The 1940 street section prints only a name at 504 Kingsway, Mrs M Benedict, and no line in the name section matches it. Its name section lists one more person here: I May Benedict, widow of B. It lists four more people here under other surnames too.
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- 6
- people the 1940 directory lists here, four of them named in the book
- Address gone
- today, by the City's records
In 1940
The street section
- Mrs M Benedictp. 97
Also under the Benedict name
- I May Benedictwidow of B · householderp. 42
Also at this address
- Four more peopleunder other surnames, with each one's work: in the book
Kingsway is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
KINGSWAY
Names
The house today
The City's list of addresses no longer has 504 Kingsway, so the building is probably gone (inferred); nothing on the 500 block of Kingsway stands from before 1946: three doors along, 550 has a building from 1995.
The 500 block in 1940
Kingsway between St. George and Carolina Streets, Mount Pleasant: 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.
Kingsway, the 500 blockas the 1940 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today
North side, odd numbers
No north-side addresses in the 1940 directory.
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504 Kingsway, Mount Pleasant, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/504-kingsway, from Vancouver's city directories (Vancouver Public Library) and City of Vancouver open data.
The book of 504 Kingsway
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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.