Mrs H Parkin, who kept rooms to let, is the one line the 1940 street section prints at 312 West Georgia Street, and no line in the name section matches it; its name section adds five more people here under other surnames.
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- people the 1940 directory lists here, five of them named in the book
- Address gone
- today, by the City's records
In 1940
The street section
- Mrs H Parkinrooms to letp. 56
Also at this address
- Five more peopleunder other surnames, with each one's work: in the book
West Georgia Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
The house today
The City's list of addresses no longer has 312 West Georgia Street, so the building is probably gone (inferred); nothing on the 300 block of West Georgia Street stands from before 1946: three doors along, 300 has a building from 1995.
The 300 block in 1940
West Georgia Street, on the stretch it shares with the 400 block, between Cambie and Richards Streets, Downtown: 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 Georgia Street, the 300 blockas the 1940 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today
East side, odd numbers
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312 West Georgia Street, Downtown, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/312-west-georgia, from Vancouver's city directories (Vancouver Public Library) and City of Vancouver open data.
The book of 312 West Georgia Street
Every directory, as one book
The book reads this address in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: who lived here year by year, their work from the name sections, with the five people here in 1940 under other surnames whom this page doesn't name, the block around it, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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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.