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Kitsilano, Vancouver

2346 Balaclava Street

In the 1940 city directory.

Mary G Cavers, a stenographer at the Canadian Bank of Commerce, headed a household at 2346 Balaclava Street in 1940 that the directory marks as owning it. Its name section lists one more person here: Fannie E Cavers. It lists one more person here under another surname too.

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3
people the 1940 directory lists here, one of them named in the book
*
some member of the family owns the property, to the best of the directory's knowledge, in 1940
Still standing
today, by the City's records
1912
the year built, by the City's record

In 1940

The household

  • Mary G Caversa stenographer at the Canadian Bank of Commerce · householderp. 103

Also under the Cavers name

  • Fannie E Caverslives herep. 103

Also at this address

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

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

BALACLAVA

  1. 2346*Cavers Miss M Gp. 7

Names

  1. Cavers Mary G sten CB of C h2346 Balaclavap. 103
  2. Cavers Fannie E r2346 Balaclavap. 103
The lines for 2346 Balaclava 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. *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark, printed from 1935).

The house today

2346 Balaclava Street still has a building from before 1946, as does 2340 next door; its permit dates from 1912 and the City's record from 1912, so it is very likely the wood-frame building Goad's 1912 map draws on the lot (inferred). A permit to build 8 houses (the register's number: “2304- or 2310-2316-2322-2328-2334-2340-2346”) was taken out in July 1912 by Vancouver Homebuilders Ltd, owner and builder: $25,600.

Since 1940

  1. 1970A major renovation, by BC Assessment's record.
  2. 1997–2024Licensed as an apartment house (licences on record start in 1997).

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 2300 block of Balaclava Street on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, with 2346 marked
The 2300 block of Balaclava Street, on the stretch it shares with the 2200 block, between West 6th and West 8th Avenues, on Goad's fire insurance map of 1912; the map may print the street under an older name. The ring marks 2346, placed from the City's address point today (inferred). The 1912 map draws four buildings on the lot at 2346; the one the ring marks is wood-frame. Georectified by the City of Vancouver (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

The 2300 block in 1940

Balaclava Street, on the stretch it shares with the 2200 block, between West 6th and West 8th 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.

Balaclava 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)

The 2300 block of Balaclava Street

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2346 Balaclava 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/2346-balaclava, 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. Building permit: Heritage Vancouver Society's transcription of the City's permit registers, 1901–1930 (Historical Vancouver Building Permits; search it for this address). Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.