The Brooks family, which the 1940 directory marks as owning 5657 Inverness Street, has five people listed here: Sam Brooks, a postman; Doris Brooks; Edna Brooks, a clerk at the BC Electric Railway; and two others.
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- 5
- people 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 1981
- today, by the City's records
In 1940
Inverness Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
INVERNESS
Names
The house today
The building the 1940 directory knew is gone: the City dates the building at 5657 now to 1981; no building from before 1946 is left on the 5600 block of Inverness Street, and across the street the City dates 5658's to 1974.
Since 1940
- 1981Today'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
Inverness 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.
Inverness 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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5657 Inverness Street, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The building there today dates from 1981, by the City's record.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/5657-inverness, 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.