library. The name section prints h for a householder and r for someone who lives at the address.

The building today

166 East 11th Avenue still has a building from before 1946, the only one left on the 100 block of East 11th Avenue; the City's assessment record gives 1913 as its year built.

Since 1940

1997–2024Licensed as an apartment house (licences on record start in 1997).
2018A building permit for alterations, valued at $150,000 (BP-2018-03445).

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 100 block of East 11th Avenue on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, with 166 marked — The 100 block of East 11th Avenue, between Quebec and Main Streets, on Goad's fire insurance map of 1912; the map may print the street under an older name. The ring marks 166, placed from the City's address point today (inferred). Georectified by the City of Vancouver (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

The 100 block in 1940

East 11th Avenue between Quebec and Main Streets, Mount Pleasant: 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.

East 11th Avenue, the 100 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

South side, even numbers

The 100 block of East 11th Avenue

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166 East 11th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1913 as the year built.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/166-east-11th-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. The 1912 plate: Goad's Fire Insurance Map, georectified by the City of Vancouver. Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.