In 1940, 45 Dunlevy Avenue holds six firms.
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- *
- some member of the family owns the property, to the best of the directory's knowledge, in 1940
- Still standing
- today, by the City's records
- 1927
- the year built, by the City's record
In 1905
The 1905 directory lists Dunlevy Avenue but not 45.
Dunlevy Avenue is read from the 1905 directory's street section, line by line.
In 1910
The 1910 directory lists Dunlevy Avenue but not 45.
Dunlevy Avenue is read from the 1910 directory's street section, line by line.
In 1915
The 1915 directory lists Dunlevy Avenue but not 45.
Dunlevy Avenue is read from the 1915 directory's street section, line by line.
In 1920
The 1920 directory lists Dunlevy Avenue but not 45.
Dunlevy Avenue is read from the 1920 directory's street section, line by line.
In 1940
The street section
Dunlevy Avenue is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line. The 1940 directory prints it as Dunlevy; its numbers run along today's Dunlevy Avenue, so we take them for one street (inferred).
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
DUNLEVY
The building today
45 Dunlevy Avenue still has a building from before 1946; the City's assessment record gives 1927 as its year built.
The first block, year by year
Dunlevy Avenue between Railway and Alexander Streets, Strathcona: every door each year we've read lists on the block, the way it prints them, and what stands at each today. This house is marked in red. Pick a year to read who lived at every door.
Dunlevy Avenue, the first blockas the 1910 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 1905 directory lists no one on this block.
The 1910 directory lists no one on this block.
The 1915 directory lists no one on this block.
The 1920 directory lists no one on this block.
West side, odd numbers
East side, even numbers
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45 Dunlevy Avenue, Strathcona, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1927 as the year built.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/45-dunlevy-avenue, from Vancouver's city directories (Vancouver Public Library) and City of Vancouver open data.
The book of 45 Dunlevy Avenue
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Sources
The city directories of 1905 (Henderson's City of Vancouver Directory), 1910 (Henderson's City of Vancouver and North Vancouver Directory Part 1), 1915 (Henderson's Greater Vancouver City Directory), 1920 (Henderson's Vancouver Directory) and 1940 (British Columbia and Yukon Directory), street and name sections where both are read, 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.