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Mount Pleasant, Vancouver

2316 Prince Edward Street

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 2316 Prince Edward Street is Prince Edward Apartments, with eleven suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists twelve people here: Max Barak, in advertising; Norman A Jones, a clerk at the BC Government; and ten others.

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12
people the 1940 directory lists here
Address gone
today, by the City's records

In 1940

The street section

  • twelve linesPrince Edward Apartments and its suites and households, each on the page beside

The household

  • Max Barakin advertising · householder · suite 9p. 30
  • Norman A Jonesa clerk at the BC Government · householder · suite 8p. 311
  • Mrs Ivy McIntoshhouseholder · suite 3p. 380
  • Jessie McIntoshwidow of A · householder · suite 4p. 380
  • John G Merritthouseholder · suite 7p. 426
  • Isabella Soutarwidow of W · householder · suite 6p. 576
  • Margaret Stevensonwidow of W · householder · suite 5p. 586
  • John Thomasa cook · householder · suite 1p. 608
  • Victoria Thomsona nurse · householder · suite 2p. 611
  • James Walkera proprietor · householder · suite 0p. 637

Also under the Thomson name

  • Alberta Thomsonlives here · suite 2p. 610
  • Tregallishouseholder · suite 10p. 618

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

PRINCE EDWARD

  1. 2316Prince Edward Aptsp. 136
  2. 23160Walker Jp. 136
  3. 23161Thomas Jp. 136
  4. 23162Thomson Miss Vp. 136
  5. 23163McIntosh Mrs Ip. 136
  6. 23164McIntosh Mrs Jp. 136
  7. 23165Stevenson Mrs Mp. 136
  8. 23166Soutar Mrs Ip. 136
  9. 23167Merritt J Gp. 136
  10. 23168Jones N Ap. 136
  11. 23169Barak Mp. 136
  12. 231610Tregallis —p. 136

Names

  1. Barak Max advtg h9, 2316 Prince Edwardp. 30
  2. Jones Norman A clk BC Govt h8, 2316 Prince Edwardp. 311
  3. McIntosh Mrs Ivy h3, 2316 Prince Edwardp. 380
  4. McIntosh Jessie wid A h4, 2316 Prince Edwardp. 380
  5. Merritt John G h7, 2316 Prince Edwardp. 426
  6. Soutar Isabella wid W emp Woodward's h6, 2316 Prince Edwardp. 576
  7. Stevenson Margt wid W h5, 2316 Prince Edwardp. 586
  8. Thomas John cook h1, 2316 Prince Edwardp. 608
  9. Thomson Victoria nurse h2, 2316 Prince Edwardp. 611
  10. Walker Jas prop Pr Edward Apts h0, 2316 Prince Edwardp. 637
  11. Thomson Alberta r2, 2316 Prince Edwardp. 610
  12. Tregallis h10, 2316 Prince Edwardp. 618
The lines for 2316 Prince Edward 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 building today

Not one of the five addresses the 1940 directory lists on the 2300 block of Prince Edward Street is on the City's list today, so the building at 2316 is probably gone (inferred).

The 2300 block in 1940

Prince Edward Street, 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.

Prince Edward Street, the 2300 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

No west-side addresses in the 1940 directory.

The 2300 block of Prince Edward Street

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2316 Prince Edward Street, Mount Pleasant, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/2316-prince-edward, 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.