John E Jardine worked as a night traffic chief at the Canadian Press and headed the household at 5614 Bruce Street in 1940.
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In 1940
The household
- John E Jardinea night traffic chief at the Canadian Press · householderp. 301
Bruce Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
BRUCE
Names
The house today
The City's list of addresses no longer has 5614 Bruce Street, so the building is probably gone (inferred); the 5600 block of Bruce Street keeps no building from before 1946; the nearest of its old addresses still on the City's list is 5605, with a building from 1965. A permit to build a house was taken out in June 1930 by F L Lund, owner and builder: $1,800.
The 5600 block in 1940
Bruce Street, on the stretch it shares with the 5500 block, between East 39th and East 41st Avenues, Kensington-Cedar Cottage: 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.
Bruce Street, the 5600 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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5614 Bruce Street, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/5614-bruce, 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. Building permit: Heritage Vancouver Society's transcription of the City's permit registers, 1901–1930 (Historical Vancouver Building Permits; search it for this address). Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.