Brant and Area
Introduction to Brant County
Brant County is located between Hamilton to the east and London to the west. Surrounding areas include Oxford County in the west, Hamilton-Wentworth Regional Municipality in the east and the Region of Waterloo to the north, with Haldimand-Norfolk Regional Municipality forming the county’s southern boundary (Fig. 1.1).
Brant County covers an area of 1093 km2. In 2001, the population density was 108 persons per square kilometre. The two largest communities in Brant County are Brantford and Paris which together account for 82% of the total population of the county. There are a number of townships across the county of which the largest are Brantford, Burford and South Dumfries. The Six Nations of the Grand River and New Credit Federal Territories constitute a major land area and community within this county. In 2000, the townships of Brantford, Burford, South Dumfries, Onondaga and Oakland, as well as the Town of Paris were amalgamated into a single municipality, known as the County of Brant.
