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Delcan Corporation

Delcan Corporation

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Delcan Corporation is a system and infrastructure company based in Markham, Ontario
Markham, Ontario
Markham is a town of York Region, located in Southern Ontario and forms a part of the Greater Toronto Area. Markham is regarded as largest town in Canada, and regarded as one of the fastest growing municipalities in Canada, having doubled its population since 1990. The population of Markham...

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Delcan Corporation is a system and infrastructure company based in Markham, Ontario
Markham, Ontario
Markham is a town of York Region, located in Southern Ontario and forms a part of the Greater Toronto Area. Markham is regarded as largest town in Canada, and regarded as one of the fastest growing municipalities in Canada, having doubled its population since 1990. The population of Markham...

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In 1953 Delcan began operations from De Leuw Cather's Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois, and with more than 2.8 million people, the 3rd largest city in the United States...

 offices and later that year establishes their office in Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the provincial capital of Ontario. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. With over 2.5 million residents, it is the fifth most populous municipality in North America...

 as De Leuw Cather Canada.

Operations

  • Markham, Ontario
    Markham, Ontario
    Markham is a town of York Region, located in Southern Ontario and forms a part of the Greater Toronto Area. Markham is regarded as largest town in Canada, and regarded as one of the fastest growing municipalities in Canada, having doubled its population since 1990. The population of Markham...

  • Ottawa, Ontario
  • Niagara Falls, Ontario
    Niagara Falls, Ontario
    Niagara Falls is a Canadian city of 83,184 residents on the Niagara River in the Golden Horseshoe region of Southern Ontario. Across the river is Niagara Falls, New York...

  • Hamilton, Ontario
    Hamilton, Ontario
    Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...

  • London, Ontario
    London, Ontario
    London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada along the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor with a metropolitan area population of 457,720; the city proper had a population of 352,395 in the 2006 Canadian census....

  • Vancouver, British Columbia
  • Victoria, British Columbia
    Victoria, British Columbia
    Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada. Located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, Victoria is a major tourism destination seeing more than 3.65 million visitors a year who inject more than one billion dollars into the local economy. Victoria is a cruise ship port where...

  • Calgary, Alberta
  • La Mirada
  • Chicago
    Chicago
    Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois, and with more than 2.8 million people, the 3rd largest city in the United States...

  • Atlanta, Georgia
    Atlanta, Georgia
    Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the state of Georgia, as well as the urban core of one of the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the United States....

  • Los Angeles, California
    Los Angeles, California
    Los Angeles is the largest city in the state of California and the second largest in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California...

  • Denver – T-REX
  • Colorado Springs, Colorado
    Colorado Springs, Colorado
    Colorado Springs is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and most populous city of El Paso County, Colorado, United States. It is located just east of the geographic center of the state and south of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. At 6,035 feet the city sits over one mile above...

  • Washington
  • Salem, Oregon
  • Denver, Colorado
    Denver, Colorado
    The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the state of Colorado, in the United States. Denver is a consolidated city-county located in the South Platte River Valley on the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...

  • Hong Kong
    Hong Kong
    Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a highly autonomous territory of the People's Republic of China, facing Guangdong to the north and the South China Sea to the east, west and south...

  • Barbados
    Barbados
    Barbados , situated just east of the Caribbean Sea, is an independent West Indian Continental Island-nation in the western Atlantic Ocean. For over three centuries Barbados was a colony and protectorate of the United Kingdom; and still currently maintains Queen Elizabeth II as head of state...

  • Venezuela
    Venezuela
    Venezuela , officially titled Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It is a continental mainland with numerous islands located off its coastline in the Caribbean Sea...

  • Great Britain
    Great Britain
    Great Britain is an island lying to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island. With a population of about 59.6 million people, it is the third most populated island on Earth. Great Britain is surrounded by over 1000 smaller...

  • Israel
    Israel
    Israel officially the State of Israel , is a developed state in Western Asia located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its...

  • Tacoma Narrows, Washington
  • Woodbridge, Ontario
    Woodbridge, Ontario
    Woodbridge is a large suburban community in the City of Vaughan, just north of Toronto in Southern Ontario. It was once an independent town before being amalgamated with nearby communities to form the city in 1971. Its traditional downtown core is the Woodbridge Ave...

     – for 407 ETR
  • Toronto
    Toronto
    Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the provincial capital of Ontario. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. With over 2.5 million residents, it is the fifth most populous municipality in North America...

     – for Toronto Transit Commission
    Toronto Transit Commission
    The Toronto Transit Commission is a public transport authority that operates buses, streetcars, subways, and rapid transit lines in Toronto, Ontario, Canada...

  • Toronto
    Toronto
    Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the provincial capital of Ontario. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. With over 2.5 million residents, it is the fifth most populous municipality in North America...

     - for GO Transit
    GO Transit
    GO Transit is an interregional public transit system in Southern Ontario, Canada, currently operated by the provincial crown agency Metrolinx. It primarily serves the conurbation referred to by Metrolinx as the "Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area" with operations extending to several communities...

  • Richmond Hill, Ontario
    Richmond Hill, Ontario
    Richmond Hill is a town located in Southern Ontario in the central portion of York Region, Ontario, located about halfway between Toronto and Lake Simcoe. It is the third most populous municipality in York Region and the 28th most populous municipality in Canada. It is part of the Greater Toronto...

     – for Viva (bus rapid transit)
    Viva (bus rapid transit)
    Viva is a bus rapid transit network in York Region, Ontario, Canada, with connections to northern Toronto and Toronto Transit Commission subway stations. Viva is a subsidiary of York Region Transit....


Projects


The company has worked on various projects across Canada
Canada
Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 and beyond:
  • Humber Bay Arch Bridge
    Humber Bay Arch Bridge
    The Humber Bay Arch Bridge is a pedestrian and bicycle double Compression arch suspended-deck bridge south of Lake Shore Boulevard West in Toronto, Canada...

     - Toronto
    Toronto
    Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the provincial capital of Ontario. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. With over 2.5 million residents, it is the fifth most populous municipality in North America...

  • Lion's Gate Bridge traffic management system - Vancouver, British Columbia
  • 407 ETR - traffic management system - Ontario
    Ontario
    Ontario is a province located in east-central Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area. Ontario is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba to the west and Quebec to the east, and 5 U.S...

  • Highway 401 (Ontario)
    Highway 401 (Ontario)
    The King's Highway 401 is a highway that extends across Southern Ontario, Canada. It is the longest 400-Series Highway in Ontario, and one of the widest and busiest highways in the world. In fact, the segment of Highway 401 passing through Toronto has the distinction of being North America's...

     - road widening
  • Highway 427 (Ontario)
    Highway 427 (Ontario)
    The King's Highway 427 is a 400-Series Highway in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada, that runs from immediately south of the Queen Elizabeth Way/Gardiner Expressway interchange in Toronto to Highway 7 in Vaughan...

     - road widening
  • Queen Elizabeth Way
    Queen Elizabeth Way
    The Queen Elizabeth Way is a 400-Series freeway in Ontario, Canada. It links Buffalo, New York, USA and the Niagara Peninsula with Toronto and its western suburbs. The freeway starts at the Peace Bridge in Fort Erie, Ontario and continues for 139 kilometres through Niagara Falls, St...

     - road widening
  • Highway 417 (Ontario)
    Highway 417 (Ontario)
    Highway 417 is a 400-series highway in Eastern Ontario. It is the backbone of the transportation system in the Ottawa region, where it is known as the Queensway . It extends from the Quebec border to Arnprior, where it continues westward as Highway 17...

     - Queensway expansion
  • Lantau Link
    Lantau Link
    The Lantau Link, formerly known as the Lantau Fixed Crossing, is a series of infrastructures linking Hong Kong International Airport to the urban areas in Hong Kong....

    /Tsing Ma Bridge
    Tsing Ma Bridge
    The Tsing Ma Bridge is a bridge in Hong Kong. It is the world's seventh-longest span suspension bridge. The bridge was named after two of the islands at its ends, namely Tsing Yi and Ma Wan . It has two decks and carries both road and rail traffic, which also makes it the largest suspension bridge...

     - traffic management system - Hong Kong
    Hong Kong
    Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a highly autonomous territory of the People's Republic of China, facing Guangdong to the north and the South China Sea to the east, west and south...

  • Tate's Cairn
    Tate's Cairn
    Tate's Cairn is one of many mountain peaks in Hong Kong. The peak is 583 metres in height. It is a member of the Kowloon ridge....

     - traffic management system - Hong Kong
    Hong Kong
    Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a highly autonomous territory of the People's Republic of China, facing Guangdong to the north and the South China Sea to the east, west and south...

  • Freeway Management System - COMPASS
    Freeway Management System - COMPASS
    Freeway Management System - COMPASS is a traffic management system used by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation on highways in the Greater Toronto Area and parts of southern Ontario...

     - traffic management system - Ontario
    Ontario
    Ontario is a province located in east-central Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area. Ontario is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba to the west and Quebec to the east, and 5 U.S...

  • Toronto Transit Commission
    Toronto Transit Commission
    The Toronto Transit Commission is a public transport authority that operates buses, streetcars, subways, and rapid transit lines in Toronto, Ontario, Canada...

    - subway construction