1. Community Mapping
North Delta

2. Community:
• com·mu·ni·ty [kuh-myoo-ni-tee]
• noun, plural com·mu·ni·ties.
• A social group of any size whose members
reside in a specific locality, share government,
and often have a common cultural and
historical heritage.

4. Map:
• map (mp) n.
• Something that suggests such a
representation, as in clarity of representation.

5. Community maps help to determine strengths
and available resources in a community. When
well researched, community maps hold valuable
information with respect to specific aspects of
the area involved.

6. Needs Based
• Some community maps are needs
based...basically finding out what the
community requires in order to improve
themselves.

7. Asset Based
Whereas some community maps are asset
based. These neighbourhoods attempt to
determine and build upon the strengths of
the individuals in the area. Asset based
community mapping enhances societies as it
supports sustainability through its residents.

9. Building Blocks
A community map is made up of three building
blocks:

10. The Primary Building Block is the foundation of the community.
This building block includes assets found in the community
which are directly controlled by the neighbourhood.
The Secondary Building Block recognizes assets
within the community which are mostly controlled
by community outsiders.
The Other Building Block is controlled by
community outsiders and is normally found
outside of the area.

11. Delta is made up of North Delta, East Delta, and
South Delta. North Delta holds the highest
population, the greatest percentage of a non-
official language spoken at home, and the most
robberies in 2013 than the rest of the Delta
communities.

12. WHAT DOES THAT TELL US? That the
community needs help? Or is the community
not using its internal resources? Following is a
comparison of NEEDS VS. ASSETS.

13. Primary Building Block –
Needs Based
Primary Building Blocks in North Delta include:
• Churches
• Citizens Associations such as
– Deltassist
– Toastmasters
– Rotary
– Lions Club
– Newcomers Club

14. Primary Building Block –
Asset Based
• Sports Clubs
• Skateboard Park
• Markets
• Family Festivals
• Arts including Delta Arts
Council, garage bands, and
Watershed Arts Works
Gallery
• Home Based Businesses
including psychics,
estheticians, and daycares
• Citizens Associations such as
the Burns Bog Conservation
Society

15. Secondary Building Block-
Needs Based
• Medical services including physiotherapy and the public health
unit
• Support Services such as the La Leche League and the Welcome
Wagon
• Publicly Funded Programs through Education Institutions:
– Continuing Education
– Settlement workers in school
– Multicultural services
– Homestay
• Schools
– Preschool
– Elementary
– Secondary
– Adult Learning

16. Secondary Building Block –
Asset Based
• Sports Recreation Centres and Arenas
• Public Library
• Community Services such as the Boys and
Girls Club
• Public Parks
• North Delta Senior’s Bus

17. Other Building Block –
Needs Based
• Unemployment
• Job access – 76.6% of residents worked in a
different municipality then in their residence
municipality
• Justice System
– Laura Szendrei murder trial: date of death
26Sept2010

18. Other Building Block –
Asset Based
• Connections through tragedies: Laura Szendrei

19. Recap – North Delta
Needs Based Map
Unemployment
Job Accessibility
Justice System
Medical Services
Support Services
Publicly Funded
Programs Through
Educational
Institutions
Schools
Churches
Citizens Associations:
Deltassist
Toastmasters
Rotary
Lions Club
Newcomers Club

20. …and North Delta
Asset Based Map
Connections through
tragedies
Public Library
Sports Rec. Centres and
Arenas
Public Parks
North Delta Senior’s Bus
Community Services (Boys
& Girls Club)
Skateboard Park
Sports Clubs
Markets
Family Festivals
Community Arts
Home Based Businesses
Citizens Associations

21. North Delta is a diverse community with respect
to culture, housing, income, age, and interests.
North Delta’s key challenges involve education
about multiculturalism and involvement of
youth in the community. Interviews with
teachers, residents, and volunteers at the Boys
& Girls Club reveal language and racial
differences with many of the locals. Similar to
multiple communities, the strengths of its
youth are not being utilized.

22. Food for thought
The popular graffiti-clad skateboard park is
located next door to the Boys & Girls Club. Not
once in the past three years has the Boys & Girls
Club been damaged.
Not once.