Shaughnessy, Vancouver

4350 Osler Street

In the 1940 city directory.

Reginald de L Harwood, a physician, is the householder at 4350 Osler Street in 1940, in a family the directory marks as owning it.

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1
person the 1940 directory lists here
*
some member of the family owns the property, to the best of the directory's knowledge, in 1940
Rebuilt in 1996
today, by the City's records

In 1940

The household

  • Reginald de L Harwooda physician · householderp. 259

Osler Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line. The 1940 directory prints it as Osler Avenue; every number it gives sits on today's Osler Street, so we take them for one street (inferred).

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

OSLER

  1. 4350*Harwood Dr R deLp. 123

Names

  1. Harwood Regd de L phys 127, 736 Granville h4350 Oslerp. 259
The lines for 4350 Osler 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. *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark, printed from 1935).

The house today

The building the 1940 directory knew is gone: the City dates the building at 4350 now to 1996; directly across the street, 4349 still has one from before 1946, one of four on the block.

Since 1940

  1. 1996Today'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 4300 block in 1940

Osler Street between West 27th and Nanton 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.

Osler Street, the 4300 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)

The 4300 block of Osler Street

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4350 Osler Street, Shaughnessy, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The building there today dates from 1996, by the City's record.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/4350-osler, 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.