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Kenneth Lumsden Burnet was born May 31, 1866 in Quebec. He moved to British Columbia in 1898 or 1899, where he practiced as a civil engineer. Burnet died in Vancouver, B.C. Sept. 22, 1954.

Michael Francis Donnelly Burns was a professional photographer working in Toronto, Ontario.

Michael Burns was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, before moving to Canada. He was best known as a photographer of sports, particularly horse racing and curling. He was a member of the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame, the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame, and won three Eclipse Awards for outstanding thoroughbred racing photography. Burns served as the official Canadian team photographer at five Olympic Games, and was the official photographer of the Ontario Jockey Club, Woodbine Entertainment Group and the Canadian Curling Association.

John Francis Bursill was born in London, England, and worked in the newspaper industry until 1908, when he emigrated to Vancouver. Bursill wrote for the Vancouver Sun as a columnist under the name "Felix Penne". Bursill was also a poet and lyricist working on occasion with B. C. Hilliam. He also founded Vancouver branches of the Dickens Fellowship and the Shakespeare Society, helped establish the Collingwood Institute and its accompanying library in 1908, and was involved with the Vancouver Vagabond's Club.

Edward Moore Jackson Burwash (1873-1951) was a geologist, educator and Methodist minister. The son of Nathanael Burwash, he was born in Cobourg, Ontario and received his B.A. from Victoria University, his M.A. (Geology) from the University of Toronto, and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1915. He studied the sciences and law, worked as a field geologist for government and business, served as a Methodist minister in the late 1890s, taught at Columbian College (which became the University of British Columbia) from 1905 to 1910, served as chaplain overseas during World War I, and taught at the Universities of Manitoba and British Columbia during the 1920s. He worked for the Ontario Department of Mines in the 1930s, and retired in 1938. He died in 1951.

Sir George Bury was born in Montreal in 1866. He secured a job with the Canadian Pacific Railway, rising to the position of Vice President by the start of World War I. In 1917, he travelled to Russia at the request of the British government to study the Russian railway system and the Revolution. He received his knighthood in 1917 and retired to Vancouver the following year.

James Bushnell was considered the "dean" of land surveyors in British Columbia. He was born in the Channel Islands and came to Vancouver in 1896. His surveys were conducted in Vancouver, throughout B.C., and in Alaska.

Born Oct. 19, 1912 in Montreal Hubert Cadieux of Lantzville, B.C., was a professional seaman who served with the Royal Canadian Navy before and during World War II. After the war, Cadieux settled on Vancouver Island where he served with the B.C. Ferry Authority and Northland Navigation Ltd. He also operated a boat charter company in Nanaimo. In 1965, Cadieux was training officer for the Nanaimo Power Squadron and in 1966 he taught a navigational course to Nanaimo fishermen. In 1967, he coauthored "Dogwood Fleet", a history of the B.C. Ferry Authority. He also served as curator of the B.C. Maritime Museum at Esquimalt between 1955 and 1957 and was active in the World Ship Society, acting as custodian of its photograph collection. Cadieux died on December 31, 1980.

Born in Toronto, Cairns was a druggist in Vancouver until 1955.

Elected in 1968 under the Non-Partisan Association (N.P.A.) slate, Brian K. Calder resigned from the N.P.A. in December of 1969. In 1970 he ran under The Elector's Action Movement (T.E.A.M.) organization and served as alderman until stepping down in 1972. He served on the Town Planning Commission, worked for programs for transient youth and opposed a second crossing of Burrard Inlet.

Term of office:
1969-1972

Aileen Campbell is a writer for the Province. In this capacity she has interviewed Harry Patten Archibald, a partner in the engineering firm of Bayfield and Archibald from 1904 to 1972.

Beatrix Caple, more commonly known as Bice, was interested in all types of drama. A resident of Vancouver for many years, she was involved in the local theatre scene. She was a board member of both the B.C. Drama Association and the Playhouse Theatre Centre, President of the Community Children's Theatre, leader of the Entertainment and Hospitality Committee for the Dominion Drama Festival, and from 1965-1968 she served as Governor of the Dominion Drama Festival. Bice Caple collected programs of many of the productions she attended. She was also an amateur actress.

John Pain Cappac was a commercial photographer operating in Prince Rupert, B.C.

Born April 3, 1908, Carl was Curator of Marine Life at the British Columbia Provincial Museum. He also served as Director of the Museum, 1942-1969. He made a number of amateur films about marine life. Carl died in Victoria BC, March 27, 1970.

Francis Carter-Cotton was born in Yorkshire, England. He arrived in Vancouver in 1886. At the time, Vancouver had two newspapers the Daily News and the Daily Advertiser. Carter-Cotton, with partner R. W. Gordon, purchased both and founded the Daily News-Advertiser in 1887. Carter-Cotton was a long-standing member of the B.C. Legislature. From 1890 to 1900 he served as an MLA for Vancouver in the Semlin administration. In the last two years of that term he was appointed to the Cabinet, as Minister of Finance, and Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works. Defeated in 1900, he returned in 1903 as representative for Richmond. He was appointed President of the Executive Council in the McBride administration and held that post from 1904 until his resignation in 1910. In an active public life, he is noted as the first chancellor of the University of British Columbia (1912), first chairman of the Vancouver Harbour Commission (1913) and as a founder and charter member of the Vancouver Board of Trade.

Captain Charles Warren Cates was a member of the pioneer tugboat firm of Charles H. Cates and Sons. He was Mayor of North Vancouver, 1953-1957, a member of the Provincial Indian Advisory Committee, and a past president of the B.C. Historical Society.

Captain John Henry Cates was born in 1896 in Moodyville (now North Vancouver), the son of Charles Henry Cates, founder of the tugboat company C.H. Cates and Sons. In addition to his partnership in this company, Cates was also active with the British Columbia Liberal party, serving as an M.L.A. for North Vancouver from 1945-1952. He also served as the Minister of Labour in the Liberal/Progressive Conservation coalition government.

John Catsis was an American journalist, broadcaster and educator

Anton (Toni) Cavelti was born in Illanz, Switzerland on June 13, 1931. He was the eighth of ten children born to Maria-Onna Neuwirth and Gion-Mathias Cavelti. The Cavelti family moved from Illanz to St. Gallen, Switzerland in 1938. It was there that Toni Cavelti began his apprenticeship with the goldsmith Richard Bolli in 1946. Toni completed his apprenticeship in 1950. He moved to Geneva in 1951 and began work in a watch and jewellery atelier in an industrial setting where he felt unable to fully utilize his skills and expand his craftsmanship. After seeing a painting of Vancouver in a display at a hotel, Cavelti made the decision to move to Canada. He arrived in Vancouver on June 13, 1954.

After his arrival in Vancouver, Cavelti worked for jeweler Frank E. Bercha for just over a year. In 1956, Cavelti joined his friend Karl Stittgen at 1454 Marine Drive and they started a venture under the name European Watchmakers and Jewellers, where Cavelti stayed until 1957. In 1958, with a partner, he opened Droz & Cavelti at 1030 W. Georgia. This arrangement did not last long, and in 1959 he moved his own operations into a space on the second floor of the Birk’s Building at the corner of Granville and W. Georgia Streets.

That same year Cavelti travelled back to Switzerland and re-connected with childhood acquaintance Hildegard Moser. They were engaged soon after. They married in November of 1959 in Vancouver. They had their first child, a son, in 1960 and two years later, a daughter.

Looking for a space that would allow his business and craft to grow, Cavelti moved his store to a space at 717 Seymour Street in 1963. He stayed until 1971 when the building the store was in, the Strand Theatre, was set to be demolished. He moved his shop to a spot at 692 Seymour Street where the shop stayed until 1991.

In the mid 1970’s Cavelti purchased a half interest in the Randall Building at 555 West Georgia Street. He held onto the building and was able to buy out his partners for full ownership of the building in the late 1980’s. By 1991 Cavelti was looking for a more stable location and moved his store into the building he owned and the new address of Toni Cavelti Jewellers beacme 565 W. Georgia Street. In 1999, after meeting Dr. Lorenzo Rossi di Montelera, Cavelti sold his company to Birks. Cavelti continued to design and consult there until early 2008.

Over his career, Cavelti received numerous honours for his work. In 1961 he was the only Canadian participant to show work in and exhibition of contemporary jewellery at Goldsmith Hall in London, England. Cavelti also won four Diamonds International Awards. The first was for a ring design in 1957 and he was awarded another for a brooch design in 1963 .

In 1971 the Government of British Columbia commissioned Cavelti to create a necklace for the Queen Elizabeth II for a royal visit celebrating the hundredth anniversary of British Columbia’s entry into the Confederation of Canada. Cavelti won his third Diamonds International award for this design and his fourth was awarded in 1977 for a pavé-set platinum necklace.

Cavelti was quite involved with the community of Vancouver through his relationships with his clients, and his support of the arts. Over the years Cavelti sat on the boards of the Emily Carr University of Art and Design, the Vancouver Art Gallery and the Vancouver Opera. After selling his company Cavelti focused on his painting and wire sculptures and has sold and exhibited his works.

Earl Chang was a commercial photographer in Vancouver from the mid-1940s until his death on May 12, 1955.

C.F. Chapman was an employee of a Vancouver stationery firm in 1908.

Born in England, Chapman did much of his work in Victoria, B.C.

Donald Charleson was born in Quebec and came to Vancouver in 1885. He worked in the shipping and lumber industries. In 1889 he was awarded a contract to clear the south side of False Creek by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. He continued to do contract work for the CPR for the next seventeen years. Charleson was a Trustee on the first Vancouver School Board from 1886 to 1887 and a founder of the Vancouver Club.

Domanic Charlie was the son of Jericho Charlie and the half-brother of August Jack Khahtsahlano. He died in North Vancouver on September 9, 1972.

Annie Chiffence was born in Vancouver. She served in the Salvation Army 1928-1944, attaining the rank of Captain. She was a Centenary Crusader, 1928-1929 and again in 1944. In 1945 she married Neil Kirkbride. They were active members of the Alliance Tabernacle in Vancouver. Mrs. Kirkbride was also a member of the Canadian British Israel Association.

Harry Lin Chin was a Vancouver businessman and philanthropist. He was the founder of the firm Keefer Wholesale Florists and was co-founder or contributor to a number of community organizations and institutions in Vancouver's Chinatown.

Harry Lin Chin was born in 1905 in the village of Foo Chung in Chung Shan District, Kwang Tung province, China. In 1920, his father paid for him to join his father in Vancouver. In 1955, Harry Lin Chin founded Keefer Wholesale Florists Ltd. with two of his sons.

Harry Lin Chin founded and supported a number of institutions in Vancouver and China, including the Golden Age Court Seniors Home, the Harry Lin Chin Charitable Foundation, the Chinese Cultural Centre, the Chinese Benevolent Association, and SUCCESS. He also provided scholarship funding for Chinese students to study at the University of British Columbia. Mr. Chin was the recipient of a number of awards recognizing his contributions to the Chinese community, including the City of Vancouver Distinguished Pioneer Award.

Harry Lin Chin died April 1, 1995, in Vancouver.