Brantford
Brantford (2021 population: 104,688) is a city in Ontario, Canada, founded on the Grand River in Southwestern Ontario. It is surrounded by Brant County, but is politically separate with a municipal government of its own that is fully independent of the county's municipal government.
Brantford | |
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City (single-tier) | |
| City of Brantford | |
From top, left to right: Flowerbed outside RBC Building, Statue of Joseph Brant, Colborne Street in Downtown Brantford, Bell Homestead, City Hall, Grand River | |
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Brantford | |
| Coordinates: 43°09′25″N 80°15′27″W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| County | Brant (independent) |
| Established | May 31, 1877 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Kevin Davis |
| • Governing Body | Brantford City Council |
| • MP | Larry Brock (Conservative) |
| • MPP | Will Bouma (Progressive Conservative) |
| Area | |
| • Land | 98.65 km2 (38.09 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,074.00 km2 (414.67 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 248 m (814 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • City (single-tier) | 104,688 (53rd) |
| • Density | 1,061.2/km2 (2,748/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 144,162 (30th) |
| • Metro density | 134.2/km2 (348/sq mi) |
| Gross Metropolitan Product | |
| • Brantford CMA | CA$6.1 billion (2020) |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| Forward sortation area | N3P to N3V |
| Area code(s) | 519, 226, and 548 |
| Website | www.brantford.ca |
Brantford is situated on the Haldimand Tract, and is named after Joseph Brant, a Mohawk leader, soldier, farmer and slave owner. Brant was an important Loyalist leader during the American Revolutionary War and later, after the Haudenosaunee moved to the Brantford area in Upper Canada. Many of his descendants, and other First Nations people, live on the nearby Six Nations of the Grand River reserve south of Brantford; it is the most populous reserve in Canada.
Brantford is known as the "Telephone City" as the city's famous resident, Alexander Graham Bell, invented the first telephone at his father's homestead, Melville House, now the Bell Homestead, located on Tutela Heights south of the city. Brantford is also known as birthplace and hometown of Wayne Gretzky and Phil Hartman.