Mount Pleasant, Vancouver

3020 Manitoba Street

In the 1940 city directory.

J J Galbraith, a grocer, is the one line the 1940 street section prints at 3020 Manitoba Street, and no line in the name section matches it. Its name section lists one more person here: Blanche E Galbraith, a school teacher.

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2
people the 1940 directory lists here
*
some member of the family owns the property, to the best of the directory's knowledge, in 1940
Rebuilt in 2002
today, by the City's records

In 1940

The street section

  • J J Galbraithgrocer · marked *p. 110

Also under the Galbraith name

  • Blanche E Galbraitha school teacher · lives herep. 214

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

MANITOBA

  1. 3020*Galbraith J J grop. 110

Names

  1. Galbraith Blanche E sch tchr Van City r3020 Manitobap. 214
The lines for 3020 Manitoba 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

The building the 1940 directory knew is gone: the City dates the building at 3020 now to 2002; across the street, 3025 still has one from before 1946, one of two on the block.

Since 1940

  1. 2002Today's building goes up, by the City's record.

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 3000 block in 1940

Manitoba Street between West 14th and West 15th Avenues, 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.

Manitoba Street, the 3000 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)

East side, even numbers

  1. 3020*Galbraith J Jrebuilt

The 3000 block of Manitoba Street

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3020 Manitoba Street, Mount Pleasant, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The building there today dates from 2002, by the City's record.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/3020-manitoba, 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.