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'''Brantford''' is a city located on the [[Grand River (Ontario)|Grand River]] in [[Southern Ontario]], [[Canada]]. This [[List of Ontario counties#Single-tier municipalities|single-tier municipality]] is geographically surrounded by the [[County of Brant, Ontario|County of Brant]] and they are part of the same [[Census divisions of Canada|census division]], but Brantford is municipally distinct from it. The city had a population of 90,192 in the [[Canada 2006 Census]].
'''Brantford''' ([[Canada 2006 Census|2006]] population 90,192<ref name=SC06/>, 2006 [[Census geographic units of Canada|CMA]] population 124,607<ref name=SC06-ca/>) is a city located on the [[Grand River (Ontario)|Grand River]] in [[Southern Ontario]], [[Canada]]. While geographically surrounded by the [[County of Brant, Ontario|County of Brant]], the city is politically [[Independent city|independent]]. However Brantford and the County of Brant are grouped in the same [[Census divisions of Canada|census division]].


Brantford is connected to [[Woodstock, Ontario|Woodstock]] in the west and [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]] in the east by [[Ontario Highway 403|Highway 403]] and to [[Cambridge, Ontario|Cambridge]] to the north and [[Simcoe, Ontario|Simcoe]] to the south by [[Highway 24 (Ontario)|Highway 24]].
Brantford is connected to [[Woodstock, Ontario|Woodstock]] in the west and [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]] in the east by [[Ontario Highway 403|Highway 403]] and to [[Cambridge, Ontario|Cambridge]] to the north and [[Simcoe, Ontario|Simcoe]] to the south by [[Highway 24 (Ontario)|Highway 24]].
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==Culture==
==Culture==
Brantford is know for celebrating local cultures every July during the International Festivals event.
Brantford is known for celebrating local cultures every July during the International Festivals event.


==Economy==
==Economy==
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==References==
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<ref name=SC06-ca>{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CMA&Code1=543&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchText=Brant&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |title=Brantford (Census metropolitan area) community profile |publisher=Statistics Canada |work=[[Canada 2006 Census|2006 Census data]] |accessdate=2011-02-07}}</ref>}}


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Revision as of 04:06, 9 June 2011

Brantford
City
Official logo of Brantford
Nickname: 
The Telephone City
Country Canada
Province Ontario
CountyBrant (independent)
EstablishedMay 31, 1877
Government
 • MayorChris Friel
 • Governing BodyBrantford City Council
 • MPPhil McColeman (Conservative)
 • MPPDave Levac (Liberal)
Area
[1][2]
 • Land72.47 km2 (27.98 sq mi)
 • Metro
1,072.90 km2 (414.25 sq mi)
Elevation
248 m (814 ft)
Population
 (2006)[1][2]
 • City90,192 (31st)
 • Density1,244.5/km2 (3,223/sq mi)
 • Metro
124,607 (30th)
 • Metro density116.1/km2 (301/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code span
N3P, N3R, N3S, N3T, N3V
Area code(s)519/226
Websitewww.brantford.ca

Brantford (2006 population 90,192[1], 2006 CMA population 124,607[2]) is a city located on the Grand River in Southern Ontario, Canada. While geographically surrounded by the County of Brant, the city is politically independent. However Brantford and the County of Brant are grouped in the same census division.

Brantford is connected to Woodstock in the west and Hamilton in the east by Highway 403 and to Cambridge to the north and Simcoe to the south by Highway 24.

Brantford is sometimes known by the nickname The Telephone City as former city resident Alexander Graham Bell conducted the first distant telephone call from the community to Paris, Ontario in 1876. It is also the birthplace of hockey player Wayne Gretzky, comedian Phil Hartman, as well as Group of Seven member Lawren Harris.

History

Brant County Courthouse in Brantford

The Attawandaron, or 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 Brantford lies today. This town, like the rest of their settlements, was destroyed when the Iroquois declared war in 1650 and exterminated the Neutral nation.[3]

In 1784, Captain Joseph Brant and the Six Nations Indians left New York for Canada. 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 of the river gave the original name to the area: Brant's ford. By 1847, European settlers began to settle further up the river at a ford in the Grand River and named the village Brantford. The Mohawk Chapel, part of the original Mohawk settlement, is Ontario's oldest Protestant church. Brantford was incorporated as a city in 1877.

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

Climate

Climate data for Brantford
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 15.5
(59.9) 		16.5
(61.7) 		25.5
(77.9) 		30.5
(86.9) 		33
(91) 		35.5
(95.9) 		38.5
(101.3) 		36.5
(97.7) 		34.4
(93.9) 		30
(86) 		25
(77) 		20.5
(68.9) 		38.5
(101.3)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) −1.8
(28.8) 		−0.6
(30.9) 		4.8
(40.6) 		11.9
(53.4) 		19.4
(66.9) 		24.4
(75.9) 		27
(81) 		25.6
(78.1) 		21.3
(70.3) 		14.4
(57.9) 		7.5
(45.5) 		1
(34) 		12.9
(55.2)
Daily mean °C (°F) −5.9
(21.4) 		−4.9
(23.2) 		0.4
(32.7) 		6.8
(44.2) 		13.6
(56.5) 		18.6
(65.5) 		21.2
(70.2) 		20.1
(68.2) 		15.8
(60.4) 		9.4
(48.9) 		3.6
(38.5) 		−2.7
(27.1) 		8
(46)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −10
(14) 		−9.1
(15.6) 		−4
(25) 		1.6
(34.9) 		7.8
(46.0) 		12.7
(54.9) 		15.4
(59.7) 		14.6
(58.3) 		10.3
(50.5) 		4.3
(39.7) 		−0.2
(31.6) 		−6.3
(20.7) 		3.1
(37.6)
Record low °C (°F) −30
(−22) 		−30.5
(−22.9) 		−22
(−8) 		−12.8
(9.0) 		−2.8
(27.0) 		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) 60.4
(2.38) 		51.9
(2.04) 		71.5
(2.81) 		71.5
(2.81) 		77.6
(3.06) 		82
(3.2) 		85.4
(3.36) 		80.8
(3.18) 		86.5
(3.41) 		70
(2.8) 		79.5
(3.13) 		75.1
(2.96) 		892.3
(35.13)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 29.8
(1.17) 		28.3
(1.11) 		55.3
(2.18) 		67.6
(2.66) 		77.6
(3.06) 		82
(3.2) 		85.4
(3.36) 		80.8
(3.18) 		86.5
(3.41) 		70
(2.8) 		71.9
(2.83) 		44.6
(1.76) 		779.6
(30.69)
Average snowfall cm (inches) 30.7
(12.1) 		24.3
(9.6) 		16.3
(6.4) 		3.9
(1.5) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		7.7
(3.0) 		30.4
(12.0) 		113.3
(44.6)
Source: Environment Canada[4]

Demographics

Census Population
1841 2,000
1871 8,107
1881 9,616
1891 12,753
1901 16,619
1911 23,132
1921 29,440
1931 30,107
1941 31,622
1951 36,727
1961 55,201
1971 64,421
1981 74,315
1991 81,997
2001 86,417
2006 90,192

Brantford had a population of 90,192 people in 2006, which was an increase of 4.4% from the 2001 census count. The median household income in 2005 for Brantford was $52,330. Based on the 2006 census, Brantford had an average property value of $200,319. The median mortgage payment was $933. The median rent for Brantford in 2006 was $700.[1]

Culture

Brantford is known for celebrating local cultures every July during the International Festivals event.

Economy

Brantford was an important Canadian industrial centre for the first half of the 20th Century, and was once the number three city in Canada in terms of cash-value of manufactured goods exported. The city is at the deepest navigable point of the Grand River, and was once a railroad hub of Southern Ontario. The combination of water and rails helped Brantford develop from a farming community into a blue collar industrial city based on the agriculture implement industry centred around companies such as 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 as a result of the bankruptcies of 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. The unemployment rate, however, has steadily decreased in more recent years, from almost 14% in 1993 down to 6.3% in 2006. This improved employment picture led to the rate of personal bankruptcy in Brantford falling by 6.2% in 2006.

The completion of the Brantford to Ancaster section of Highway 403 in 1997, was intended to provide an increased incentive for business to locate in Brantford because of easy access to Hamilton and Toronto, as well as being along the quickest route through southern Ontario between Detroit and 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.

On February 16, 2005, Brant, including Brantford, was added to the Greater Golden Horseshoe along with Haldimand and Northumberland counties.

Education

Statistics from the 2006 Census indicate that 28% of Brantford residents had not earned any certificate, diploma, or degree.[1]

The W. Ross Macdonald School for blind and deafblind students is located in Brantford.

Universities and colleges

  • Mohawk College, has a satellite campus in Brantford, and offers programs such as Advanced Police Studies, Police Foundations and Law & Security
  • Laurier Brantford, a campus of Wilfrid Laurier University, offers undergraduate degrees in their downtown facilities. They include degrees in Contemporary Studies, Criminology, Leadership, Journalism, and a joint program in education offered in partnership with Nipissing University.
  • Nipissing University, joint program with Wilfrid Laurier.

Secondary schools

Politics

Brantford City Hall

The current Brantford City Council was elected in the 2010 municipal election and is headed by Mayor Chris Friel, who previously served as mayor from 1994 to 2003. The council, in addition to Friel, includes Larry Kings and Jan Vander Stelt (Ward 1), Vince Bucci and John Utley (Ward 2), Debi Dignan-Rumble and Dan McCreary (Ward 3), Richard Carpenter and Dave Wrobel (Ward 4), and David Neumann and Marguerite Ceschi-Smith (Ward 5). [3]

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

Media

Print

The Brantford Expositor, which started printing in 1852, is published six times a week (everyday excluding Sunday), and is published by Osprey Media.

The Brant News is a weekly paper (delivered Thursday) that also carries breaking news online on their website, and is published by Metroland Publishing Group.

Radio

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.

Film

Several movies have had scenes shot in Brantford, including Welcome to Mooseport and Where the Truth Lies, which were filmed at the Brantford Airport. An episode of Due South, "Dr. Long Ball", was filmed at Arnold Anderson Stadium in Cockshutt Park. A more recent filming was Weirdsville, which was filmed downtown in 2006. "Silent Hill" was filmed in the downtown in 2005. Many Brantfordians[5] observed in jest that very little work needed to be done to make downtown look decayed and haunted. Brantford's Sanderson Centre for the Performing Arts was used as "The New Burbage" mainstage theatre in the series Slings & Arrows.[6]

Transportation

Highway 403 connects Brantford with London and Hamilton. Seen here is the 403 eastbound near the Grand River bridge.

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 east of Brantford. Toronto Pearson International Airport is located in Mississauga, about 100 km northeast of Brantford.

Rail

The train station is located just north of downtown Brantford. Via Rail has daily passenger trains on the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. Trains travel between Windsor and Union Station in Toronto.

Bus

Brantford Transit services the city with nine regular routes operating on a half-hour schedule from the downtown Transit Terminal on Darling Street, with additional school service.

Greyhound Canada has intercity service to Toronto, Hamilton, London, Windsor and other cities.

All Around Transportation operates a Paris/Brantford shuttle bus.

Provincial Highways

Entertainment and attractions

Brantford is home to the Brantford OLG Casino.

The Armoury

The Sanderson Centre offers nightly performances of musicals, operas, concerts, and other performing arts.

The Kinsmen Club of Brantford offer entertainment throughout the year, including a weekly game which runs every Thursday evening at the Bellview Community Center in Eagle Place and Brantford's Own Annual Ribfest held in August.

The Ford Plant, which opened in 2002, was an independent, not-for-profit music venue that hosted all-ages concerts by many musical artists, including Arcade Fire, Wintersleep, Blue Rodeo, and more. In October 2010, the venue closed its doors for good, following its final Murdered City Music Festival.

Brantford's Canada Day Festival

Brantford hosts the region’s largest Canada Day Festival each July 1. A grassroots, not-for-profit, organization was formed in the fall of 2004 after a call from the Mayor to re-establish the event when nobody was able to organize one in 2004. Since then Brantford’s Canada Day Festival[7] has presented family events and Canadian Juno Award winning entertainment. A 2006 and 2009 Shining Stars Tourism Awards[8] winner and with a budget of nearly $250,000.00, this one day festival draws an estimated crowd of 35,000 or more people.

Past main stage headliners have included:

2005 – Jeff Healey
2005 – Lighthouse
2007 – The Trews
2008 – Theory of a Deadman
2009 – Theory of a Deadman

Sports teams and tournaments

Current intercounty or major teams

Defunct teams

Tournaments

  • The Wayne Gretzky International Hockey Tournament[9] is held in Brantford annually
  • The Walter Gretzky House League Tournament is a tournament that is held yearly
  • Swim International is held annually in November
  • The Walter Gretzky Hockey fest

Other

  • Brantford hosted and won the 2008 Allan Cup, which celebrated the 100th anniversary of the event.[10]
  • The Brantford Golf & Country Club was founded in 1879. It is the fourth oldest golf club in North America. It is ranked 29th on Score Golf's "Top 100 Golf Courses in Canada" 2006 list.
  • John Collings holds record for most goals in Novice hockey with 186 in a 37 game season.

People

Main article: List of people from Brantford

Service clubs

Religion

Brantford is home to many churches and religious temples. It is estimated there are over 35 churches in Brantford, including Anglican, Baptist, Roman Catholic, Ukrainian Catholic, Pentecostal, Salvation Army, Presbyterian, United, Christadelphian, and Mormon. There is a mosque and also one Sikh temple. Brantford is also home to the national headquarters of the Congregational Christian Churches in Canada.[11]

Twin city

Brantford is twinned with:

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Brantford (City) community profile". 2006 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-02-07.
  2. ^ a b c "Brantford (Census metropolitan area) community profile". 2006 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-02-07.
  3. ^ Reville, F. Douglas. "The History of the County of Brant", vol. 1, pp. 15-20. Brantford: Hurley Printing Company, 1920. [1]
  4. ^ Environment Canada—Canadian Climate Normals 1971–2000. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
  5. ^ http://virtual.brantfordexpositor.ca/doc/Brantford-Expositor/a-walk-on-the-south-side/2010060101/7.html#6
  6. ^ http://www.imdb.com/search/title?locations=Brantford,%20Ontario,%20Canada
  7. ^ Canada Day Celebration
  8. ^ http://www.shiningstarsawards.com
  9. ^ Brantford Minor Hockey Association - Wayne Gretzky Tournament
  10. ^ Untitled Document
  11. ^ [2], Congregational Christian Churches in Canada
  12. ^ Brantford Expositor - City gets a twin

External links

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