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