Vancouver / West 33rd Avenue / Arbutus Ridge

Arbutus Ridge, Vancouver

2845 West 33rd Avenue

In the 1940 city directory.

Oswald Crawford worked as a traffic manager at Johnston National Storage and headed the household at 2845 West 33rd Avenue in 1940.

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1
person the 1940 directory lists here
Still standing
today, by the City's records
1937
the year built, by the City's record

In 1940

The household

  • Oswald Crawforda traffic manager at Johnston National Storage · householderp. 137

West 33rd Avenue is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

WEST 33RD

  1. 2845Crawford Op. 249

Names

  1. Crawford Oswald traf mgr Johnston Natl Stge h2845 West 33rdp. 137
The lines for 2845 West 33rd Avenue 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

2845 West 33rd Avenue still has a building from before 1946, as does 2839 next door; the City's assessment record gives 1937 as its year built.

The 2800 block in 1940

West 33rd Avenue between Macdonald and Mackenzie Streets, Arbutus Ridge: 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.

West 33rd Avenue, the 2800 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 2800 block of West 33rd Avenue

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2845 West 33rd Avenue, Arbutus Ridge, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1937 as the year built.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/2845-west-33rd-avenue, 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.