Vancouver City

Question 1

Boundaries

Answer 1

Vancouver is bordered by water on three sides, and Burnaby on the East
North is the Burrard Inlet
South is the north arm of the Fraser River
and the Gulf of Georgia on the western edge

Question 2

Standard Blocks

Answer 2

Each standard block is 1/10th of a mile deep
Contains 100 numerical positions
Each residence uses two or four of these numbers

*There are few exceptions where a block may be double
meaning that there are 200 numerical positions without a cross street or road

Question 3

University Endowment Lands (UEL)

Answer 3

The address system in the UEL residential area is the same as the one for the City of Vancouver

Question 4

Avenues

Answer 4

run East-West
beginning at 1st Ave and proceeding south to 77th Ave near the north arm of the Fraser River
The vast majority of avenues are numbered

*North of 1st Ave, all arteries, no matter what their direct are called streets or drives

Question 5

Grid dividers

Answer 5

Address blocks on Vancouver Aves are divided into an EAST and WEST grid

Grid divider - Ontario St (main part)
Carrall St (downtown core)

the address blocks advance from the 000 block or unit block to the 4600 block west or 3600 block east

Question 6

Addresses

Answer 6

Addresses ending in EVEN numbers are found on the SOUTH and EAST side of the streets
(SEE) - South East Even
ODD numbers are found on the NORTH and WEST
(NWO) - North West Odd

“East is Even, North is Not”

Question 7

Streets

Answer 7

run North-South
*must learn major streets

certain street names follow a pattern

Trees: Oak, Birch, Hemlock, Willow, Laurel, Ash

Provinces & Territories: Alberta, Columbia, Manitoba, Yukon

BC Cities: Penticton, Renfrew, Hazelton, Slocan, Windermere

Universities: Yale, Trinity, Cambridge, Oxford

Battles of WWII: Vimy, Normandy, Anzio, Dieppe

Question 8

Dundas Street

Answer 8

Dundas is a North-South divider which runs from Victoria Dr (Vancouver) to Fell Ave (Burnaby
There are 7 blocks located north of Dundas St have a N designation

Question 9

1600 Rule

Answer 9

To find an address facing a Vancouver St South of 1st Ave

1. Subtract 1600 from the house address
2. Drop the last two digits
3. Use the remaining numbers as the cross avenue closest to the call

*There are 16 blocks of addresses facing any street before it