Commercial Drive, Vancouver

Italian Days festival on the corner of East 1st Avenue & Commercial Drive

Commercial Drive is a street in Vancouver. It runs from Powell Street in the north end to Victoria Diversion in the south end. It is 3.4 km long.[1]

The Commercial–Broadway station is located on Commercial Drive. It features both the Expo and Millennium Line lines of the SkyTrain. It is one of the busiest stations for the SkyTrain.[2]

Commercial Drive hosts many different festivals events including the lesbian protest Dyke March, the Parade of Lost Souls during Halloween, and Car Free Day Vancouver.[3][4][5]

Around 1967, local newspapers began to call the northern part Little Italy because of increase of Italian immigrants which grew after World War II.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Commercial Drive (Vancouver)". Google Maps. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
  2. ↑ "2023 Transit Service Performance Review – SkyTrain Stations Summaries". Translink. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Event". Vancouver Dyke March. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Parade of Lost Souls". Dusty Flowerpot Cabaret. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Car-free days in Vancouver fuelled by imaginative rebels with a cause". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Commercial Drive – Our main streets". Heritage Vancouver. Retrieved February 6, 2025.


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