Only ten minutes from downtown Vancouver by car or Skytrain, there is a lively and fascinating street by the name of Commercial Drive - or simply, The Drive as the locals dub it - which acts as the multi-cultural and counter-culture hub of an otherwise affluent city.

An Ethnic and Cultural History of Commercial Drive

Due to an influx of Italian immigrants in the 1960s, Commercial Drive became known as “Little Italy”. And though there are still plenty of signs of its Italian heritage in terms of restaurants, cafes, and residents, waves of immigrants from Asia and Latin America eventually settled around the Drive to commence the blending of cultural diversification.

In the 1980s, a host of counter-cultures such as political activists, punks, lesbians, hippies and artists were drawn to the area, adding a real melange of colorful characters to the already flavorful atmosphere it offered. It is safe to say that the Drive boasts a plethora of interesting characters that would not be spotted anywhere else in Canada.

• Army Halloween Costumes

• Halloween Costumes For Fat People

• Costume Halloween Wolfman

• Martha Stewart Halloween Recipes

• Napoleon Dynamite Halloween Mask