Lucien Draize, a president at Draize & Co, is the householder at 5137 Angus Drive 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 2018
- today, by the City's records
In 1940
The household
- Lucien Draizea president at Draize & Co · householderp. 168
Angus Drive is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
ANGUS DRIVE
Names
The house today
Goad's 1912 map draws no building on the lot at 5137, and the building the 1940 directory knew is gone too: the City dates the one there now to 2018.
Since 1940
- 2018A building permit for a new building, valued at $933,128 (DB-2017-02485).
- 2018A building permit for demolition, valued at $15,000 (BP-2017-02486).
- 2018Today'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 5100 block in 1940
Angus Drive between West 35th and West 36th 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.
Angus Drive, the 5100 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)
West side, odd numbers
East side, even numbers
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5137 Angus Drive, Shaughnessy, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The building there today dates from 2018, by the City's record.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/5137-angus-drive, 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.