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Vancouver,
British Columbia,
Canada
Opened:
02 May 1986
Closed:
13 October 1986
Theme:
"World in Motion -
World in Touch"
Site:
along False Creek
and at what is now
Canada Place
Participating
Countries:
55
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Click here to listen to our discussion about Expo 86 and the 2010 Winter Olympics on The World's Fair Podcast.
Expo 86 commemorated Vancouver's centennial.
The last world's fair in North America, it is often credited for showing that world expositions can still be viable projects in North America following the financial and other woes of the 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville and the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition in New Orleans.
It was the first time the United States, China, and the Soviet Union exhibited together in North America. It also featured the next-to-last appearance at a world's fair of the Soviet Union.
Canada's pavilion was located on a pier not contiguous with the rest of the site. To reach the pavilion, visitors would take Vancouver's newly opened SkyTrain rapid rail. That pier is now Canada Place and is one of Vancouver's most recognizable landmarks.
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The Expo 86 site along False Creek |
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