Delhi, Ontario

Delhi (/ˈdɛlhaɪ/; DEL-hy) refers to both a former township and unincorporated community located off of the junction of Ontario Highways 59 and 3.

The last names of the graves belong to different ethnic groups ranging from English, French, Canadian, Eastern European, and those of Belgian descent.

There are even a few Chinese families buried within the cemetery, and a large number of tombstones are written in languages other than English.

Other economic factors, including the abolition of Canada's blue laws in 1985,[11] eventually forced most businesses to operate seven days a week.

While the railways were originally thought to be the way to ship cargo in and out of Delhi, the faster and cheaper truck convoys eventually won the day, bringing an increase in traffic volumes and smog into the community.

[17] The streets that are in older neighborhoods tend not to have sidewalks, making urban trail walking a perilous adventure.

[17] Shops in addition to a war memorial and the park at Quance Dam are considered to within a reasonable walking distance from the houses and apartments.

[18] Service is from Monday to Friday, with no services on Saturdays, Sundays, on major statutory holidays, or after 6:00 P.M.[19] There is a valley that spans a distance of 5 kilometres or 3.1 miles between Delhi and Lynedoch that contains remnants of Ontario's original old-growth Carolinian forest, adding up to just over 1 square mile (2.6 km2).

[20] The major highway route connecting this community to Port Talbot was constructed primarily on an old Aboriginal trail.

[24] The population includes a sizable number of residents with Dutch, Portuguese, Caribbean, Ukrainian, French, British, and First Nation ancestry.

[25] Farming remains the predominant local industry, with tobacco and ginseng as the main cash crops.

While Delhi used to be a place where transient adolescent workers could find employment quickly, the local police force started to take a less tolerant stand towards these job seekers in the later years.

[10] Local farms rely in part upon the Caribbean and Central American workers, who usually arrive around mid-to-late April and return to their homelands around early-to-mid November.

Recent years have seen migrant workers complaining of unequal treatment and economic hardships in the hands of local farmers.

[26] Proper Spanish-language services for these offshore workers are only available in Simcoe, where these businesses tend to prosper during the farming months and be vacant buildings during the winter.

Delhi Industries lasted until the midst of the Canadian economic recession when it closed down in March 2010, terminating 61 jobs on a permanent basis.

It is owned by Mr. and Mrs. Matt Wilkinson and is located on the Main Street of Delhi leading into the downtown core.

[31] The local health clinic was built in the mid-2000s and continues to expand in order to attract more medical personnel.

[34] Prior to the 1960s, local residents and avid fishermen alike would often stake out ideal fishing spots near the once-fertile tributaries.

North Creek is used today as a means to provide a supplemental water supply to the municipally-owned aquifers.

Old Delhi Train Station
Delhi Community Centre
Delhi District Secondary School