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Mount Pleasant, Vancouver

2617 Ontario Street

In the 1940 city directory.

Six of the Stewart household are listed at 2617 Ontario Street in 1940: Willard Stewart, a farmer; Charlotte L Stewart, of Style Beauty Salon; Florence M Stewart, a hairdresser; and three others; its name section adds three more people here under other surnames.

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9
people the 1940 directory lists here, three of them named in the book
Still standing
today, by the City's records
1910
the year built, by the City's record

In 1940

The household

  • Willard Stewarta farmer · householderp. 588

Also under the Stewart name

  • Charlotte L Stewartof Style Beauty Salon · lives herep. 586
  • Florence M Stewarta hairdresser · lives herep. 587
  • John R Stewarta dairyman at Associated Dairies · lives herep. 587
  • Phyllis E Stewarta hairdresser · lives herep. 588
  • Vivienne L Stewartof Style Beauty Salon · lives herep. 588

Also at this address

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

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

ONTARIO

  1. 2617Stewart Wp. 122

Names

  1. Stewart Willard farmer h2617 Ontariop. 588
  2. Stewart Charlotte L of Style Beauty Salon r2617 Ontariop. 586
  3. Stewart Florence M hairdrsr r2617 Ontariop. 587
  4. Stewart John R dairymn Assoc Dairies r2617 Ontariop. 587
  5. Stewart Phyllis E hairdrsr r2617 Ontariop. 588
  6. Stewart Vivienne L of Style Beauty Salon r2617 Ontariop. 588
The lines for 2617 Ontario 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

2617 Ontario Street still has a building from before 1946, one of four on the block; the City's assessment record gives 1910 as its year built.

The 2600 block of Ontario Street on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, with 2617 marked
The 2600 block of Ontario Street, on the stretch it shares with the 2500 block, between East Broadway and East 11th Avenue, on Goad's fire insurance map of 1912; the map may print the street under an older name. The ring marks 2617, placed from the City's address point today (inferred). Georectified by the City of Vancouver (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

The 2600 block in 1940

Ontario Street, on the stretch it shares with the 2500 block, between East Broadway and East 11th Avenue, 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.

Ontario Street, the 2600 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 2600 block of Ontario Street

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2617 Ontario Street, Mount Pleasant, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1910 as the year built.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/2617-ontario, 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.