The 1940 directory lists six firms and seven other lines at 801 West Georgia Street; the firms' trades: women's clothing. The street section prints two names the name section doesn't list: “CKWX” and Miss M Brown. Its name section lists 83 more people here under other surnames too.
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- 85
- people the 1940 directory lists here, 83 of them named in the book
- Still standing
- on the Heritage Register, category B
- 1927
- the year built, by the City's record
In 1940
The street section
- 13 linesGeorgia Hotel and its suites and households, each on the page beside
Only in the street section
Also at this address
- 83 more peopleunder other surnames, with each one's work: in the book
West Georgia Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
WEST GEORGIA
- 801Georgia Hotelp. 57
- 801Georgia Concession Cop. 57
- 801Western Broadcasting Cop. 57
- 801CKWX radio stap. 57
- 801Georgia Hotel Newsp. 57
- 801Assoc Jwlrs of Canadap. 57
- 801Unity Metaphysical Centrep. 57
- 801Brown Miss M feminine hygienep. 57
- 801Moloney Anne Ltd women's clop. 57
- 801Georgia Hotel Beauty Salonp. 57
- 801Georgia Hotel Barber Shopp. 57
- 801Northwest Airlines Incp. 57
- 801Georgia Hotel Shoe Shinep. 57
The building today
801 West Georgia Street still has a building from before 1946, on the City's heritage register (category B), as does 800 across the street; the City's assessment record gives 1927 as its year built.
The 800 block in 1940
West Georgia Street between Howe and Hornby 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.
West Georgia Street, the 800 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)
East side, odd numbers
West side, even numbers
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801 West Georgia Street, Downtown, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1927 as the year built, and it is on the Vancouver Heritage Register.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/801-west-georgia, 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.