Kitsilano, Vancouver

2203 Dunbar Street

In the 1940 city directory.

Three of the Sainas household are listed at 2203 Dunbar Street in 1940: George Sainas, proprietor of Olympia Fish Market; Christina Sainas, a cashier for Trocadero Cafe; and Peter Sainas, a salesman at Olympia Fish Market; its name section adds one more person here under another surname.

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4
people the 1940 directory lists here, one of them named in the book
Still standing
today, by the City's records
1912
the year built, by the City's record

In 1940

The household

  • George Sainasproprietor of Olympia Fish Market · householderp. 540

Also under the Sainas name

  • Christina Sainasa cashier for Trocadero Cafe · lives herep. 540
  • Peter Sainasa salesman at Olympia Fish Market · lives herep. 540

Also at this address

  • One more personunder another surname, with their work: in the book

Dunbar Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.

The lines for 2203 Dunbar Street 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

2203 Dunbar Street still has a building from before 1946, as does 2209 next door; the City's assessment record gives 1912 as its year built.

The 2200 block in 1940

Dunbar Street between West 6th and West 7th Avenues, Kitsilano: 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.

Dunbar Street, the 2200 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)

East side, even numbers

No east-side addresses in the 1940 directory.

The 2200 block of Dunbar Street

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2203 Dunbar Street, Kitsilano, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1912 as the year built.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/2203-dunbar, 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.