I'm with Efrem. I was tempted to bring some interesting cheeses back from a recent trip to France, but didn't get the chance to stop at the fromagerie. So I went to a couple of local places when I got back here to Minnesota, and sure enough was able to find a good many of the cheeses I had fallen in love with in France. They were always here, but now I knew what I was looking for. Ended up paying about 2x the price I'd have paid in Paris, but to me that's worth avoiding the risk of it going bad, or having difficulty at customs...not to mention having less to lug around. If I can find the stuff in Minnesota (some here in Rochester, some in Minneapolis), I have to believe you'd find it in Vancouver.

My advice: Enjoy the wonderful cheeses in France, and make notes about those that you really like. Then look and ask around at the nicer shops in Vancouver -- I'm betting you'll find more than you think when you know what to ask for.