thumb|The North Delta Public Safety Building on 84 Avenue acts as a service point for police and fire services in North Delta.

North Delta (founded as Annieville) is a largely middle-class commuter town situated in the Lower Mainland, of British Columbia, Canada. The community is the most populous of the three communities (North Delta, Ladner, and Tsawwassen) that make up the City of Delta. North Delta is home to numerous parks and recreational opportunities. Alongside North Delta is Burns Bog, the largest raised urban peat bog in North America. As well, Watershed Park provides walking and biking trails, home to many artesian aquifers. Besides this, North Delta is home to a large amount of green-space. As of the 2021 census, North Delta has a population of 60,769.

! colspan="2" |2016

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! Pop.

!

!

!

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| South Asian

| 24,885

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| 18,265

|

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| European

| 20,945

|

| 25,330

|

|-

| East Asian

| 6,525

|

| 6,140

|

|-

| Southeast Asian

| 2,985

|

| 2,425

|

|-

| Indigenous

| 1,555

|

| 1,465

|

|-

| African

| 750

|

| 450

|

|-

| Middle Eastern

| 705

|

| 425

|

|-

| Latin American

| 675

|

| 580

|

|-

| Other/multiracial

| 1,490

|

| 855

|

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! Total responses

! 60,595

!

! 55,835

!

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! Total population

! 60,769

!

! 56,017

!

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Neighbourhoods and communities

  • Annieville – original settlement and location of the first commercial salmon cannery in BC in 1870
  • Canterbury Heights
  • Nordel
  • Panorama Ridge, Delta Side
  • Royal York
  • Scottsdale
  • Sunbury
  • Sunshine Hills
  • Sunshine Woods

Schools

North Delta has five high schools: North Delta Senior Secondary, Seaquam Secondary, Sands Secondary, Burnsview, and Delview. Prior to the 2004–2005 school year, Sands, Burnsview, and Delview were Junior Secondary schools, offering only grades 8 to 10. Graduates from these three schools fed into North Delta Senior Secondary, which offered only a grade 11 and 12 curriculum; Seaquam Secondary was the only complete grade 8 to 12 secondary school in North Delta. North Delta Senior Secondary typically had one of the largest graduating classes in British Columbia. Despite the controversy surrounding the reconfiguration, in the academic year 2004 - 2005 the three Junior Secondary schools were reconfigured to include grade 11 and 12 classes, while North Delta Senior Secondary was expanded to include junior level courses.

Elementary schools in North Delta include McCloskey, Cougar Canyon, Devon Gardens, Chalmers, Sunshine Hills, Pinewood, Heath, Annieville, Hellings, Richardson, Gray, Jarvis, Immaculate Conception, Gibson, and Brooke.

Recreational facilities

thumb|225px|North Delta Fire Hall No.3 at 11375 84 Avenue.

North Delta is home to three recreational complexes: Sungod Recreation Centre, which houses both a swimming pool and an indoor ice rink; the Great Pacific Forum ice arena at the base of the Alex Fraser Bridge; and North Delta's oldest sports complex, the North Delta Recreational Centre, which consists of an ice rink, 6 curling sheets, and an outdoor pool. Lying adjacent to the North Delta Recreational Centre is a small kids' camp, a large softball park, skateboard park, and bike pump track.

Retail

North Delta's major shopping centers are Scottsdale Centre, Scott 72 Centre, Delta Shoppers Mall and Kennedy Heights.

Notable people

  • Martin Cummins
  • Byron Ritchie

See also

  • Delta North
  • Newton—North Delta
  • Theory of a Deadman

Notes

References

  • Corporation of Delta
  • Delta School District
  • Map of parks in North Delta (page 2 of 2)