City of Brantford | |
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Independent city | |
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Nickname: The Telephone City | |
Coordinates: 43°10′N 80°15′W / 43.167°N 80.250°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Ontario |
Established | May 31, 1877 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Kevin Davis |
Area | |
• Land | 72.47 km2 (27.98 sq mi) |
• Metro | 1,073.11 km2 (414.33 sq mi) |
Elevation | 248 m (814 ft) |
Population | |
• Independent city | 93,650 (54th) |
• Density | 1,292.3/km2 (3,347/sq mi) |
• Metro | 135,501 (30th) |
• Metro density | 126.3/km2 (327/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code span | N3P, N3R, N3S, N3T, N3V |
Area code(s) | 519/226 |
Website | www.brantford.ca |
Brantford is a city in Ontario, Canada. There were 93,650 people in Brantford the last time the Government of Canada did a census count, in 2011.[3]
Brantford is near Hamilton.
Brantford is sometimes called The Telephone City, because the inventor of the telephone lived in Brantford. Hockey player Wayne Gretzky was born in Brantford.