Delta, British Columbia

Delta is a Metro Vancouver city of three distinct communities, Ladner, Tsawwassen and North Delta, spread over the south arm of the Fraser River delta, with large farmland areas, Boundary Bay, the Tsawwassen ferry terminal and Deltaport. The City of Delta runs planning and building permits, business licences, bylaw enforcement, the Delta Community Animal Shelter and dog and chicken licences, roads, water distribution, sewers and drainage and the dikes, curbside garbage, recycling and green can collection, Delta Fire and Emergency Services, the Delta Police Department (a municipal force), parks, recreation centres, pools and arenas, the cemeteries and the Delta Harbour. Metro Vancouver supplies the drinking water, treats the sewage and runs the regional parks, and the City of Vancouver runs the Vancouver Landfill, which sits in Delta. TransLink runs the buses and HandyDART; BC Ferries runs the Tsawwassen terminal; health care is Fraser Health (Delta Hospital in Ladner); the library is the Fraser Valley Regional Library; and marriage licences, health cards and driver's licences are provincial.