In 1940, 5621 Dunbar Street is Southlands Family Meat Market, with one household listed under it. Its name section lists two people here: Leonard Preddice, proprietor of Southland's Family Meat Market; and Ken H Preddice, a salesman at Southlands Family Meat Market. It lists one more person here under another surname too.
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- 3
- people the 1940 directory lists here, one of them named in the book
- *
- some member of the family owns the property, to the best of the directory's knowledge, in 1940
- Rebuilt in 2005
- today, by the City's records
In 1940
The street section
The household
- Leonard Preddiceproprietor of Southland's Family Meat Market · householderp. 502
Also under the Preddice name
- Ken H Preddicea salesman at Southlands Family Meat Market · lives herep. 502
Also at this address
- One more personunder another surname, with their work: in the book
Dunbar Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
DUNBAR
Names
The building today
The building the 1940 directory knew is gone: the City dates the building at 5621 now to 2005; directly across the street, 5620 still has one from before 1946, the only one on the block.
Since 1940
- 2005Today'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 5600 block in 1940
Dunbar Street, on the stretch it shares with the 5700 block, between West 40th and West 42nd Avenues, Dunbar-Southlands: 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.
Dunbar 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
- 5605Hill A Crebuilt
- 5607OK Barber Shop +1gone
- 5619McKay Mrs F +1gone
- 5621*Southlands Family Meat Mkt +1rebuilt
- 5629Law W Erebuilt
- 5633So Hoy Prodgone
- 5641Bailey W Agone
- 5643vacantgone
- 5649*Quick W Erebuilt
- 5661Southlands Barber Shopgone
- 5675vacantgone
- 5679vacantgone
- 5687Southlands Home Cookinggone
- 5691vacantgone
- 5697vacantgone
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5621 Dunbar Street, Dunbar-Southlands, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The building there today dates from 2005, by the City's record.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/5621-dunbar, 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.