A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The McKays
In the city directories 1940 · 241 addresses on 149 streets
The directories print the McKay name at 241 addresses on 149 streets in 1940, in 21 of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spellings MacKay and Mackay. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.
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Where the McKays lived
- Downtown32 addresses
- West End29 addresses
- Kitsilano22 addresses
- Grandview-Woodland19 addresses
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage17 addresses
- Mount Pleasant17 addresses
- Dunbar-Southlands14 addresses
- Sunset13 addresses
- Hastings-Sunrise12 addresses
- Fairview9 addresses
- Riley Park9 addresses
- West Point Grey8 addresses
- Renfrew-Collingwood7 addresses
- Kerrisdale6 addresses
- Shaughnessy6 addresses
- South Cambie6 addresses
- Marpole5 addresses
- Victoria-Fraserview5 addresses
- Strathcona3 addresses
- Arbutus Ridge1 address
- Killarney1 address
Where the name was printed
The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.
- 1Granville StreetSix addresses in Downtown; six people: G McKay, A W MacKay, Alex McKay and three more1940
- 2West 12th AvenueSix addresses in Mount Pleasant, Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; nine people: C H MacKay, C McKay, Mrs L MacKay and six more1940
- 3Nelson StreetFive addresses in West End; seven people: J B McKay, Mrs C Mackay, Margaret C McKay and four more1940
- 4West 14th AvenueFive addresses in Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; seven people: C A McKay, D Mackay, E L MacKay and four more1940
- 5West 24th AvenueFive addresses in South Cambie and Dunbar-Southlands; eleven people: H MacKay, H MacKay, J D McKay and eight more1940
- 6West 6th AvenueFive addresses in Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; nine people: A MacKay, J McKay, L L McKay and six more1940
- 7Comox StreetFour addresses in West End; five people: A A MacKay, Mrs G Mackay, P H MacKay and two more1940
- 8Franklin StreetFour addresses in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise; five people: D L McKay, K A McKay, M MacKay and two more1940
- 9Richards StreetFour addresses in Downtown; four people: T W MacKay, J Mackay, McKay (no first name printed) and one more1940
- 10West 10th AvenueFour addresses in Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey; seven people: C R Mackay, J McKay, P J Mackay and four more1940
- 11West Georgia StreetFour addresses in Downtown; five people: W J McKay, A Wilson MacKay, Lorraine M McKay and two more1940
- 12Arbutus StreetThree addresses in Kitsilano and Kerrisdale; six people: G A McKay, K J McKay, Hector R MacKay and three more1940
137 more streets, by name: Abbott Street (1), Alberni Street (2), Alder Street (1), Angus Drive (2), Argyle Street (2), Balkan Street (1), Barclay Street (3), Bidwell Street (1), Broughton Street (1), Bute Street (1), Cambie Street (2), Cambridge Street (1), Charles Street (3), Commercial Street (1), Cornwall Avenue (1), Creelman Avenue (1), Davie Street (2), Devonshire Crescent (1), Dunbar Street (2), Dundas Street (1), Dunsmuir Street (2), Earles Street (1), East 10th Avenue (1), East 11th Avenue (1), East 12th Avenue (1), East 13th Avenue (1), East 14th Avenue (1), East 15th Avenue (1), East 16th Avenue (1), East 17th Avenue (1), East 23rd Avenue (1), East 24th Avenue (1), East 27th Avenue (1), East 28th Avenue (1), East 29th Avenue (1), East 2nd Avenue (2), East 30th Avenue (1), East 35th Avenue (1), East 37th Avenue (2), East 38th Avenue (1), East 39th Avenue (1), East 40th Avenue (1), East 42nd Avenue (1), East 43rd Avenue (1), East 44th Avenue (1), East 45th Avenue (1), East 48th Avenue (1), East 52nd Avenue (2), East 54th Avenue (3), East 57th Avenue (1), East 5th Avenue (1), East 60th Avenue (1), East 62nd Avenue (2), East 63rd Avenue (1), East 64th Avenue (1), East 6th Avenue (1), East 7th Avenue (2), East 8th Avenue (2), East Georgia Street (1), East Hastings Street (2), East King Edward Avenue (1), East Pender Street (1), Fleming Street (2), Fraser Street (1), Glen Drive (1), Graveley Street (1), Hamilton Street (2), Haro Street (1), Helmcken Street (1), Homer Street (1), Hornby Street (1), Howe Street (1), Hudson Street (1), Inverness Street (1), Jervis Street (1), John Street (1), Keefer Street (1), Kerr Street (1), Kitchener Street (3), Laburnum Street (2), Main Street (1), Manitoba Street (1), McRae Avenue (1), Moss Street (1), Napier Street (1), Oak Street (1), Ogden Avenue (1), Ontario Street (1), Oxford Street (2), Pacific Street (1), Pendrell Street (3), Point Grey Road (1), Porter Street (1), Powell Street (1), Price Street (1), Prince Albert Street (1), Renfrew Street (1), Robson Street (3), Ross Street (1), Salsbury Drive (1), Smithe Street (1), Sophia Street (1), Thurlow Street (1), Trinity Street (1), Victoria Drive (2), Water Street (2), West 13th Avenue (2), West 15th Avenue (2), West 16th Avenue (3), West 18th Avenue (1), West 19th Avenue (2), West 29th Avenue (1), West 2nd Avenue (3), West 31st Avenue (2), West 32nd Avenue (1), West 34th Avenue (1), West 35th Avenue (2), West 36th Avenue (2), West 37th Avenue (1), West 39th Avenue (1), West 44th Avenue (1), West 45th Avenue (1), West 48th Avenue (1), West 57th Avenue (1), West 5th Avenue (1), West 64th Avenue (1), West 71st Avenue (1), West 73rd Avenue (1), West 7th Avenue (3), West 8th Avenue (3), West Broadway (2), West Hastings Street (1), West Pender Street (2), William Street (1), Windsor Street (2), Yale Street (1), Yew Street (1).
Today
By the City's record, of the 241 addresses, 77 still have their buildings from before 1946, one has a building standing whose year the City doesn't record, 66 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 97; each street's page names them.
The book of the McKays
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the McKay name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Sources
Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under M. Want a name removed? Tell us.