Brantford is a city located on the Grand River in southwestern Ontario, Canada. This single-tier municipality was once part of Brant County. The city had a population of 90,192 in the Canada 2006 Census.
Brantford, geographically surrounded by Brant, is connected to Woodstock in the west and Hamilton in the east by Highway 403 and to Cambridge to the north by Highway 24. Highway 424, connecting Highway 401 from Cambridge to Highway 403 in Brantford, is in the planning stages.
Brantford is sometimes known by the nickname The Telephone City, after the city's most famous former resident, Alexander Graham Bell.
Transportation
Air
The Brantford Airport located on the outskirts of the city serves as a small municipal airport. It hosts the annual air show, featuring the Snowbirds. The John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport in Hamilton is located 20 minutes from Brantford, as well as the Toronto Pearson International Airport located about an hour from Brantford.
Rail
The Brantford Train Station is located just north of downtown Brantford. The station is part of the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. The only passenger rail that passes through the station is VIA Rail, which features daily trains to and from Union Station in Toronto, Ontario.
Bus
Brantford Transit provides local transportation around Brantford. Greyhound and Coach Canada also provide transit to Hamilton and Toronto.
Highways
- Highway 403, East Hamilton, West Woodstock.
- Highway 424, Proposed highway connecting Highway 401 from Cambridge to Highway 403. Proposed start date sometime in 2008
- Highway 24, North Cambridge, South Simcoe
- Highway # 2 & 53, which goes east from Brantford to Ancaster and connects to the 403.
