Brantford

For other uses, see Brantford (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Brentford or Bradford, Ontario.

Brantford (2021 population: 104,688^[1]) 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.^[4][5][6]

Brantford
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°08′27″N 80°15′47″W / 43.14083°N 80.26306°W / 43.14083; -80.26306Coordinates: 43°08′27″N 80°15′47″W / 43.14083°N 80.26306°W / 43.14083; -80.26306
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 ^[1]^[2]
• Land	98.65 km^2 (38.09 sq mi)
• Metro	1,074.00 km^2 (414.67 sq mi)
Elevation	248 m (814 ft)
Population  (2021)
• City (single-tier)	104,688 (53rd)
• Density	1,061.2/km^2 (2,748/sq mi)
• Metro	144,162 (30th)
• Metro density	134.2/km^2 (348/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Forward sortation area	N3P to N3V
Area code(s)	519, 226, and 548
GDP (Brantford CMA)	CA$5.3 billion (2016)^[3]
GDP per capita (Brantford CMA)	CA$39,507 (2016)
Website	www.brantford.ca

Brantford is situated on the Haldimand Tract,^[7][8] and is named after Joseph Brant, an Mohawk leader, soldier, farmer and slave owner.^[9] 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.

History

 

Thayendanegea or Joseph Brant, Mohawk military and political leader

The Iroquoian-speaking Attawandaron, known in English as the Neutral Nation, lived in the Grand River valley area before the 17th century; their main village and seat of the chief, Kandoucho, was identified by 19th-century historians as having been located on the Grand River where present-day Brantford developed. This community, like the rest of their settlements, was destroyed when the Iroquois declared war in 1650 over the fur trade and exterminated the Neutral nation.^[10]

In 1784, Captain Joseph Brant and the Mohawk people of the Iroquois Confederacy left New York State for Canada.^[11] As a reward for their loyalty to the British Crown, they were given a large land grant, referred to as the Haldimand Tract, on the Grand River. The original Mohawk settlement was on the south edge of the present-day city at a location favourable for landing canoes. Brant's crossing (or fording) of the river gave the original name to the area: Brant's ford The Glebe Farm Indian Reserve exists at the original site today.

The area began to grow from a small settlement in the 1820s as the Hamilton and London Road was improved. By the 1830s, Brantford became a stop on the Underground Railroad, and a sizable number of runaway African-Americans settled in the town.^[12] From the 1830s to the 1860s - several hundred people of African descent settled in the area around Murray Street, and in Cainsville. In Brantford, they established their own school and church, now known as the S.R. Drake Memorial Church.^[13] In 1846, it is estimated 2000 residents lived in the city's core while 5199 lived in the outlying rural areas.^[14] There were 8 churches in Brantford at this time - Episcopal, Presbyterian, Catholic, two Methodist, Baptist, Congregational, and one for the African-Canadian residents.^[14]

By 1847, Europeans began to settle further up the river at a ford in the Grand River and named their village Brantford.^[15] The population increased after 1848 when river navigation to Brantford was opened and again in 1854 with the arrival of the railway to Brantford.

Because of the ease of navigation from new roads and the Grand River, several manufacturing companies could be found in the town by 1869.^[16] Some of these factories included Brantford Engine Works, Victoria Foundry and Britannia Foundry.^[16] Several major farm implement manufacturers, starting with Cockshutt and Harris, opened for business in the 1870s.

The history of the Brantford region from 1793 to 1920 is described at length in the book At The Forks of The Grand.^[17]

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, both the United States and Canadian governments encouraged education of First Nations children at residential schools, which were intended to teach them English and European-American ways and assimilate them to the majority cultures. These institutions in Western New York and Canada included the Thomas Indian School, Mohawk Institute Residential School (also known as Mohawk Manual Labour School and Mush Hole Indian Residential School) in Brantford, Southern Ontario, Haudenosaunee boarding school, and the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Decades later and particularly since the late 20th century, numerous scholarly and artistic works have explored the detrimental effects of the schools in destroying Native cultures. Examples include: the film Unseen Tears: A Documentary on Boarding School Survivors,^[18] Ronald James Douglas' graduate thesis titled Documenting Ethnic Cleansing in North America: Creating Unseen Tears,^[19] and the Legacy of Hope Foundation's online media collection: "Where are the Children? Healing the Legacy of the Residential Schools".^[20]

In June 1945, Brantford became the first city in Canada to fluoridate its water supply.^[21][22]

Brantford generated controversy in 2010 when its city council expropriated and demolished 41 historic downtown buildings on the south side of its main street, Colborne Street. The buildings constituted one of the longest blocks of pre-Confederation architecture in Canada, and included one of Ontario's first grocery stores and an early 1890s office of the Bell Telephone Company of Canada. The decision was widely criticized by Ontario's heritage preservation community, however the city argued it was needed for downtown renewal.^[23][24]

Historical plaques and memorials

Plaques and monuments erected by the provincial and federal governments provide additional glimpses into the early history of the area around Brantford.^[25]

The famed Mohawk Chief Joseph Brant (Thayendanega) led his people from the Mohawk Valley of New York State to Upper Canada after being allied with the British during the American Revolution where they lost their land holdings. A group of 400 settled in 1788 on the Grand River at Mohawk Village which would later become Brantford.^[25] Nearly a century later (1886), the Joseph Brant Memorial would be erected in Burlington, Ontario in honour of Brant and the Six Nations Confederacy.^[26]

The Mohawk Chapel, built by the British Crown in 1785 for the Mohawk and Iroquois people (Six Nations of the Grand River) was dedicated in 1788 as a reminder of the original agreements made with the British during the American Revolution.^[25] In 1904 the chapel received Royal status by King Edward VII in memory of the longstanding alliance. Her Majesty's Royal Chapel of the Mohawks is an important reminder of the original agreements made with Queen Anne in 1710. It is still in use today as one of two royal Chapels in Canada and the oldest Protestant Church in the province. Joseph Brant and his son John Brant are buried here.^[27]

Chief John Brant (Mohawk leader) (Ahyonwaeghs) was one of the sons of Joseph Brant.^[28] He fought with the British during the War of 1812 and later worked to improve the welfare of the First Nations. He was involved in building schools and improving the welfare of his people. Brant initiated the opening of schools and from 1828 served as the first native Superintendent of the Six Nations.^[25] Chief Brant was elected to Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada for Haldimand in 1830 and was the first aboriginal Canadian in Parliament.^[29]

The stone and brick Brant County Courthouse was built on land purchased from the Six Nations in 1852. The structure housed court rooms, county offices, a law library and a gaol. During additions in the 1880s, the Greek Revival style, with Doric columns, was retained.^[25]

Among the most famed residents were Alexander Graham Bell and his family, who arrived in mid 1870 from Scotland while Bell was suffering from tuberculosis. They lived with Bell's father and mother who had settled in a farmhouse on Tutela Heights (named after the First Nations tribe of the area^[30] and later absorbed into Brantford.) Then called Melville House, it is now a museum, the Bell Homestead National Historic Site. This was the site of the invention of the telephone in 1874 and ongoing trials in 1876. The Bell Memorial, also known as the Bell Monument, was commissioned to commemorate Bell's invention of the telephone in Brantford; it is also one of the National Historic Sites of Canada.

 

The Bell Memorial, commemorating the invention of the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell. The monument, paid by public subscription and sculpted by W.S. Allward, was dedicated by the Governor General of Canada, Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire with Dr. Bell in The Telephone City's Alexander Graham Bell Gardens in 1917. Included on the main tableau are figures representing "Man, the Inventor," "Inspiration whispering to Man, his power to transmit sound through space," as well as "Knowledge, Joy, Sorrow." Courtesy: Brantford Heritage Inventory

Invention of the telephone

Some articles suggest that the telephone was invented in Boston where Alexander Graham Bell did a great deal of work on the development of the device.^[31] However, Bell confirmed Brantford as the birthplace of the device in a 1906 speech: "the telephone problem was solved, and it was solved at my father's home".^[32] At the unveiling of the Bell Memorial on 24 October 1917, Bell reminded the attendees that "Brantford is right in claiming the invention of the telephone here... [which was] conceived in Brantford in 1874 and born in Boston in 1875" and that "the first transmission to a distance was made between Brantford and Paris" (on 3 August 1876).^[33][34] As well, the second successful voice transmission (over a distance of 6 km; 4 miles) was also made in the area, on 4 August 1876, between the telegraph office in Brantford, Ontario and Bell's father's homestead over makeshift wires.^[35][36]

Canada's first telephone factory, created by James Cowherd, was located in Brantford and operated from about 1879 until Cowherd's death in 1881.^[37][38] The first telephone business office which opened in 1877, not far from the Bell Homestead, was located in what is now Brantford.^[25] The combination of events has led to Brantford calling itself "The Telephone City".

Law and Government

Brantford is located within the County of Brant; however, it is a single-tier municipality, politically separate from the County.^[4][5][6] Ontario's Municipal Act, 2001 defines single-tier municipalities as "a municipality, other than an upper-tier municipality, that does not form part of an upper-tier municipality for municipal purposes".^[39] Single-tier municipalities provide for all local government services.^[40]

Brantford federal election results^[41]

Year		Liberal		Conservative		New Democratic		Green
	2021	29%	13,409	38%	17,655	21%	9,956	3%	1,226
	2019	31%	14,977	38%	18,058	22%	10,280	6%	2,747

Brantford provincial election results^[42]

Year		PC		New Democratic		Liberal		Green
	2022	43%	13,926	30%	9,773	13%	4,252	7%	2,158
	2018	39%	16,473	44%	18,560	10%	4,032	4%	1,860

At the federal and provincial levels of government, Brantford is part of the Brant riding.

Brantford City Council is the municipal governing body. As of October 22, 2018, the mayor is Kevin Davis.

Safety

Brantford's economy was hit hard in the 1980s when farm equipment manufacturers Massey Ferguson and White Farm Equipment closed their local plants.^[43] By the end of 1981, the city's unemployment rate reached 22%.^[43] As with other small Ontario cities hit by the decline of manufacturing, the community struggled with an increase in social problems.^[43]

In more recent times, the city was hit hard by the opioid crisis. In 2018, Brantford had the highest rate of emergency department visits for overdose of any city in Ontario.^[44][45] In 2018, Brantford police reported an overall crime rate of 6,533 incidents per 100,000 population, 59% higher than in Ontario (4,113) and 19% higher than in Canada (5,488).^[46] The same year, Maclean's magazine ranked Brantford as having a higher rate of crime severity than most of the province.^[47]

Economy

The electric telephone was invented here, leading to the establishment of Canada's first telephone factory here in the 1870s. Brantford developed as an important Canadian industrial centre for the first half of the 20th century, and it was once the third-ranked Canadian city in terms of cash-value of manufactured goods exported.

The city developed at the deepest navigable point of the Grand River. Because of existing networks, it became a railroad hub of Southern Ontario. The combination of water and rail helped Brantford develop from a farming community into an industrial city with many blue-collar jobs, based on the agriculture implement industry. Major companies included S.C. Johnson Wax, Massey-Harris, Verity Plow, and the Cockshutt Plow Company. This industry, more than any other, provided the well-paying and steady employment that allowed Brantford to sustain economic growth through most of the 20th century.

By the 1980s and 1990s, the economy of Brantford was in steady decline due to changes in heavy industry and its restructuring. Numerous companies suffered bankruptcies, such as White Farm Equipment, Massey Ferguson (and its successor, Massey Combines Corporation), Koering-Waterous, Harding Carpets, and other manufacturers. The bankruptcies and closures of the businesses left thousands of people unemployed and created one of the most economically depressed areas in the country, and had a particular impact on the once vibrant downtown.

An economic revival was prompted by the completion of the Brantford-to-Ancaster section of Highway 403 in 1997, bringing companies easy access to Hamilton and Toronto and completing a direct route from Detroit to Buffalo. In 2004 Procter & Gamble and Ferrero SpA chose to locate in the city. Though Wescast Industries, Inc. recently closed their local foundry, their corporate headquarters will remain in Brantford. SC Johnson Canada has their headquarters and a manufacturing plant in Brantford, connected to the Canadian National network. Other companies that have their headquarters here include Gunther Mele and GreenMantra Technologies. On February 16, 2005, Brant, including Brantford, was added to the Greater Golden Horseshoe along with Haldimand and Northumberland counties.

In February 2019, Brantford's unemployment rate stood at 4.6% – lower than Ontario's rate of 5.6%.^[48]

Climate

Brantford has a humid continental climate (Dfb) with warm to hot summers and cold, moderately snowy winters, though not severe by Canadian standards.

Climate data for Brantford (1981−2010)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	17.0 (62.6)	16.5 (61.7)	25.5 (77.9)	30.5 (86.9)	34.0 (93.2)	35.5 (95.9)	38.5 (101.3)	36.5 (97.7)	34.4 (93.9)	30.0 (86.0)	25.0 (77.0)	20.5 (68.9)	38.5 (101.3)
Average high °C (°F)	−1.6 (29.1)	0.3 (32.5)	5.1 (41.2)	12.4 (54.3)	19.3 (66.7)	24.6 (76.3)	27.2 (81.0)	25.8 (78.4)	21.7 (71.1)	14.5 (58.1)	7.9 (46.2)	1.4 (34.5)	13.2 (55.8)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−6 (21)	−4.3 (24.3)	0.3 (32.5)	7.0 (44.6)	13.5 (56.3)	18.7 (65.7)	21.3 (70.3)	20.2 (68.4)	16.0 (60.8)	9.3 (48.7)	3.8 (38.8)	−2.5 (27.5)	8.1 (46.6)
Average low °C (°F)	−10.4 (13.3)	−8.9 (16.0)	−4.5 (23.9)	1.5 (34.7)	7.5 (45.5)	12.7 (54.9)	15.4 (59.7)	14.6 (58.3)	10.1 (50.2)	3.9 (39.0)	−0.3 (31.5)	−6.3 (20.7)	3.0 (37.4)
Record low °C (°F)	−30 (−22)	−30.5 (−22.9)	−24 (−11)	−12.8 (9.0)	−3 (27)	1.1 (34.0)	5.6 (42.1)	1.1 (34.0)	−4.5 (23.9)	−7 (19)	−16 (3)	−27 (−17)	−30.5 (−22.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	54.7 (2.15)	51.5 (2.03)	59.1 (2.33)	68.9 (2.71)	81.1 (3.19)	75.9 (2.99)	95.0 (3.74)	75.0 (2.95)	86.6 (3.41)	70.1 (2.76)	84.4 (3.32)	65.1 (2.56)	867.3 (34.15)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	27.6 (1.09)	30.4 (1.20)	43.5 (1.71)	65.3 (2.57)	81.1 (3.19)	75.9 (2.99)	95.0 (3.74)	75.0 (2.95)	86.6 (3.41)	70.1 (2.76)	78.3 (3.08)	40.8 (1.61)	769.6 (30.30)
Average snowfall cm (inches)	27.1 (10.7)	21.9 (8.6)	15.6 (6.1)	3.6 (1.4)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	6.1 (2.4)	24.2 (9.5)	98.4 (38.7)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm)	11.3	9.5	11.1	12.2	12.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.6	12.2	13.2	12.0	135.6
Average rainy days (≥ 0.2 mm)	4.5	4.7	8.1	11.6	12.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.6	12.2	11.8	7.0	114.0
Average snowy days (≥ 0.2 cm)	7.0	5.4	3.7	0.92	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	5.8	24.4
Source: Environment Canada^[49]

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1841	2,000	—
1871	8,107	+305.3%
1881	9,616	+18.6%
1891	12,753	+32.6%
1901	16,619	+30.3%
1911	23,132	+39.2%
1921	29,440	+27.3%
1931	30,107	+2.3%
1941	31,622	+5.0%
1951	36,727	+16.1%
1961	55,201	+50.3%
1971	64,421	+16.7%
1981	74,315	+15.4%
1991	81,997	+10.3%
1996	84,764	+3.4%
2001	86,417	+2.0%
2006	90,192	+4.4%
2011	93,650	+3.8%
2016	98,563	+5.2%
2021	104,688	+6.2%
^[50]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Brantford had a population of 104,688 living in 41,673 of its 43,269 total private dwellings, a change of 6.2% from its 2016 population of 98,563. With a land area of 98.65 km² (38.09 sq mi), it had a population density of 1,061.2/km² (2,748.5/sq mi) in 2021.^[51]

At the census metropolitan area (CMA) level in the 2021 census, the Brantford CMA had a population of 144,162 living in 56,003 of its 58,047 total private dwellings, a change of 7.4% from its 2016 population of 134,203. With a land area of 1,074 km² (415 sq mi), it had a population density of 134.2/km² (347.7/sq mi) in 2021.^[52]

Ethnicity

103,210 people gave their ethnic background on the 2021 census,^[53] up from 95,780 on the 2016 census.^[54] Brantford has the highest proportion of Indigenous people (Status Indians) in Southern Ontario, outside of an Indian reserve.^[55]

Panethnic groups in the City of Brantford (2001−2021)

Panethnic group	2021^[53]		2016^[56]		2011^[57]		2006^[58]		2001^[59]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European^[a]	82,015	79.46%	80,945	84.51%	81,035	88.11%	79,205	89.15%	78,115	91.77%
South Asian	6,070	5.88%	3,115	3.25%	1,640	1.78%	1,660	1.87%	1,245	1.46%
Indigenous	5,415	5.25%	5,395	5.63%	4,090	4.45%	3,440	3.87%	2,475	2.91%
African	3,570	3.46%	2,015	2.1%	1,550	1.69%	1,580	1.78%	1,110	1.3%
Southeast Asian^[b]	2,385	2.31%	1,805	1.88%	1,190	1.29%	1,195	1.35%	1,045	1.23%
East Asian^[c]	1,020	0.99%	1,065	1.11%	1,090	1.19%	940	1.06%	670	0.79%
Middle Eastern^[d]	910	0.88%	490	0.51%	655	0.71%	115	0.13%	140	0.16%
Latin American	905	0.88%	445	0.46%	365	0.4%	360	0.41%	140	0.16%
Other^[e]	920	0.89%	510	0.53%	355	0.39%	245	0.28%	190	0.22%
Total responses	103,210	98.59%	95,780	98.24%	91,975	98.21%	88,845	98.51%	85,125	98.5%
Total population	104,688	100%	97,496	100%	93,650	100%	90,192	100%	86,417	100%

• Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses.

Religion

In 2021,^[60] 51.8% of residents were Christian, down from 64.8% in 2011.^[61] 22.2% of residents were Catholic, 17.6% were Protestant, and 7.7% were Christian not otherwise specified. All other Christian denominations and Christian-related traditions accounted for 4.1% of the population. 40.4% of residents had no religion, up from 31.6% in 2011. All other religions and spiritual traditions made up 8.1% of the population. The largest non-Christian religions were Sikhism (2.6%), Islam (2.0%), Hinduism (1.7%) and Buddhism (0.5%).

Film and television

Brantford has been used as a filming location for TV and films.

• The television series Murdoch Mysteries has used the Carnegie Building, now part of Wilfrid Laurier University's Brantford campus, as the courthouse.^[62] The interior of the Sanderson Centre for the Performing Arts has also been featured in the series.^[62][63] In addition, Victoria Park and many of the older homes along Dalhousie and George streets have been used for shot locations.^[63]
• The television series The Boys third season was partially filmed in Brantford during the spring of 2021.^[64]
• The television series The Handmaid's Tale had several locations filmed in Brantford during 2018, 2020 and 2022.^[65]
• Several movies have had scenes shot at the Brantford Airport, including Welcome to Mooseport and Where the Truth Lies. Many Mayday episodes have also been filmed there.^{[citation needed]}
• An episode of Due South, "Dr. Long Ball", was filmed at Arnold Anderson Stadium in Cockshutt Park.
• Brantford's downtown provided locations for Weirdsville in 2006 and "Silent Hill" in 2005. Many area residents^[66] observed that little work had to be done to make downtown look decayed and haunted.
• Brantford's Sanderson Centre for the Performing Arts was used as "The Rose" mainstage theatre of the "New Burbage Festival" in the series Slings & Arrows.^{[citation needed]}

Education

Statistics from the Federal 2016 Census indicated that 54.1% of Brantford's adult residents (age 25 to 64) had earned either a Post-secondary certificate, diploma, or university degree.

Universities and colleges

 

Brantford campus of Nipissing University

Several post-secondary institutions have facilities in Brantford.

• Laurier Brantford, a campus of Wilfrid Laurier University, offers a variety of programs at their downtown campus.^[67] The 2013-14 enrollment is 2,800 full-time students.
  • The Faculty of Liberal Arts includes Contemporary Studies, Journalism, History, English, Youth and Children's Studies, Human Rights and Human Diversity, Languages at Brantford and Law and Society programs. The Faculty of Human and Social Sciences includes Criminology, Health Studies, Psychology and Leadership.
  • The Faculty of Social Work includes the Bachelor of Social Work.
  • The Faculty of Graduate and Post-Doctoral Studies includes Social Justice and Community Engagement (MA) and Criminology (MA)
  • The School of Business and Economics includes Business Technology Management.
• Six Nations Polytechnic operates out of the former Mohawk College campus.^[68] The school offers various 2-year college programs from their campus in Brantford. They also have a campus on the nearby Six Nations of the Grand River, catering to mostly university programs.^[69]
• Nipissing University, in partnership with Laurier Brantford, offers the Concurrent Education program in Brantford. In five years, students earn an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Society, Culture & Environment from Laurier Brantford, and a Bachelor of Education from Nipissing University.^[70] During the 2013–14 academic year there were 70 full-time and 100 part-time students in the program.
• Conestoga College offers academic programming in Brantford's downtown core in partnership with Wilfrid Laurier University and its Laurier Brantford campus. Conestoga College offer diplomas in Business and Health Office Administration, a graduate certificate in Human Resources Management, and a certificate in Medical Office Practice in Brantford.^[71] This program has 120 full-time students in the 2013–14 academic year.
• Mohawk College had a satellite campus; however, the college ceased operations in Brantford and transferred the property to Six Nations Polytechnic at the end of the 2013–14 academic year.^[72]

Secondary schools

Public education in the area is managed by the Grand Erie District School Board, and Catholic education is managed by the Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board.

• Assumption College School (Catholic)
• Brantford Collegiate Institute - successor to Brantford Grammar School (c. 1852) and Brantford High School (c. 1871).
• North Park Collegiate & Vocational School
• Pauline Johnson Collegiate & Vocational School
• St. John's College (Catholic)
• Tollgate Technological Skills Centre (formerly known as Herman E. Fawcett)
• Grand Erie Learning Alternatives (GELA)

Elementary schools

Public education in the area is managed by the Grand Erie District School Board, and Catholic education is managed by the Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board and the Conseil Scolaire de District Catholique Centre-Sud.

• Christ The King School (Catholic)^[73]
• St. Peter School (Catholic)
• Holy Cross School (Catholic)
• St. Basil Catholic Elementary School (Catholic)
• Jean Vanier Catholic Elementary School (Catholic)
• Notre Dame Catholic Elementary School (Catholic)
• St. Pius X Catholic Elementary School (Catholic)
• St. Gabriel Catholic Elementary School (Catholic)
• Our Lady of Providence Catholic Elementary School (Catholic)
• Resurrection School (Catholic)
• St. Leo School (Catholic)
• St. Patrick School (Catholic)
• Russell Reid Elementary School^[74]
• Woodman-Cainsville School
• Echo Place School
• Cedarland Public School
• Centennial-Grand Woodlands School
• École Confederation (French Immersion)
• Dufferin Public School (French Immersion)
• Walter Gretzky Elementary School
• Mount Pleasant Public School
• Ryerson Heights Elementary School
• Graham Bell-Victoria Public School
• Lansdowne-Costain Public School
• Major Ballachey Public School
• Agnes G. Hodge Public School
• Prince Charles Public School
• Greenbrier Public School
• James Hillier Public School
• Grandview Public School
• Banbury Heights School
• King George School
• Branlyn School
• Brier Park School
• Central School
• Princess Elizabeth Public School
• Bellview Public School
• St. Marguerite Bourgeois (French)
• Brantford Christian School (Separate)
• Central Baptist Academy (Baptist)

Other

• The W. Ross Macdonald School for blind and deafblind students is located in Brantford.
• The Mohawk Institute Residential School, a Canadian Indian residential school, was located in Brantford. It was closed after emphasis on educating children in their home communities and encouraging their own cultures, in part because of reporting of abuses at such facilities.
• Braemar House School is a private elementary school in Brantford offering diverse Montessori and Elementary School curriculum.

Media

Online

BTOWN is a free alternative online magazine which highlights people, projects and events in the Brantford area.^[75]

Print

The Brantford Expositor, started in 1852, is published six days per week (excluding Sundays) by Sun Media Corp.

The Brant News was a weekly paper, delivered Thursdays until 2018; it publishes breaking news online at their website,^[76] and is published by Metroland Media Group.

The Two Row Times, a Free weekly paper started in 2013, is published on Wednesdays, delivered to every reservation in Ontario and globally online at their website,^[77] published by Garlow Media.

BScene, a Free community paper founded in 2014, is published monthly and distributed locally throughout Brantford and Brant County via local businesses and community centers, It can also be viewed online at their website.^[78] Independently published.

Radio

• AM 1380 - CKPC (AM), religious
• FM 92.1 - CKPC-FM, adult contemporary
• FM 93.9 - CFWC-FM, country music

Television

Brantford's only local television service comes from Rogers TV (cable 20), a local community channel on Rogers Cable. Otherwise, Brantford is served by stations from Toronto, Hamilton and Kitchener.

Transportation

Air

Brantford Municipal Airport is located west of the city. It hosts an annual air show, featuring the Snowbirds. The John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport in Hamilton is located about 35 km (20 miles) east of Brantford. Toronto Pearson International Airport is located in Mississauga, about 100 km (60 miles) northeast of Brantford.

Rail

Brantford station is located just north of downtown Brantford. Via Rail has daily passenger trains on the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. Trains also stop at Union Station in Toronto.

Street rail began in Brantford in 1886 with horse-drawn carriages; by 1893 this system had been converted to electric. The City of Brantford took over these operations in 1914. Around 1936 it began to replace the electric street car system with gas-run buses, and by the end of 1939 the change-over was complete.^[79]

Bus

• Brantford Transit serves the city with nine regular routes operating on a half-hour schedule from the downtown Transit Terminal on Darling Street, with additional school service.
• GO bus service between downtown Brantford and Aldershot GO Station in Burlington, stopping at McMaster University.
• An on-demand service, Brant eRide, provides service to Paris, St. George, and Burford.

Provincial highways

• Highway 403, East to Hamilton, West to Woodstock.
• Highway 24, North to Cambridge, South to Simcoe.

Cycling

As of 2022^[update], there are at least 18 km (11 mi) of bikeways in Brantford.^[80] There are some planned street redesigns which include protected bike lanes and multi-use trails, which as of 2022^[update] are in the public consultation phase.^[81]

Some former rail lines serving Brantford have been converted to rail trails, which allow for intercommunity cycling connections to the north, south, and east. This includes the SC Johnson Trail to Paris (with further connections north to Cambridge and beyond)^[82] and the Hamilton to Brantford Rail Trail, which provides a connection east to Hamilton through Dundas and Jerseyville.^[83] Twin rail trails, the LE&N Trail and TH&B Trail, connect south to Mount Pleasant, where they connect further south ultimately to Port Dover.^[84]

Culture and entertainment

 

The Armoury

Local museums include the Bell Homestead, Woodland Cultural Centre,^[85] Brant Museum and Archives,^[86] Canadian Military Heritage Museum^[87] and the Personal Computer Museum.

Annual events include the "Brantford International Villages Festival" in July;^[88] the "Brantford Kinsmen Annual Ribfest" in August;^[89] the "Chili Willy Cook-Off" in February; the "Frosty Fest", a Church festival held in winter;^[90]

The Bell Summer Theatre Festival,^[91] takes place from Canada Day to Labour Day at the Bell Homestead

Brantford is the home of several theatre groups including Brant Theatre Workshops,^[92] Dufferin Players, His Majesty's players, ICHTHYS Theatre, Stage 88, Theatre Brantford and Whimsical Players.

Brantford has a casino, Elements Casino Brantford. The Sanderson Centre for the Performing Arts is a local performance venue.^[93]

Brantford Public Library

 

The main entrance to the Brantford Public Library

Brantford Public Library's central branch is located downtown on Colborne Street. It has an additional branch on St. Paul Avenue.^[94] It has been automated since 1984.^[95] In 2000, the library was the first in North America to join the UNESCO model library network.^[95]

Sports teams and tournaments

Current intercounty or major teams

• Brantford Red Sox of the Intercounty Baseball League who play at Arnold Anderson Stadium
• Brantford Braves of the Junior Intercounty Baseball League who also play at Arnold Anderson Stadium
• Brantford Blast of the Allan Cup Hockey League who play at the Brantford Civic Centre
• Brantford 99ers of the Ontario Junior Hockey League
• Brantford Bandits of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League
• Brantford Galaxy SC of the Canadian Soccer League who play at Lion's Park.
• Brantford Harlequins of the Ontario Rugby Union

Defunct teams

• Brantford Alexanders (1976 to 1978), a former team of the Senior Ontario Hockey Association who played at the Brantford Civic Centre. Won 1978 Allan Cup.
• Brantford Motts Clamatos. Won 1987 Allan Cup.
• Brantford Golden Eagles of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League, moved in 2012 to become Caledonia Corvairs.
• Brantford Alexanders (1978 to 1984), a former team of the Ontario Hockey League who played at the Brantford Civic Centre. They are now the Erie Otters.
• Brantford Smoke (1991–1998) of the CoHL, Colonial Hockey League who played at the Brantford Civic Centre. The team moved to Asheville in 1998.
• Brantford Blaze of the Canadian National Basketball League, played only a few exhibition games in 2003–04.

Events

• The Wayne Gretzky International Hockey Tournament,^[96] which celebrated its 9th anniversary in 2015,^[97] is held in Brantford annually
• Brantford hosted and won the 2008 Allan Cup, which celebrated the 100th anniversary of the event.^[98]
• The city served as the pre-season camp and facility for the Pittsburgh Penguins during the late 1960s, hosting the franchise's first preseason training camp and its first preseason exhibition game.^[99]
• The Walter Gretzky Street Hockey Tournament, celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2016, is held in Brantford annually. In 2010, this "great" tournament was recognized and established a Guinness World Record for the largest Street Hockey Tournament in the world with 205 teams with just over 2,096 participants.

Notable people

Main article: List of people from Brantford

Twin towns – sister cities

Brantford is twinned with:

•   Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland^[100]
•   Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukraine^[101]

See also

• Alexander Graham Bell
• Brant (electoral district)
• Brantford City Council
• List of mayors of Brantford, Ontario

Notes

1. Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
2. Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
3. Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
4. Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
5. Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.

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