3463 Oak Street

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 3463 Oak Street is Madeleine Court, with ten suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists eleven people here: Alfred E Buckee, a steward at the CPR; Abraham Charkow, an office manager at Fit-Well Garments; and nine others. It lists two more people here under other surnames too.

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13: people the 1940 directory lists here, two of them named in the book
Rebuilt in 1972: today, by the City's records

In 1940

The street section

eleven linesMadeleine Court and its suites and households, each on the page beside

The household

Alfred E Buckeea steward at the CPR · householder · suite 6p. 78
Abraham Charkowan office manager at Fit-Well Garments · householder · suite 2p. 106
Sid Cormana dentist · householder · suite 4p. 127
Thomas Forresteran assistant accountant at the Imperial Bank · householder · suite 3p. 204
Joseph R Jackmana salesman at the Hudson's Bay Company · householder · suite 9p. 298
Mark N Kelleya salesman at Pacific Milk · householder · suite 7p. 317
A Edward Reamesretired · householder · suite 1p. 512
John H Watsona salesman at J M Brown Motor · householder · suite 5p. 644
John I Whitehouseholder · suite 11p. 655
John O Willingtona salesman for C A Mitchell · householder · suite 8p. 664

Also under the White name

Mrs Mary Whitea manager at Madeleine Court · lives here · suite 11p. 655

Also at this address

Two more peopleunder other surnames, with each one's work: in the book

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

The lines for 3463 Oak 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 building today

The building the 1940 directory knew is gone: the City dates the building at 3463 now to 1972; next door, 3411 still has its building from before 1946, the only one on the block.

Since 1940

1965A major renovation, by BC Assessment's record.
1972Today'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 3400 block of Oak Street on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, with 3463 marked — The 3400 block of Oak Street, on the stretch it shares with the 3500 block, between West 18th and West 20th Avenues, on Goad's fire insurance map of 1912; the map may print the street under an older name. The ring marks 3463, placed from the City's address point today (inferred). Georectified by the City of Vancouver (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

The 3400 block in 1940

Oak Street, on the stretch it shares with the 3500 block, between West 18th and West 20th Avenues, Shaughnessy: 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.

Oak Street, the 3400 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)

West side, odd numbers

East side, even numbers

3436*Wolfer Mrs Jgone

The 3400 block of Oak Street

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3463 Oak Street, Shaughnessy, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The building there today dates from 1972, by the City's record.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/3463-oak, 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. Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.