Kerrisdale, Vancouver

6625 Balaclava Street

In the 1940 city directory.

Three of the Moores household are listed at 6625 Balaclava Street in 1940: Edward C Moores, an electrician at the Canadian Government; Ken C Moores; and Ralph D Moores, a student.

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3
people the 1940 directory lists here
Rebuilt in 1996
today, by the City's records

In 1940

The household

  • Edward C Mooresan electrician at the Canadian Government · householderp. 439

Also under the Moores name

  • Ken C Mooreslives herep. 439
  • Ralph D Mooresa student · lives herep. 439

Balaclava Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.

The lines for 6625 Balaclava Street in the 1940 directory, as we read them, with its abbreviations; each opens its page at the Vancouver Public Library. The name section prints h for a householder and r for someone who lives at the address.

The house today

The building the 1940 directory knew is gone: the City dates the building at 6625 now to 1996; the 6600 block of Balaclava Street keeps no building from before 1946; the nearest of its old addresses still on the City's list is 6650, with a building from 1985.

Since 1940

  1. 1996Today'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 6600 block of Balaclava Street on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, with 6625 marked
The 6600 block of Balaclava Street, between West 49th and West 51st Avenues, on Goad's fire insurance map of 1912; the map may print the street under an older name. The ring marks 6625, placed from the City's address point today (inferred). Georectified by the City of Vancouver (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

The 6600 block in 1940

Balaclava Street between West 49th and West 51st Avenues, Kerrisdale: 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.

Balaclava Street, the 6600 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

  1. 6625Moores E Crebuilt

The 6600 block of Balaclava Street

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6625 Balaclava Street, Kerrisdale, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The building there today dates from 1996, by the City's record.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/6625-balaclava, 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.