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:''For the defunct provincial electoral district known as "Brant County", see Brant (provincial electoral district).''
The 'County of Brant' (2006 population 34,415 ; Census Division population 125,099) is a single-tier municipality and a census division in the Canadian province of Ontario. Despite its name, it is not a county by the standard definition, as all municipal services are handled by a single level of government. The county has service offices in Burford, Paris, Ontario and St.George ON.
It is a small, predominantly rural municipality in southern Ontario, approximately 100 kilometres southwest of Toronto. It is bordered by the Region of Waterloo, the City of Hamilton, Haldimand County, Norfolk County, and Oxford County.
Geographically, the city of Brantford is surrounded by the County of Brant, however the municipal government of Brantford is separate from the County of Brant municipal government. Also included in the census division, but not part of the County of Brant municipal government, are the Six Nations Indian Reserve and the New Credit Indian Reserve.

Contents

Demographics & geography

Communities

Historical townships

Kinsmen Club of Brantford

Album of Honour

References

External links

Demographics & geography

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Communities

★ Bishopsgate

★ Burford

★ Burtch

★ Cainsville

★ Cathcart

★ East Oakland

★ Etonia

★ Falkland

★ Four Ponds Corners

★ Glen Morris

★ Gobles

★ Harley

★ Harrisburg

★ Hatchley

★ Langford

★ Lockie

★ Maple Grove

★ Middleport

★ Mount Pleasant

★ Mount Vernon

★ Mount Vernon Station

★ Newport

★ Northfield Centre

★ Oakland

★ Ohsweken

★ Onondaga

★ Osborne Corners

★ Paris

★ Pinehurst Park

★ Scotland

★ St. George

Historical townships

Brant County was formed in 1852, it had previously been part of Wentworth & Oxford County. On October 25, 1784, Governor Sir Frederick Haldimand formally granted to the Mohawks and their allies under Joseph Brant, the territory located six miles on either side of the Grand River from its mouth to its source.

★ Brantford Township, Ontario (Brantford, Mount Pleasant), Area 71,122 acres. First settled was made before 1810. The Township was organized in 1840.

★ Burford Township, Ontario (Burford, Scotland), Area 71,122 acres. First of the midland Townships to have settlers. Surveyed in 1793, four families settled on the land before 1800. In 1802.

★ Oakland Township, Ontario (Oakland), Area 10,676 acres. Originally called the Townsend Gore, then the Buford Gore, but organized a separate municipality in 1850.

★ Onondaga Township, Ontario (Onondaga), Area 20,613 acres. First settled in 1838. The formal surrender of the Township by the Indians did not take place until 1839.

★ South Dumfries Township, Ontario (Paris, St. George, Glen Morris), Area 46,265 acres.

★ Tuscarora Township, Ontario (Six Nations Indian Reserve, New Credit Indian Reserve), created in 1784.
Source: ''Province of Ontario -- A History 1615 to 1927'' by Jesse Edgar Middletown & Fred Landon, copyright 1927, Dominion Publishing Company, Toronto

Kinsmen Club of Brantford

'Kinsmen Club of Brantford' is a Canadian service organization that promotes charitable work within the Brantford community.
Brantford Kinsmen Incorporated was chartered on March 11, 1941 and on October 1, 1962 received its Letters Patent from the Provincial Secretary and Minister of Citizenship and Immigration of the Province of Ontario.
Amongst the first projects the Club was involved in was Milk for Britain and the publication of the Album of Honour for Brant Citizens who served in World War II.^[1]
Since that time numerous programs and projects have been undertaken by the Brantford Kinsmen Club such as the estalishment of the Brantford Church Hockey League, the establishment of the Brantford Minor Soccer League, the establishment of the Chiefswood for Children with Learning Disabilities (later to include Gifted children), the establishment of the Brier Basketball League, and publication of the Brantford 1877 - 1977 "Remember" for the Centennial of Brantford.

Album of Honour

The Album of Honour for Brant County is a book compiled in 1946 by the Kinsmen Club of Brantford to commemorate those of Brantford, the County of Brant and the peoples of the Six Nations who served Canada during the Second World War. ^[2] The book lists the names of the Brant County men and women who served in World War II. There are more than 3,500 photographs. In addition, local companies provided the names of employees who served in this war. The book is kept on the Digital Archives Page at the Brantford Public Library. ^[3]

References

1. http://www.geocities.com/brantford_kinsmen1
2. http://66.207.114.162/genealogy/pdfs/AlbumHonour.pdf
3. http://www.brantford.library.on.ca/genealogy/virtual.php

External links

★ County of Brant website

★ Kinsmen Club of Brantford Inc.