905 Chilco Street

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 905 Chilco Street is Chatelaine, an apartment building, with eleven suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists 16 people here: Thomas W Bell, a manager at the Chatelaine Apartments; W Valentine P Clery, an accountant at the Canadian Bank of Commerce; and 14 others. The street section prints one more name the name section doesn't list: R P Stockton. Its name section lists four more people here under other surnames too.

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21: people the 1940 directory lists here, four of them named in the book
Still standing: on the Heritage Register, category B
1930: the year built, by the City's record

In 1940

The street section

twelve linesChatelaine and its suites and households, each on the page beside

The household

Thomas W Bella manager at the Chatelaine Apartments · householder · suite 1p. 41
W Valentine P Cleryan accountant at the Canadian Bank of Commerce · householder · suite 6p. 115
Elsie M Galbraithwidow of F D · householder · suite 2p. 214
James Glaspiea superintendent at Glaspie Lumber · householder · suite 10p. 226
Edwin R Grisdalea manager at C C Cross & Co · householder · suite 4p. 243
Edith L Kirbywidow of W T · householder · suite 12p. 325
Jane C Newlandwidow of C F · householder · suite 11p. 458
Ray H Nobleretired · householder · suite 9p. 462
Walter M Patona physician · householder · suite 7p. 482
George Rossa clerk at the Canadian Bank of Commerce · householder · suite 5p. 532

Also under the Bell name

Frederick A Belllives here · suite 1p. 40
Lora M Belllives here · suite 1p. 41
Patrick M Clerya student at UBC · lives here · suite 6p. 115
Norma Galbraithlives here · suite 2p. 214
Hope M Newlanda stenographer at the Canadian Bank of Commerce · lives here · suite 11p. 458
Elsie M Stocktonlives here · suite 8p. 589

Only in the street section

R P Stocktonsuite 8p. 30

Also at this address

Four more peopleunder other surnames, with each one's work: in the book

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

CHILCO

Names

The lines for 905 Chilco 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 building today

905 Chilco Street still has a building from before 1946, on the City's heritage register (category B); Goad's 1912 map shows no building at the street end of the lot, so this one, which the City dates to 1930, went up after it. A permit to build miscellaneous was taken out in June 1930 by John Galloway & Sons: builder J Galloway & Sons, architect W M Dodd & Co, $60,000.

The 900 block of Chilco Street on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, with 905 marked — The 900 block of Chilco Street, between Haro and Nelson Streets, on Goad's fire insurance map of 1912; the map may print the street under an older name. The ring marks 905, placed from the City's address point today (inferred). The 1912 map draws no building on the lot at 905. Georectified by the City of Vancouver (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

The 900 block in 1940

Chilco Street between Haro and Nelson Streets, West End: 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.

Chilco Street, the 900 blockas the 1940 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today

West side, odd numbers

East side, even numbers

No east-side addresses in the 1940 directory.

Chilco Street, block by block

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905 Chilco Street, West End, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1930 as the year built, and it is on the Vancouver Heritage Register.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/905-chilco, 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. Building permit: Heritage Vancouver Society's transcription of the City's permit registers, 1901–1930 (Historical Vancouver Building Permits; search it for this address). Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.