In 1940, 517 Burrard Street is Radio Service Engineers.
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- Address gone
- today, by the City's records
In 1940
The street section
- Radio Service Engineersp. 21
Burrard Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
The building today
The City's list of addresses no longer has 517 Burrard Street, so the building is probably gone (inferred); the 500 block of Burrard Street keeps no building from before 1946; the nearest of its old addresses still on the City's list is 505, with a building from 1967.
The 500 block in 1940
Burrard Street between West Pender and Dunsmuir Streets, Downtown: 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.
Burrard Street, the 500 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
- 501Lion's Gate Confgone
- 503Johnson Cgone
- 505vacantrebuilt
- 507Swanson A Hgone
- 509Can Forestry Assngone
- 513Flink Jgone
- 515Shannon Mrsgone
- 517Radio Service Engineersgone
- 519Gibberd & Songone
- 521Kinder Mrs Jgone
- 523Halliday Mrs I Bgone
- 525Benn's Coffee Shopgone
- 529Marine Garagegone
- 537Colonial Grocery +2gone
- 539Trip C Hgone
- 541Mills H +1gone
- 555Bralco Ltd +5gone
- 567Day R S & Son Ltdgone
- 589Colonial Apartments +25gone
- 591Beattie W Cgone
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517 Burrard Street, Downtown, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/517-burrard, 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.