In 1940, 994 Granville Street is Owl Drug Co, with one household listed under it. The street section prints one name the name section doesn't list: W J McKeon.
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- person the 1940 directory lists here
- Address gone
- today, by the City's records
In 1940
Granville Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
The building today
The City's list of addresses no longer has 994 Granville Street, so the building is probably gone (inferred); the nearest that still stands is 963, on the other side of the street, one of nine on the block.
The 900 block in 1940
Granville Street between Smithe and Nelson 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.
Granville Street, the 900 blockas the 1940 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today
West side, odd numbers
- 901Cunningham Drug Storesstands
- 905Kay's Outfittinggone
- 909James Radiogone
- 911Sun Groceteriarebuilt
- 915Henley Rooms +1gone
- 917La Belle Beauty Shopgone
- 919Baltimore Oyster & Fish +1rebuilt
- 921Liberty Cafegone
- 925Leland Hotel +2gone
- 927Sweet Sixteenstands
- 929Sparling G Bgone
- 939Worrall W Furn Costands
- 945La Salle Cigar Stand +3gone
- 947McKinnon Jgone
- 951Bowes Mus Hse Ltdgone
- 957Golden Rule Bkystands
- 963Dominion Cigar Stand +2stands
- 973Dom Thea Barber Shopgone
- 975Macmillan W Cgone
- 977Ziegler's Chocolate Shopsgone
- 979Dom Delctsn +1gone
- 985Richards E +1gone
- 989Style Shopgone
- 995Fashion Shoe Shoppegone
- 999Belmont Storegone
East side, even numbers
- 900Picadilly Coffee Shopgone
- 902Studio Hat Shopgone
- 904Wosk'sgone
- 906Capitol Cafe Ltdstands
- 910Beatty Bros Ltdstands
- 918Dom Hat Costands
- 920Brail's Central Barber Shop +2gone
- 922Rossi Egone
- 924vacantgone
- 926Granville Rooms +1gone
- 928vacantgone
- 932My Ladiesgone
- 936Landon Hotelstands
- 938New Palace Cafegone
- 940Galloway's Old Book Shop +1gone
- 944Aristocrat Cleaners & Hattersgone
- 946Gillis Fgone
- 950La Salle Cafegone
- 952La Salle Shoe Reprgone
- 954Buffet Coffee Shop +2gone
- 956Duck Yuen & Cogone
- 968Copp The Shoe Mangone
- 974Hoy H Bros & Cogone
- 976Annette Style Shopgone
- 978Pumphrey Mrs Erebuilt
- 980Van Art Shop +1gone
- 982Barron Meat Mktrebuilt
- 986Darling's Style Shopgone
- 990Stearman J Ltdgone
- 994Owl Drug Co +1gone
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994 Granville Street, Downtown, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/994-granville, 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.