Dal 1974, la voce della comunità italo-canadese nel Western Canada
L'UNICO GIORNALE ITALIANO DEL WESTERN CANADA AL SERVIZIO DELLA COMUNITA' ITALO-CANADESE DAL 1974 / THE ONLY ITALIAN NEWSPAPER IN BRITISH COLUMBIA SINCE 1974
Every month, Il Marco Polo celebrates the stories that resonate most with our readers, based on active users, views, and engagement. These are the voices and journeys that continue to inspire and connect the Italian-Canadian community. For September 2025, the following stories stood out: 1. From Con...
Il Parma conquista la sua prima vittoria stagionale battendo 2-1 l’Empoli, grazie alla doppietta di Matteo Pellegrino, assoluto protagonista della serata. L’attaccante gialloblù sblocca il risultato al 35’ su calcio di rigore, concesso per un fallo di mano di Ismajli. In avvio di ripresa gli ...
By Anna Maria Zampieri After the First World War, the press re-emerged with L’Eco Italiana (1936), later renamed L’Eco Italo-Canadese. Although it claimed neutrality, the paper reflected the Fascist propaganda of its time, echoing messages sent from Rome via the local vice consul. It closed in 1...
09/29/2025
If you’re traveling to Italy this month, here are some cautions, and things to be aware of to help your trip go more smoothly
Travelers to and within Italy this October should prepare for significant disruptions as transport workers across multiple sectors stage nationwide strikes. The strikes—motivated by calls for improved safety conditions and fair wages—will affect air travel, trains, local public transport, and ev...
Il Cagliari non è riuscito a fermare l’Inter, che ha vinto 2‑0 grazie ai gol di Lautaro Martínez e Francesco Pio Esposito, consolidando il suo stato di forma. Non sono mancate le emozioni anche negli altri incontri: la Juventus ha pareggiato 1‑1 contro l’Atalanta, in una partita vivace e c...
Con l’arrivo dell’autunno non poteva mancare una ricetta firmata dal nostro esperto culinario Chef Massimo Orlando. Ho scelto di preparare questo piatto perché l’inizio della stagione per me significa funghi, e tra tutti il porcino è il vero re. Il suo profumo intenso e il suo sapore unico r...
From the archives of Anna Maria Zampieri Pan: memories of the Italian community in Vancouver In 1911, Vancouver’s growing Italian community finally had a newspaper to call its own. L’Italia del Canada, founded in 1910 and directed by Angelo Fuini with Leone Cepparo as business manager, quickly b...
Di Anna M. Zampieri Pan Emigrata bambina in Canada con il padre Leone, esule politico, Sveva Caetani trascorse anni di isolamento e di solitudine, raggiungendo alte vette del pensiero e dell’arte. Nella serie pittorica Recapitulation, donata all’Alberta Art Foundation di Edmonton, ha descritto i...
Gli azzurri di Ferdinando De Giorgi trionfano nella finale contro la Bulgaria imponendosi 3-1 (25-21, 25-17, 17-25, 25-10). Per l’Italia arriva così il 5° titolo mondiale della sua storia, il secondo consecutivo. Un 2025 da incorniciare per la pallavolo italiana: dopo l’oro conquistato dalla n...
From Commercial Drive’s Little Italy to the city’s biggest Italian Day festival, Randy Rinaldo, President of the Italian Cultural Centre, is turning tradition into a living, thriving community—honoring the past, inspiring the future, and making every day a celebration of Italian pride. by Gior...
Di Vicky Paci Tra le montagne della Valle d'Aosta, a circa 15 chilometri dal centro di Aosta in località Chez-Sapin, circondato da ampie distese e prati verdi in estate e qualche spruzzata di neve in inverno, si erge maestoso, con le sue torri e le mura merlate, il Castello di…
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Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, IL MARCO POLO has been serving B.C.’s Italian Canadian community since 1974. IL MARCO POLO has been a winner of the National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada for best editorial and design for 2003 and 2008. In the past years the paper has expanded to include an English section. Currently the paper is 70% Italian and 30% English. Articles include coverage of local social cultural events as well as Canadian politics, Italian culture, politics, history, world news, sports and many specials such as weddings, Christmas, Easter and other monthly specials.
CIRCULATION
Every week (Tuesdays) between 1,000-3,000 copies of our newspaper will be sent to Italian – Canadian households and businesses, such coffee shops, barbers, delicatessen, churches, banks, grocery stores, super-markets, institutions, Italian Cultural Centres, Italian Consulate, Italian Cultural Institutes, Chamber of Commerce, lawyers, doctors and professionals at large not only in British Columbia but throughout Canada. Distribution of our paper is on Western Canada and rest of the country, United States and Italy. Since the launch of our mega web site, reader’s world wide can now view our newspaper on line with satisfactory response.
DEMOGRAPHICS
The largest percentage of readership is found in the lower mainland. The paper has a large subscription base which includes Alberta and Washington State. There are approximately 100,000 Italians living in B.C. 400,000 which are second generation Italian, 60,000 in the lower mainland alone. There is also a population base of 15,000 Italian language speakers outside of the Italian community. The paper is free and therefore has a dedicated readership of 2000 online subscribers. According to our surveys, our readership age is from 20 to 80 years of age. In most Italian families there are approximately four members per household. Il MARCO POLO assumes a monthly readership to be 30,000 not less than 1,000 people daily. The paper has a wonderful relationship with both advertisers and readers in a close-knit community. Many years in business between IL MARCO POLO and L’ECO D’ITALIA speaks for itself. At a political level IL MARCO POLO has a great reputation.