{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Delson |settlement_type = City |image_skyline = Delson Québec 01.JPG |imagesize = |image_caption = Church in Delson |image_flag = |image_shield = Blason ville ca Delson (Québec).svg |shield_size = 100x90px |nickname = |motto = ''Constantia Fide Et Amore'' |image_map = Delson Quebec location diagram.PNG |map_caption = Location within Roussillon RCM |pushpin_map = Canada Southern Quebec |pushpin_map_caption = Location in southern Quebec |coordinates = {{coord|3=region:CA-QC|display=inline,title}} |coordinates_footnotes = <ref name="toponymie" /> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Canada |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_name1 = Quebec |subdivision_type2 = Region |subdivision_name2 = Montérégie |subdivision_type3 = RCM |subdivision_name3 = Roussillon |established_title = |established_date = |established_title1 = Constituted |established_date1 = January 4, 1918 |seat_type = |seat = |parts_type = |parts = |government_footnotes = <ref name="mamrot">{{Cite web |url=http://www.mamrot.gouv.qc.ca/repertoire-des-municipalites/fiche/municipalite/67025/ |title=Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Delson |access-date=2012-03-11 |archive-date=2013-12-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214112419/http://www.mamrot.gouv.qc.ca/repertoire-des-municipalites/fiche/municipalite/67025 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{CanRiding|ID=1879|name=Châteauguay–Saint-Constant, Quebec}}</ref> |government_type = |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = Christian Ouellette |leader_title1 = Federal riding |leader_name1 = La Prairie |leader_title2 = Prov. riding |leader_name2 = La Prairie |area_footnotes = <ref name="mamrot" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Delson&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1&DGUIDlist=2021A00052467025|title = Data table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Delson, Ville (V) [Census subdivision], Quebec|date = 9 February 2022}}</ref> |area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = 7.70 |area_land_km2 = 7.64 |area_water_km2 = |area_water_percent = |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |population_footnotes =<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Delson&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1&DGUIDlist=2021A00052467025|title = Data table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Delson, Ville (V) [Census subdivision], Quebec|date = 9 February 2022}}</ref> |population_total = 8328 |population_as_of = 2021 |population_density_km2 = 1089.6 |population_blank1_title = Pop <small>2016–2021</small> |population_blank1 = {{increase}} 11.7% |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_blank2_title = Dwellings |population_blank2 = 3561 |population_note = |timezone = EST |utc_offset = −5 |timezone_DST = EDT |utc_offset_DST = −4 |postal_code_type = Postal code(s) |postal_code =J5B |area_codes = 450 and 579 |blank_name = Highways <br />{{jct|state=QC|A|15}} <br />{{jct|state=QC|A|30}} <br />{{jct|state=QC|A|930}} |blank_info = <br /> {{jct|state=QC|QC|132}} <br /> {{jct|state=QC|QC|209}} |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = {{URL|www.ville.delson.qc.ca}} |footnotes = }}
'''Delson''' is an off-island suburb (South shore) of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is situated 8 mi/13 km SSE of Montreal within the regional county municipality of Roussillon in the administrative region of Montérégie. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 8,328.
On its small territory, Delson is crossed by Route 132 and the Turtle River (Rivière de la Tortue). The city owns a portion of the Champlain industrial park as well as the Delson commuter train station with service to and from Montreal on the AMT's Candiac Line.
== History == The origin of the name Delson comes from the '''Del'''aware and Hud'''son''' Railway, now a subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway, which runs through the town. The Canadian Railway Museum (Exporail) occupies a large tract between Delson and Saint-Constant.
Delson was founded in 1918 as a village municipality before obtaining its status of a city 21 February 1957. The village of Delson was created from three parishes: St Andrews (1924) of the United Church and St David (1938) of the Anglican church, as well as Sainte-Thérèse-de-l'Enfant-Jésus (1932) of the Catholic faith.
== Geography == The city lies along the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River, south of the island of Montreal.
=== Lakes & Rivers === The following waterways pass through or are situated within the municipality's boundaries:<ref name="toponymie" /> *'''Rivière de la Tortue''' (<small>{{coord|45|24|06|N|73|32|11|W|name=Rivière de la Tortue, Delson, QC|type:river_region:CA-QC}}</small>) – runs south to north through the center of Delson, emptying into the Saint Lawrence River.
== Demographics == {{stack|{{Historical populations | title= <small>Historical Census Data – Delson, Quebec</small><ref name="scpast">Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census</ref> | percentages = | shading = off | align = none | cols = | 1921 |428 | 1931 |715 | 1941 |570 | 1951 |682 | 1956 |816 | 1961 |2075 | 1966 |2601 | 1971 |2941 | 1976 |4241 | 1981 |4935 | 1986 |4997 | 1991 |6063 | 1996 |6703 | 2001 |7024 | 2006 |7322 | 2011 |7462 | 2016 |7457 | 2021 |8328 }}}}
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Delson had a population of {{val|8328|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|3479|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|3561|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:8328-7457}}|7457|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|7457|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|7.64|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|8328|7.64|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000224 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=August 29, 2022}}</ref> {{Canada census |location = Delson |2021_population=8,328 | 2021_pop_delta=+11.7 | 2021_land_area=7.64 | 2021_pop_density=1089.6 |2021_median_age=42.4 | 2021_median_age_m=41.2 | 2021_median_age_f=43.2 |2021_total_pvt_dwell=3,561 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=3,479 |2021_mean_hh_income=87,000 |2021_geocode=2021A00052467025 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19 |2016_population=7,457 | 2016_pop_delta=-0.1 | 2016_land_area=7.63 | 2016_pop_density=977.7 |2016_median_age=39.9 | 2016_median_age_m=39.1 | 2016_median_age_f=40.8 |2016_total_pvt_dwell=2,950 |2016_mean_hh_income=80,841 | 2016_access_date=2022-06-21 |2011_population=7,462 |2011_pop_delta=+1.9 |2011_land_area=7.59 |2011_pop_density=982.6 |2011_median_age=38.0 |2011_median_age_m=37.4 |2011_median_age_f=38.5 |2011_total_pvt_dwell=2,911 |2011_mean_hh_income=70,583 |2011_access_date=2014-02-19 |2006_population=7,322 | 2006_pop_delta=+4.2 | 2006_land_area=7.13 | 2006_pop_density=1026.8 |2006_median_age=36.6 | 2006_median_age_m=35.8 | 2006_median_age_f=37.6 |2006_total_pvt_dwell=2,782 | 2006_mean_hh_income=63,948 | 2006_access_date=2014-02-19 |2001_population=7,024 | 2001_pop_delta=+4.8 | 2001_land_area=7.13 | 2001_pop_density=985.0 |2001_median_age=35.7 | 2001_median_age_m=34.8 | 2001_median_age_f=36.4 |2001_total_pvt_dwell=2,566 |2001_mean_hh_income=55,205 | 2001_access_date=2014-02-19 |notes= }}
{| class="wikitable" !colspan="19"|Canada Census Mother Tongue – Delson, Quebec<ref name="scpast" /> |- ! Census | ! Total |colspan="1"| !colspan="3"|{{center|French}} |colspan="1"| !colspan="3"|{{center|English}} |colspan="1"| !colspan="3"|{{center|French & English}} |colspan="1"| !colspan="3"|{{center|Other}} |- ! Year | ! Responses | ! Count ! Trend ! Pop % | ! Count ! Trend ! Pop % | ! Count ! Trend ! Pop % | ! Count ! Trend ! Pop % |- | {{center|2021}} | | {{center|8,330}} | | 6,785 | {{increase}} 6.6% | 81.5% | | 485 | {{increase}} 18.3% | 5.8% | | 160 | {{increase}} 33.3% | 1.9% | | 790 | {{increase}} 53.4% | 9.5% |- | {{center|2016}} | | {{center|7,455}} | | 6,365 | {{decrease}} 2.1% | 85.4% | | 410 | {{decrease}} 2.4% | 5.5% | | 120 | {{increase}} 60.0% | 1.6% | | 515 | {{increase}} 19.8% | 6.9% |- | {{center|2011}} | | {{center|7,425}} | | 6,500 | {{increase}} 0.9% | 87.5% | | 420 | {{decrease}} 18.4% | 5.7% | | 75 | {{increase}} 15.4% | 1.0% | | 430 | {{increase}} 50.9% | 5.8% |- | {{center|2006}} | | {{center|7,305}} | | 6,440 | {{decrease}} 1.6% | 88.2% | | 515 | {{increase}} 102.0% | 7.1% | | 65 | {{increase}} n/a% | 0.9% | | 285 | {{increase}} 32.6% | 3.9% |- | {{center|2001}} | | {{center|7,015}} | | 6,545 | {{increase}} 8.5% | 93.3% | | 255 | {{decrease}} 42.7% | 3.6% | | 0 | {{decrease}} 100.0% | 0.0% | | 215 | {{increase}} 72.0% | 3.1% |- | {{center|1996}} | | {{center|6,695}} | | 6,030 | n/a | 90.1% | | 445 | n/a | 6.6% | | 95 | n/a | 1.4% | | 125 | n/a | 1.9% |}
== Notable people == Delson is the hometown of retired NHL goalie Marcel Cousineau.
== See also == *Roussillon Regional County Municipality *Rivière de la Tortue (Delson) *List of cities in Quebec
== References == {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="toponymie">{{toponymie |17544}}</ref> }}
== External links == {{Commons category}} *[http://www.ville.delson.qc.ca/ Official Site Ville de Delson (French only)] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070521030557/http://www.amt.qc.ca/english/welcome.asp Official Site AMT] *[http://www.exporail.org/public/ Official Site Canadian Railway Museum (Exporail)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080510001506/http://www.exporail.org/public/ |date=2008-05-10 }} at Delson/Saint-Constant
{{Geographic location | title = Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions | Centre = Delson | North = ''Saint Lawrence River'' | East = Candiac | South = Saint-Constant | West = Saint-Constant | Northwest = Sainte-Catherine }} {{Roussillon RCM|state=expanded}} {{Greater Montreal}} {{Authority control}}
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