Strathcona, Vancouver

315 East Pender Street

In the 1940 city directory.

Kai Meet is the householder at 315 East Pender Street in 1940; the directory prints no work beside the name.

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1
person the 1940 directory lists here
Still standing
on the Heritage Register, category B
1901
the year built, by the City's record

In 1940

The household

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

EAST PENDER

  1. 315Meet Kaip. 127

Names

  1. Meet Kai h315 East Penderp. 424
The lines for 315 East Pender 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.

The house today

315 East Pender Street still has a building from before 1946, on the City's heritage register (category B), as does 311 next door; the City's assessment record gives 1901 as its year built.

The 300 block in 1940

East Pender Street between Gore and Dunlevy Avenues, 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.

The 300 block of East Pender Street

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315 East Pender Street, Strathcona, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1901 as the year built, and it is on the Vancouver Heritage Register.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/315-east-pender, 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.