Buried Bulldozer heads what Delta has to see
This is a list led by museums or galleries, 32 of its 45. Mapped inside Delta’s municipal boundary are 13 places to visit, and within 5 km of its edge another 32. Day-trippers head 24 km out to Stanley Park.
Most famous in Delta
The rest of the best known are 2 attractions, 2 art galleries and a museum.
Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Places on the map
The dashed line is Delta’s municipal boundary; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · Statistics Canada 2021 outline
Grouped by kind
Green: inside Delta. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
The whole list for Delta
15Holy Trinity Cathedral
Cathedral in New Westminster, British Columbia.
16Steveston Museum and Post Office
Museum and post office in Richmond, British Columbia.
Steveston Tram Museum
Railway museum in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada.
19Britannia Shipyard
20New Westminster Museum and Archives
Small contemporary exhibition of local historical artifacts, records, photos & vehicles..
Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre
Museum and cultural centre about Japanese Canadian history, arts and culture in Burnaby, BC, Canada.
Massey Theatre
Proscenium performing arts theatre in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.
The 13 inside Delta come first, best known first; then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Provincial and city parks are on the Outdoors page instead.
Historic places in Delta → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Delta →
Beyond Delta
GardenStanley Park24 km northArt galleryArt galleryVancouver Art Gallery21 km north
MuseumMuseum of Anthropology at UBC26 km north · 200K visitors a year (2024)
Big drawMuseumScience World20 km north · 650K visitors a year
MuseumMuseum of Vancouver21 km north · 78K visitors a year
GardenQueen Elizabeth Park17 km northSki hillSki hillCypress Mountain Ski Area35 km north
CathedralCathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary, Vancouver21 km northMuseumMuseumVancouver Maritime Museum22 km north
GardenVanDusen Botanical Garden18 km north
AquariumVancouver Aquarium24 km north
Ski hillGrouse Mountain31 km northPlaces well known beyond Delta (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a Parks Canada property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.
Delta, answered
What are the main attractions in Delta?
The best known inside Delta’s municipal boundary are Delta Nature Reserve, Douglas J. Husband Discovery Centre and Gallery 1710.
Does Delta have a museum?
Look at Michael Abraham Studio Gallery, Bird Museum and Delta Museum And Archives Society, in Delta or within 5 km.
Is there a Parks Canada property near Delta?
None on our list stands in Delta or up to 5 km away.
What are the best-known days out near Delta?
Within 40 km: Vancouver Art Gallery (21 km), Museum of Anthropology at UBC (26 km), Science World (20 km), Museum of Vancouver (21 km).
How is this list made?
Museums and galleries, national historic sites and forts, lighthouses, gardens, national parks, waterfalls, ski hills, zoos and theme parks: OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, ODCAF and the heritage registers each add some, merged into one list. A historic building is kept only with a sign of visitors (opening hours, a fee, a website, a heritage operator, a Wikipedia article), never hotels, restaurants or tour firms. The town’s 2021 outline, plus 5 km around it, decides what is listed here.
Places to visit: Canada publishes no open tourism list, so this one is assembled from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF museums and galleries (2020, Open Government Licence – Canada), the federal and Québec heritage registers and CPCAD’s national parks, and it reflects what mappers and editors have recorded. Forts, houses, lighthouses and churches count only with a sign that visitors are welcome. Places sit in each town’s 2021 census outline; visitor counts are Wikidata’s latest, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (13)
- Holy Trinity Cathedral: sageb1, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Steveston Museum and Post Office: Jeff Hitchcock from Seattle, WA, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Britannia Shipyard: Jeff Hitchcock, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gulf of Georgia Cannery: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stanley Park: squeakymarmot, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Museum of Anthropology at UBC: Rr parker, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Science World: Differense, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Museum of Vancouver: Bobanny, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Queen Elizabeth Park: Craig Nagy from Vancouver, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary, Vancouver: Bobanny, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- VanDusen Botanical Garden: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Vancouver Aquarium: Emancipator at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Grouse Mountain: Orlandkurtenbach, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).