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Online Directories

• Mary's Genealogy Treasures BC - a large list of links to directories.
• Dave Obee's Guide to Directories, with direct links to online directories by year and place for British Columbia.
• 1860-1955 - British Columbia City Directories, 1860-1955
• 1863 - Handbook almanac for the Pacific states : an official register and business directory
• 1863The British Columbian and Victoria guide and directory for 1863
• 1867 - Pacific Coast business directory, 1867
• 1871-1884 - The Pacific Coast directory : giving name, business, and address of business and professional men of California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, Alaska, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Arizona, and New Mexico, together with sketches of the different towns, giving location, population, etc.
• 1882-1883 - Disturnell's business directory and gazetteer of the West Coast of North America, 1882-1883
• 1883-1894 - McKenney's Pacific Coast directory, 1883-1884
• 1882-1898 - Canada, British Columbia, Pacific Northwest directory, 1882-1898
• 1886-1887 - City & County directories and Pacific Coast directory, 1886-1887
• 1886-1902 - R.L. Polk & Co's Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Alaska and British Columbia gazetteers and business directories, 1886-1902
• The Williams' official British Columbia directory : with a classified business directory

City of Vancouver Archives

• City of Vancouver Archives
• Genealogy Reference Guide

"We have directories from 1882 to 1996, located in the Reading Room in books and microfilm. Bound books are available for most years. Our microfilm is complete to 1929. Use the directories to determine names, addresses, years of residency, and occupations of Vancouver residents. We also have some BC directories from 1860 to 1948. See our reference guide on city directories.

City of Vancouver Archives
1150 Chestnut Street
Vancouver B.C. V6J 3J9
Canada

Phone:604-736-8561
Email: archives@vancouver.ca
Website

Publications

• Western Canadian Directories on microfiche and microfilm, compiled by Dave Obee, (Second Edition, Victoria, BC, 2001).
• British Columbia 1871: A list of residents based on the work of Edward Mallandaine by Dave Obee (From Mallandaine's 1871 directory. (Dave Obee, 2005).
• University of British Columbia has microfilmed many British Columbia directories. These films are available at some libraries.

Additional Resources

• See also Canada Directories.