Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia Online Historical Directories

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Street Names of Vancouver by Elizabeth Walker is a helpful free online guide to track Vancouver street name changes.

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Victoria City and British Columbia Business Directory, Mallandaine, 1868 - $ (Ancestry*)

- list of businessmen and professionals in British Columbia and Washington Territory begins at image 29

Victoria City and British Columbia Business Directory, Mallandaine, 1869 - $ (Ancestry*)

Pacific Coast Directory, Mckenny, 1883-4 - Free (Our Roots)

Vancouver City Directory, Williams, 1888 - Free (Internet Archive)

Vancouver and New Westminster City Directories, Draper, 1890 - Free (Our Roots)

Vancouver and Victoria City Directories, Henderson, 1890 - Free (Our Roots)

British Columbia Provincial Directory, Williams, 1892 - Free (Our Roots)

Vancouver City Directory, Hodgson, 1896 - Free (Our Roots)

- includes Burnaby City Directory and British Columbia Provincial Business Directory

Vancouver Island and Adjacent Islands Directory, Provincial Publishing Company, 1909 - Free (Don's List)

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, unknown, 1935 - Free (Yukon Genealogy)