Brantford
Brantford, a city on the Grand River in Southwestern Ontario, is known as "The Telephone City" — Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone here and made the first long-distance call from the city. Bell's former home in the Tutela Heights area is a national historic site. The city is also the hometown of hockey legend Wayne Gretzky, and sits adjacent to the Six Nations of the Grand River reserve, the most populous First Nations reserve in Canada.
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- Population104,688
- Nearest water from center 0.1 km0.0 mi
- Nearest mountain from center 22 km14 mi
Nearest airports
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Brantford: quick answers
Where is Brantford?
Brantford is in Canada, about 70 km43 miles in a straight line from Mississauga.
How do you get to Brantford?
The nearest airport is Hamilton (YHM), about 36 min away by road. The nearest train station is Brantford, about 6 min away by road.
What's the weather like in Brantford?
The warmest month is July, averaging 22°C71°F across day and night; the coolest is January, at -5°C23°F. The wettest month is June, with about 100 mm3.9 in of precipitation. (Monthly averages, 1991–2020.)
What's in Brantford?
OpenStreetMap lists 1 museum, 8 restaurants, 7 cafés and 25 places of worship within 2 km of the centre.
What's near Brantford?
Other Wandering Well picks within 60 km include New Hamburg, St. George and Woodstock. Brantford is listed among the day trips from Toronto.