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What makes our region a community to live, work, and play in? Well…
Brantford and Brant County are home to over 160,000 residents with a rapidly increasing diverse population.
Brantford is ranked one of the top 20% of communities to live in in Canada, based on wealth, affordability, population growth, taxes, and access to health care.
Its also ranked one of the top three cities in Canada for buying real estate due to the low unemployment rate and affordable housing prices.
…just look at the numbers!
The Brant Community Healthcare System (BCHS) is a two‐site hospital system in Southwestern Ontario. BCHS serves the City of Brantford, Brant County, Six Nations and Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation and surrounding communities. The combined population exceeds 150,000.
Brant Community Healthcare System (BCHS) is a 300+ bed acute care comprised of two main hospital sites; the Brantford General Hospital and Willet Hospital in Paris, ON. With a total of 330 beds, the BCHS is an affiliated teaching site of McMaster University Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine. Brantford General Hospital is a regional acute health centre and the Willett site provides urgent care and ambulatory services.
BCHS is the area’s acute care facility, providing all of Brantford and Brant County’s specialty programs and services for our 160,000+ residents. It is a regional centre for general, orthopedic, ENT, urology, ophthalmology, plastics, gynecology/obstetrics and oral maxillofacial surgery along. Annually it sees over 63,000 ER visits along with 1,400 births.
The Province of Ontario declared Brantford, ‘The Tournament Capital of Ontario’ spawning a welcoming hotel and hospitality industry, historical sports personalities, and team acclaim. We are home to The Walter Gretzky Golf Club, the Gretzky Sports Complex, a beautiful municipal golf course as well as the Brantford Golf and Country Club, one of the top 50 throughout Canada.
State of the Art medical, and post-secondary education facilities add to the amenities, and opportunities.
Brantford has a thriving and diverse arts and culture community, including music, visual arts, theatre, art galleries, dance, museums, historical architecture, as well as rich public event planning, with a renowned, state of the art performance theatre.
With access across the province by major highways, a provincial Via passenger rail system and the Brantford Municipal Airport, Brantford is closer than you think.
