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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.
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6 days ago · Brantford, city, seat (1852) of Brant county, southeastern Ontario, Canada, on the Grand River. It originated as Brant’s Ford, named for Joseph Brant, the famous Mohawk chief who was granted the site in 1784 for the settlement of the Six Nations (Iroquois Confederacy) after the American Revolution.
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Visitor Guide. Welcometo Brantford. Nestled on the picturesque Grand River in the heart of southwestern Ontario, Brantford has all the major amenities of a big city with the charming feel of a rural small town. As the official Tournament Capital of Ontario, we're definitely sports lovers and we're proud to be the hometown of hockey legend ...
Brantford has countless experiences waiting to be discovered, and attractions and events that will engage and entertain while you are here. For more information about what to do while you're in town, visit the Discover Brantford website.
Brantford is a former industrial city of 105,000 people (2021) on the Grand River in Southwestern Ontario. "The Telephone City", it is where Alexander Graham Bell said he invented his telephone, and from where he placed the first long-distance call to nearby Paris (Ontario).
