Vancouver’s Little Italy Celebrates Big Day in Style

ByJon Dykstra June 6, 2024September 13, 2024

Italian Day Commercial Drive Vancouver — The theme for this year’s Italian Day is “Storia” honouring the history, culture and contributions of Vancouver’s Italian-Canadian community. Illustration: BB

Vancouver’s Little Italy, celebrates its historic neighbourhood with Italian Day on the Drive, Sunday, June 9 from noon to 8 p.m. Hundreds of thousands of celebrants are expected all along “one of the coolest streets in the world” for the all-day cultural street festival. This year’s theme is “Storia” honouring the history, culture and contributions of the Italian-Canadian community. In 2016 the City of Vancouver designated eight blocks of Commercial Drive as the centre of Vancouver’s historic ‘Little Italy’ – on June 9 the tight-knit community celebrates 80 years on The Drive.

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Jon Dykstra

Jon is a long-time Metro Vancouver resident where he owns an interior design firm and home design publication. As a prolific writer who enjoys much of what Metro Vancouver has to offer, he couldn't help but write about the goings on in Metro Vancouver which resulted in the launch of The Burrard Bulletin.