Grandview-Woodland, Vancouver

178 Victoria Drive

In the 1940 city directory.

Ethel Stokes, widow of T, kept the house at 178 Victoria Drive in 1940; its name section adds two more people here under other surnames.

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3
people the 1940 directory lists here, two of them named in the book
Address gone
today, by the City's records

In 1940

The household

  • Ethel Stokeswidow of T · householderp. 590

Also at this address

  • Two more peopleunder other surnames, with each one's work: in the book

Victoria Drive is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

VICTORIA DRIVE

  1. 178Stokes Mrs Ep. 161

Names

  1. Stokes Ethel wid T h178 Victoria Drivep. 590
The lines for 178 Victoria Drive 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 house today

The City's list of addresses no longer has 178 Victoria Drive, so the building is probably gone (inferred); the nearest that still stands is 102, eight doors along on the same side.

The 100 block in 1940

Victoria Drive between Triumph and Pandora Streets, Grandview-Woodland: 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.

Victoria Drive, the 100 blockas the 1940 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today

West side, odd numbers

No west-side addresses in the 1940 directory.

The 100 block of Victoria Drive

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178 Victoria Drive, Grandview-Woodland, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/178-victoria-drive, 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.