Brantford
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 Brantford
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| Coordinates: 43°10′N 80°15′W / 43.167°N 80.250°WCoordinates: 43°10′N 80°15′W / 43.167°N 80.250°W | ||
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 Canada
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| Province |
 Ontario
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| County | Brant (independent) | |
| Established | May 31, 1877 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Chris Friel | |
| • Governing Body | Brantford City Council | |
| • MP | Phil McColeman (Conservative) | |
| • MPP | Dave Levac (Liberal) | |
| Area | ||
| • Land | 72.44 km2 (27.97 sq mi) | |
| • Metro | 1,073.15 km2 (414.35 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 248 m (814 ft) | |
| Population (2016) | ||
| • City (single-tier) | 97,496 (56th) | |
| • Density | 1,345.9/km2 (3,486/sq mi) | |
| • Metro | 134,203 (30th) | |
| • Metro density | 125.1/km2 (324/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC−5) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) | |
| Postal code span | N3P, N3R, N3S, N3T, N3V | |
| Area code(s) | 519/226/548 | |
| Website | www.brantford.ca | |
Brantford (2016 population 97,496; CMA population 134,203) is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, founded on the Grand River. It is the seat of Brant County, but it is politically separate with a government independent of the county.
Brantford is sometimes known as the "Telephone City": former city resident Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone at his father's home, the Bell Homestead. In 1876 he conducted the first long-distance telephone call, making it from Brantford to Paris, Ontario.
Brantford is also the birthplace of hockey player Wayne Gretzky, comedian Phil Hartman, as well as Group of Seven member Lawren Harris. Brantford is named after Joseph Brant, an important Mohawk chief during the American Revolutionary War and later, who led his people in their first decades in Upper Canada. Many of his and other First Nations citizens live on the neighbouring reserve of Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation, the most populous reserve in Canada.
The Iroquoian-speaking Attawandaron, known in English as the 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 present-day Brantford developed. This town, like the rest of their settlements, was destroyed when the Iroquois declared war in 1650 over the fur trade and exterminated the Neutral nation.
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