In 1940, 896 Cambie Street is Alcock Downing & Wright Ltd, plumbing supplies.
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- Still standing
- on the Heritage Register, category C
- 1928
- the year built, by the City's record
In 1940
The street section
- Alcock Downing & Wright Ltdplumbing suppliesp. 24
Cambie Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
CAMBIE
The building today
896 Cambie Street still has a building from before 1946, on the City's heritage register (category C), one of two on the block; Goad's 1912 map shows no building at the street end of the lot, so this one, which the City dates to 1928, went up after it.
Since 1940
- 1997–2004Licensed as a school (licences on record start in 1997).
- 2011–2012Licensed as a shop.
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 800 block in 1940
Cambie Street between Robson and Smithe 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.
Cambie 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)
West side, odd numbers
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896 Cambie Street, Downtown, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1928 as the year built, and it is on the Vancouver Heritage Register.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/896-cambie, 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.