Two of the Aoki household are listed at 313 Alexander Street in 1940: Mrs Kiyo Aoki, who kept rooms to let; and Tomeo Aoki, a salesman for M Furuya; its name section adds twelve more people here under other surnames.
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- 14
- people the 1940 directory lists here, twelve of them named in the book
- Still standing
- today, by the City's records
- 1907
- the year built, by the City's record
In 1940
The household
- Mrs Kiyo Aokiwho kept rooms to letp. 17
Also under the Aoki name
- Tomeo Aokia salesman for M Furuya · lives herep. 17
Also at this address
- Twelve more peopleunder other surnames, with each one's work: in the book
Alexander Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
ALEXANDER
Names
The house today
313 Alexander Street still has a building from before 1946, one of six on the block; its permit dates from 1906 and the City's record from 1907, so it is very likely the wood-frame building Goad's 1912 map draws on the lot (inferred). A permit to build a frame house (the register's number: “ or 313”) was taken out in August 1906 by Yonekichi Aoki: $3,600; the 1940 directory lists the Aoki name here. (inferred) (the register's number for it is uncertain, but the owner's name is one the directories list here)
The 300 block in 1940
Alexander Street, on the stretch it shares with the 100 and 200 blocks, between Columbia Street and Dunlevy Avenue, Strathcona: 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.
Alexander Street, the 300 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)
North side, odd numbers
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313 Alexander Street, Strathcona, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1907 as the year built.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/313-alexander, 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. Building permit: Heritage Vancouver Society's transcription of the City's permit registers, 1901–1930 (Historical Vancouver Building Permits; search it for this address). Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.