The 1940 directory lists one firm and one household at 2675 Oak Street: S Gillies and Vancouver Jewish Administrative Council. Its name section gives one of them in full: Sam Gillies, a building manager at Vancouver Jewish Community Centre. It lists five more people here under other surnames too.
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- 6
- people the 1940 directory lists here, five of them named in the book
- Still standing
- on the Heritage Register, category B
- 1929
- the year built, by the City's record
In 1940
The street section
The household
- Sam Gilliesa building manager at Vancouver Jewish Community Centre · householderp. 224
Also at this address
- Five more peopleunder other surnames, with each one's work: in the book
Oak Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
OAK
Names
The house today
2675 Oak Street still has a building from before 1946, on the City's heritage register (category B); the City's assessment record gives 1929 as its year built.
Since 1940
- 1990A major renovation, by BC Assessment's record.
- TodayProtected by the City's municipal designation.
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 2600 block in 1940
Oak Street between West 10th and West 11th Avenues, Fairview: 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.
Oak Street, the 2600 blockas the 1940 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today
West side, odd numbers
East side, even numbers
No east-side addresses in the 1940 directory.
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2675 Oak Street, Fairview, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1929 as the year built, and it is on the Vancouver Heritage Register.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/2675-oak, 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.