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Brantford (2001 population 86,417)[1] is a city located on the Grand River in southwestern Ontario, Canada. This single-tier municipality was once part of Brant County. Brantford, Ontario File links The following pages link to this file: Brantford, Ontario Categories: GFDL images ...
The Canada 2001 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. ...
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Grand River Ontario This article is about the Grand River in Southern Ontario, Canada. ...
Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English, French (in some areas) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Parliamentary representation - House seat - Senate seats 106 24 Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd 1,076,395...
Brant County is a historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario. ...
Brantford is connected to London in the west and Hamilton in the east by Highway 403 and to Cambridge to the north by Highway 24. Nickname: The Forest City City of London, Ontario, Canadas Location. ...
Motto: Together Aspire - Together Achieve Area: 1,117. ...
External links Detailed History of Highway 403 Detailed Route Information for Highway 403 Categories: Stub | Ontario provincial highways ...
Map of the Region of Waterloo with Cambridge in red. ...
History
The city was first settled in 1784 when Chief Joseph Brant and the Six Nations Indians left New York to settle in Canada. As a reward for their loyalty to the Crown, they were given a large land grant 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 native settlement was abandoned except for the Mohawk Chapel which remains Ontario's oldest church. 1784 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
Joseph Brant, painted in London by George Romney in 1776 Thayendanegea or Joseph Brant (sometimes spelled Brandt or Brand) (c. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 27th 141,205 km² 455 km 530 km 13. ...
Grand River Ontario This article is about the Grand River in Southern Ontario, Canada. ...
Mohawk Chapel, Brantford Her Majestys Chapel of the Mohawks is the oldest church in Ontario and the only royal chapel in North America. ...
Brantford was incorporated as a city in 1877. 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
Economy Brantford was an important Canadian industrial center for the first half of the 20th century, and was once the third largest city in Ontario. The city is at the deepest navigable point of the Grand River and was once the 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 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. Grand River Ontario This article is about the Grand River in Southern Ontario, Canada. ...
(19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the...
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, Koering Waterous, Harding Carpets, and other manufacturers. The closure of the businesses left thousands of people unemployed and created one of the most economically depressed areas in the country. The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ...
The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive, the last decade of the 20th Century. ...
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The completion of the Brantford to Ancaster section of Highway 403 in 1997, provided 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. However, Wescast recently relocated their local foundry to China, although their headquarters will remain in Brantford until June of 2006. Ancaster is a suburban community southwest of Hamilton, Ontario, with which it amalgamated in 2001. ...
External links Detailed History of Highway 403 Detailed Route Information for Highway 403 Categories: Stub | Ontario provincial highways ...
1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Motto: Together Aspire - Together Achieve Area: 1,117. ...
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Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes - this motto was adopted after the disastrous 1805 fire that devastated the city) Nickname: The Motor City and Motown Location in Wayne County, Michigan Founded Incorporated July 24, 1701 1815 County Wayne County Mayor...
Nickname: Motto: Official website: Buffalo, NY Location Location of Buffalo in New York State Government County Erie County Mayor Byron Brown Geographical characteristics Area Total 136. ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Procter & Gamble headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio. ...
A box of Kinder Chocolate Ferrero SpA is an Italian manufacturer of chocolate and other confectionary products, founded by confectioner Pietro Ferrero in 1946 and based in Alba. ...
People Brantford is called the Telephone City because Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone while living at the Bell Homestead located on the outskirts of the city. The first long distance telephone call was made on August 10, 1876 by Alexander Graham Bell from downtown Brantford to his assistant in Paris, Ontario. Alexander Graham Bell (March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) was a Scottish scientist and inventor. ...
The telephone or phone (Greek: tele = far away and phone = voice) is a telecommunications device which is used to transmit and receive sound (most commonly voice and speech) across distance. ...
1876 is a leap year starting on Saturday. ...
Satellite image of Paris taken in the spring of 2000. ...
Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English, French (in some areas) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Parliamentary representation - House seat - Senate seats 106 24 Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd 1,076,395...
Other famous Brantford natives are actor Phil Hartman, Group of Seven founder Lawren Harris, aboriginal poet Pauline Johnson (Tekahionwake), electron microscope inventor James Hillier, Olympic runner Kevin Sullivan, professional golfer David Hearn, and hockey superstar Wayne Gretzky. Philip Edward Hartman (September 24, 1948 – May 28, 1998) was a Canadian-born American graphic artist, writer, actor and comedian. ...
The Group of Seven was a group of Canadian landscape painters in the 1920s, originally consisting of Franklin Carmichael, Lawren Harris, A. Y. Jackson, Frank Johnston, Arthur Lismer, J. E. H. MacDonald, and Frederick Varley. ...
Lawren Stewart Harris, CC (October 23, 1885 – January 29, 1970) was a Canadian painter. ...
Emily Pauline Johnson (March 10, 1861 – March 7, 1913) was a Canadian poetess. ...
A transmission electron microscope. ...
James Hillier (born August 22, 1915) is a Canadian born scientist and inventor who designed and built, with Albert Prebus, the first successful high-resolution electron microscope in North America in 1938. ...
Kevin Sullivan (born March 20, 1974 in Brantford, Ontario) is a world class middle distance runner. ...
Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ...
Wayne Gretzky playing for the Edmonton Oilers in 1984 Wayne Douglas Gretzky, OC (born January 26, 1961) is a former professional ice hockey player and is currently a part owner and coach of the Phoenix Coyotes. ...
The Six Nations 40, Ontario Native Reserve is adjacent to Brantford and is the largest in Canada. Six Nations of the Grand River is the name applied to two contiguous Indian reserves southeast of Brantford, Ontario, Canada – Six Nations reserve no. ...
Demographics Racial make-up - White: 91.8%
- Aboriginal: 2.9%
- South Asian: 1.5%
- Black: 1.3%
Age break-down
- 0-14: 17,210 (males 8,695; females 8,515); total: 19.9%
- 15-64: 56,640 (males 27,855; females 28,775); total: 65.5%
- 65+: 12,570 (males 5,080; females 7,495); total: 14.5%
Education Mohawk College has large satellite campus in Brantford. Wilfrid Laurier University offers several undergraduate courses in their downtown campus. Wilfrid Laurier offers a joint program in education with Nipissing University. Mohawk College is a college in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. ...
Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU) is a public university located in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. ...
Nipissing University is a small liberal arts university located in North Bay, Ontario, Canada, on a 720 acre (2. ...
Brantford's high-schools are Assumption College School, Brantford Collegiate Institute & V.S., North Park Collegiate, Pauline Johnson Collegiate, St. John's College and Tollgate Technological Institute (formerly known as Herman E. Fawcett). Emily Pauline Johnson (March 10, 1861 – March 7, 1913) was a Canadian poetess. ...
Statistics from the 2001 Census indicate that 40% of Brantford residents had not earned a high-school diploma, compared to the provincial average of 33%.
The average annual income is 9% less than the national average.
The W. Ross Macdonald School for blind and deafblind students is located in Brantford. W. Ross Macdonald School The W. Ross Macdonald School was founded in 1872 in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, and provides instruction from kindergarten to secondary school graduation for blind and deafblind students. ...
Blindness can be defined physiologically as the condition of lacking visual perception. ...
Deafblindness (or deaf-blindness) is the condition of having little or no useful sight and hearing. ...
Politics The city council was elected to a three-year term in November, 2003, and is headed by Mayor Mike Hancock. Two councillors were elected to represent each of five wards. The current councillors are: Larry Kings and Mike Quattrociocchi (Ward 1), Stephen Lancaster and John Sless (Ward 2), Greg Martin and Dan McCreary (Ward 3), Richard Carpenter and Dave Wrobel (Ward 4), and Marguerite Ceschi-Smith and John Starkey (Ward 5). Mike Hancock is mayor of the city of Brantford, Ontario, Canada. ...
See also This is a list of mayors of Brantford, Ontario. ...
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