STREET NAME DATA TABLE
Hallmark Society member, Doug VanDine, has been working on a long-overdue compilation of the origin of the City of Victoria street names.
Doug and the Hallmark Society are asking for the public’s input on the searchable DRAFT table. If you can provide any further insight or corrections into the origin of these City of Victoria street names, or if you think any streets have been missed, please contact Doug directly at dfvandine@gmail.com. The intent is that the table will be updated from time to time, until, hopefully at some point in the future, we will know the origin of all the street names in the City of Victoria.
This DRAFT table is a portion of the full table. If you wish a copy of the full table, which includes the neighbourhood(s) in which the streets are located, and the previous name(s) of those streets that had previous names, please Doug directly. He can also provide you with a copy of his accompanying text, which includes his methodology, limitations and references.
| wdt_ID | wdt_created_by | wdt_created_at | wdt_last_edited_by | wdt_last_edited_at | Street Name (current) | Origin of Street Name | Reference, or otherwise, to origin of name | Additional Information/Comments/Other References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 539 | Ken J | 15/08/2025 12:00 PM | Ken J | 15/08/2025 12:00 PM | Academy Close | South boundary of St Ann's Academy | Humphreys 1999 | Academy opened 1871; it's a National Historic Site [Wikipedia] |
| 540 | Ken J | 15/08/2025 12:00 PM | Ken J | 15/08/2025 12:00 PM | Acton Street | Origin unknown | ||
| 541 | Ken J | 15/08/2025 12:00 PM | Ken J | 15/08/2025 12:00 PM | Adanac Street | Backwards spelling of Canada | VCF 2353.1 | Previous name because it was the 'Second' street north of Bay east of Shelbourne [Oak Bay] |
| 542 | Ken J | 15/08/2025 12:00 PM | Ken J | 15/08/2025 12:00 PM | Albany Street | Possibly the City of Albany, NY | educated guess | Albany is derived from 'alba', Gaelic for Scotland [Wikipedia] |
| 543 | Ken J | 15/08/2025 12:00 PM | Ken J | 15/08/2025 12:00 PM | Albert Avenue | Prince Albert (1819-1861), Queen Victoria's husband | assumed | The Province of Alberta and Prince Albert, SK were also named for Prince Albert [Wikipedia] |
| 544 | Ken J | 15/08/2025 12:00 PM | Ken J | 15/08/2025 12:00 PM | Alder Street | Alder, the tree | assumed | |
| 545 | Ken J | 15/08/2025 12:00 PM | Ken J | 15/08/2025 12:00 PM | Alderman Road | Possibly reference to a municipal politician position | educated guess | |
| 546 | Ken J | 15/08/2025 12:00 PM | Ken J | 15/08/2025 12:00 PM | Algoa Place | Algoa, name of Cuylar Armstrong Holland's (1863-1943) home at 1629 Rockland | VCF 2353.1 Helmcken 1975 | Holland was at one time a Member of the Board of Directors of the Royal Jubilee Hospital [BC Laws] |
| 547 | Ken J | 15/08/2025 12:00 PM | Ken J | 15/08/2025 12:00 PM | Alma Place | Possibly Alma Russell, staff member of BC Provincial Archives | VCF 2353.1 Nesbitt 1977.2 | |
| 548 | Ken J | 15/08/2025 12:00 PM | Ken J | 15/08/2025 12:00 PM | Alpha Street | First letter of the Greek alphabet | assumed | |
| Street Name (current) | Origin of Street Name | Reference, or otherwise, to origin of name | Additional Information/Comments/Other References |