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      AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JUNE 5, 2000
                                                      Registration No.333-
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                    UNDER THE
                             SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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                          DELANO TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

          ONTARIO                                      98-0206122
   (Jurisdiction of Incorporation)      (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

                              302 TOWN CENTRE BLVD.
                            MARKHAM, ONTARIO, CANADA
                                     L3B 8G5
                                 (905) 947-2222
   (Address and telephone number of Registrant's principal executive offices)

                 DELANO TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION STOCK OPTION PLAN
                              (Full title of plan)

                              CT CORPORATION SYSTEM
                                111 EIGHTH AVENUE
                            NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10011
                                 (212) 894-8940
            (Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

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                                    Copy to:

                           CHRISTOPHER W. MORGAN, ESQ.
                    SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP
                            SUITE 1820, P.O. BOX 189
                          NORTH TOWER, ROYAL BANK PLAZA
                        TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA M5J 2J4
                                 (416) 777-4700





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                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE





                                                                     PROPOSED                PROPOSED
                                                                     MAXIMUM                  MAXIMUM
            TITLE OF                             AMOUNT TO BE     OFFERING PRICE             AGGREGATE           AMOUNT OF
   SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED                  REGISTERED (1)      PER SHARE             OFFERING PRICE      REGISTRATION FEE
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COMMON SHARES                                     1,525,000       $    0.11 (2)            $   167,750          $   44.29
                                                    946,125            0.44 (2)                416,295             109.90
                                                     54,000            1.00 (2)                 54,000              14.26
                                                    129,000            2.39 (2)                308,310              81.39
                                                    172,500            3.08 (2)                531,300             140.26
                                                      1,500            3.47 (2)                  5,205               1.37
                                                     75,000            4.00 (2)                300,000              79.20
                                                    143,625            4.51 (2)                647,749             171.01
                                                    144,000            5.23 (2)                753,120             198.82
                                                     32,350            5.26 (2)                170,161              44.92
                                                     78,750            5.95 (2)                468,563             123.70
                                                    272,000            6.67 (2)              1,814,240             478.96
                                                      6,000            6.97 (2)                 41,820              11.04
                                                     13,000            7.16 (2)                 93,080              24.57
                                                     21,875            7.75 (2)                169,531              44.76
                                                     39,500            8.75 (2)                345,625              91.25
                                                     36,000            9.50 (2)                342,000              90.29
                                                    125,500            9.75 (2)              1,223,625             323.04
                                                    415,875           10.00 (2)              4,158,750            1097.91
                                                     19,000           10.25 (2)                194,750              51.41
                                                      8,250           10.38 (2)                 85,635              22.61
                                                    241,150           10.94 (2)              2,638,181             696.48
                                                  ---------           --------             -----------          ---------
   TOTAL                                          4,500,000                                $14,929,690          $3,941.44
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NOTES
(1)           The Common Shares being registered relate to (i) past option
              grants, with option exercise prices as indicated, and (ii) option
              grants to be undertaken in the future, with option exercise prices
              to be determined.

(2)           In accordance with Rule 457(h)(1), the maximum offering price is
              the option exercise price.


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                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT

     ITEM 3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
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              The following documents, or excerpts thereof as indicated, filed
     with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are
     incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:

              (a)     Prospectus of Delano Technology Corporation (the
                      "Registrant") filed with the Commission on February 10,
                      2000 pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of
                      1933, as amended;

              (b)     All reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
                      the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
                      "Exchange Act") since February 10, 2000; and

              (c)     The description of the Registrant's common shares,
                      included in the registration statement on Form 8-A, filed
                      with the Commission on January 27, 2000.

              All documents hereafter filed by the Registrant pursuant to
     Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the
     filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which
     indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters
     all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
     reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the
     date of filing of such documents.

     ITEM 4.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.
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              Not Applicable.

     ITEM 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
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              Not Applicable.

     ITEM 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
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              In accordance with the Business Corporations Act (Ontario), the
     By-laws of the Registrant provide that the Registrant will indemnify a
     present or former director or officer of the Registrant, or a person who
     acts or acted at the Registrant's request as a director or officer of
     another company of which the Registrant is or was a shareholder or
     creditor, and his heirs and legal representatives, against all costs,
     charges and expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or
     satisfy a judgment, reasonably incurred by him in respect of any civil,
     criminal or administrative action or proceeding to which he is made a party
     by reason of such position, provided that the director or officer acted
     honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the
     Registrant and, in the case of a criminal or administrative action or
     proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, had reasonable grounds
     for believing that his conduct was lawful. Such indemnification may, with
     the approval of the court, be made in connection with the procuring of a
     judgment in favor of the Registrant or such other company if the conditions
     set forth above have been fulfilled. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a
     director or officer is entitled to indemnification from the Registrant as a
     matter of right if he was substantially successful on the merits in defense
     of the action or proceeding and fulfilled the conditions set forth above.


              A policy of directors' and officers' liability insurance is
     maintained by the Registrant and its subsidiaries against liability
     incurred by arising from or against them for certain of their acts, errors
     or omissions.


              Reference is made to Item 9 for the undertakings of the Registrant
     with respect to indemnification for liabilities arising under the
     Securities Act.

     ITEM 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
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              Not Applicable.

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ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS.

         The following exhibits are attached hereto:

         Exhibit
         Number   Description

         5.1      Opinion of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt as to the legality of the
                  securities being registered;

         23.1     Consent of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt (included in
                  Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement);

         23.2     Consent of KPMG LLP; and

         24.1     Power of Attorney (included on page 6 of this
                  Registration Statement).

ITEM 9.  UNDERTAKINGS.

         A.       The Registrant hereby undertakes:

                  1.       To file, during any period in which offers or sales
                           are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
                           Registration Statement to include any material
                           information with respect to the plan of distribution
                           not previously disclosed in this Registration
                           Statement or any material change to such information
                           in this Registration Statement.

                  2.       That, for the purpose of determining any liability
                           under the Securities Act, each such post-effective
                           amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
                           statement relating to the securities offered therein,
                           and the offering of such securities at that time
                           shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
                           thereof.

                  3.       To remove from registration by means of a
                           post-effective amendment any of the securities being
                           registered which remain unsold at the termination of
                           the offering.

         B.       The Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
                  determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
                  filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Sections
                  13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by
                  reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be
                  a new registration statement relating to the securities
                  offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that
                  time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
                  thereof.

         C.       Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
                  Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and
                  controlling persons of the Registrant by the Registrant
                  pursuant to existing provisions or arrangements, or otherwise,
                  the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
                  Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
                  expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
                  unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
                  against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
                  Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer
                  or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful
                  defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
                  director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
                  securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
                  the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
                  controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
                  jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification by
                  it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act
                  and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


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                                   SIGNATURES


         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Toronto, Province of Ontario, Canada, on June 2,
2000.


                                  DELANO TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION



                                  By:  /s/ John Foresi
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                                           John Foresi
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer




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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN AND WOMEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each officer or director
of Delano Technology Corporation whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints John Foresi and Thomas Hearne, and each of them, with full power to act
without the other, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
and several power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments, including post-effective
amendments, and supplements to this Registration Statement, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as they or he might or could do
in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by or on behalf of the following
persons in the capacities indicated, on June 2, 2000.

         Signature                                Title
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/s/ John Foresi
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John Foresi                   President and Chief Executive Officer, Director
                                (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Thomas Hearne
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Thomas Hearne                 Chief Financial Officer
                              (Principal Financial Officer and Principal
                              Accounting Officer)

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Dennis Bennie                 Chairman of the Board of Directors


/s/ Albert Amato
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Albert Amato                  Director


/s/ Ian Giffen
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Ian Giffen                    Director


/s/ Bahman Kooestoni
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Bahman Kooestoni              Director


/s/ Donald Woodley
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Donald Woodley                Director

/s/ Tony Zingale
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Tony Zingale                  Director



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                            AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE


         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
undersigned certifies that it is the duly authorized United States
representative of Delano Technology Corporation and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on behalf of it by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Toronto, Province of Ontario, Canada,
on June 2, 2000.



                                  DELANO TECHNOLOGY INC.
                                  (Authorized U.S. Representative)


                                  By:/s/ Thomas Hearne
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                                         Thomas Hearne
                                         Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

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                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit
Number   Description


  5.1   Opinion of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt as to the legality of the securities
        being registered
 23.1   Consent of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt (included in Exhibit 5.1 to this
        Registration Statement)
 23.2   Consent of KPMG LLP
 24.1   Power of Attorney (included on page 6 of this Registration Statement)