P Callas, a shoe shine, is the one line the 1940 street section prints at 403 West Pender Street, and no line in the name section matches it.
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- 1
- person the 1940 directory lists here
- Address gone
- today, by the City's records
In 1940
The street section
- P Callasshoe shinep. 129
West Pender 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 403 West Pender Street, so the building is probably gone (inferred); directly across the street, 402, on the heritage register, still has one from before 1946, one of four on the block.
The 400 block in 1940
West Pender Street between Homer 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 Pender Street, the 400 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
- 401Bert's Cigar Boxgone
- 403Callas Pgone
- 405Samek C +1gone
- 407Intl Barber Shop +1gone
- 413Intl Jwlrs & Trading Cogone
- 417Van Key Registry Co +2gone
- 419Pritchard Rgone
- 421Burnett & Matheson +1gone
- 425Niagara Sea Foodsgone
- 427New York Hat Wks +1gone
- 429Western Prntg Co +39stands
- 433vacantgone
- 435Niagara Hotelstands
- 439vacantgone
- 445vacantgone
- 447Johnston D Wgone
- 449Smith F & Cogone
- 455Gray Cgone
South side, even numbers
- 402B C Mining Bldg +47stands
- 414McGregor Johnston & Thomas Ltd +1gone
- 416Western Canada Bldg +6stands
- 418Timms A H Ltdgone
- 420O K Confgone
- 424Cash Register Shop +1gone
- 426Louis Lunchgone
- 428Canada Garagestands
- 432vacantgone
- 434Birkett & Coboldgone
- 438Paris Cafegone
- 440Paris Roomsgone
- 442Sunbeam Sandwich Shoppegone
- 444Ship's Barber Shopgone
- 446Clayton Roomsgone
- 448Gallagher W H & Cogone
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403 West Pender Street, Downtown, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/403-west-pender, from Vancouver's city directories (Vancouver Public Library) and City of Vancouver open data.
The book of 403 West Pender Street
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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.