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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.
The City of Brantford welcomes you to our corner of southern Ontario. Whether you are visiting our area, new to the community, or a long time resident, we invite you to enjoy our hometown hospitality and the natural beauty of our landscape and waterways.
5 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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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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, Wayne Gretzky.
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Oct 17, 2012 · Brantford, ON, incorporated as a city in 1877, population 97,496 (2016 census), 93,650 (2011 census). The City of Brantford is located on the Grand River, 104 km southwest of Toronto. It is home to several manufacturing industries, educational institutions and heritage sites.
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).
