County of Brant

County of Brant
County of Brant
City (single-tier)
	County of Brant
	Paris, Ontario
	Motto: Simply Grand
	Coordinates: 43°07′N 80°22′W / 43.117°N 80.367°W
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Settled	1793
Formed	1851 (county)
Formed	1999 (single-tier city)
Seat	Burford
Government
• Governing body	Brant County Council
• Mayor	David Bailey
• MPs	Dan Muys (C); Larry Brock (C)
• MPP	Will Bouma (PC)
Area
• Land	817.66 km2 (315.70 sq mi)
Population (2021)
• Total	39,474
• Density	48.3/km2 (125/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Postal Code	N0E, N3L
Area codes	519, 226, and 548
Website	www.brant.ca

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The County of Brant (2021 population 39,474) is a single-tier municipality in the Canadian province of Ontario. Although it retains the word "county" in its name, the municipality is a single-tier municipal government and has no upper tier. The County of Brant has service offices in Burford, Paris, Oakland, Onondaga and St. George. The largest population centre (2021 population 14,956) is Paris.

The County of Brant is a predominantly rural municipality in Southern Ontario. The county is bordered by the township of North Dumfries in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo; the City of Hamilton; Haldimand County; Norfolk County; and the townships of Blandford-Blenheim and Norwich in Oxford County. The County abuts the provincially-mandated Greenbelt. Although the city of Brantford is surrounded by the County, it is a fully independent city with its own municipal government. The Brant census division, which includes Brantford and the Six Nations and New Credit reserves along with the County of Brant, had a population of 144,771 in the 2021 census.

The county is named after Joseph Brant and was established in 1851. Brantford separated from the county when it incorporated as a city in 1877. Part of the County is situated on the Haldimand Tract, traditional territory of the Neutral, Mississauga, and Haudenosaunee peoples.