Strathcona, Vancouver

439 Campbell Avenue

In the 1940 city directory.

Kinji Chiba is the householder at 439 Campbell Avenue in 1940; the directory prints no work beside the name. Its name section lists one more person here: Yoko Chiba. It lists one more person here under another surname too.

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3
people the 1940 directory lists here, one of them named in the book
Still standing
today, by the City's records
1905
the year built, by the City's record

In 1940

The household

Also under the Chiba name

Also at this address

  • One more personunder another surname, with their work: in the book

Campbell Avenue is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

CAMPBELL

  1. 439Chiba Kp. 25

Names

  1. Chiba Kinji h439 Campbellp. 108
  2. Chiba Yoko r439 Campbellp. 108
The lines for 439 Campbell Avenue 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

439 Campbell Avenue still has a building from before 1946, one of two on the block; the City's record dates it to 1905, before the 1912 map was drawn, so it is very likely B, one of the three small wood-frame houses Goad's 1912 map draws on one lot (inferred).

The 400 block of Campbell Avenue on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, with 439 marked
The 400 block of Campbell Avenue, between East Hastings and East Pender Streets, on Goad's fire insurance map of 1912; the map may print the street under an older name. The ring marks 439, placed from the City's address point today (inferred). The 1912 map splits this lot into three small wood-frame houses lettered A to C; 439 is B. Georectified by the City of Vancouver (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

The 400 block in 1940

Campbell Avenue between East Hastings and East Pender Streets, 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.

Campbell Avenue, the 400 blockas the 1940 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today

Campbell Avenue, block by block

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439 Campbell Avenue, Strathcona, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1905 as the year built.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/439-campbell-avenue, 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.