In 1940, 4454 Dunbar Street is Community Shoe Repairs, with one household listed under it. Its name section lists one person here: Frederick Sanderson, proprietor of Community Shoe Repairs.
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- person the 1940 directory lists here
- Address gone
- today, by the City's records
In 1940
The street section
The household
- Frederick Sandersonproprietor of Community Shoe Repairs · householderp. 542
Dunbar Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
DUNBAR
Names
The building today
The City's list of addresses no longer has 4454 Dunbar Street, so the building is probably gone (inferred); directly across the street, 4455 still has one from before 1946, the only one on the block.
The 4400 block in 1940
Dunbar Street between West 28th and West 29th Avenues, Dunbar-Southlands: 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.
Dunbar Street, the 4400 blockas the 1940 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today
West side, odd numbers
- 4407Can Bank of Commercegone
- 4409Florine Conf +1gone
- 4413Superior Storesgone
- 4439Sterling Mktsgone
- 4441Rogers Fgone
- 4443Bagnall J Wgone
- 4445Golden Sheaf Bake Shoprebuilt
- 4455Mayfair Dairy +1stands
- 4465Palmer L Hgone
- 4467Lee Somegone
- 4479Exmoor Meat Mktgone
- 4485Community Librarygone
- 4495Qualitie Made Bkygone
- 4497Harcus Drug +1gone
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4454 Dunbar Street, Dunbar-Southlands, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/4454-dunbar, 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.