Brantford

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city

Brantford is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, known as the hometown of hockey legend Wayne Gretzky and for its historic role in the development of telephone technology.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Brantford, Ontario 5
Brantford metropolitan area 1
Brantford, Ontario, Canada 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
areaCode 226 ⓘ
519 ⓘ
548 ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
countrySubdivision Ontario ⓘ
surface form: Province of Ontario
elevationMetres 200 ⓘ
governmentType single-tier municipality ⓘ
hasAttraction Bell Homestead National Historic Site ⓘ
Sanderson Centre for the Performing Arts ⓘ
Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre ⓘ
hasCollegeCampus Conestoga College Brantford campus ⓘ
Six Nations Polytechnic Brantford campus ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation Bell Homestead National Historic Site ⓘ
hasHistoricEvent early telephone experiments by Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ
hasHometownOf Wayne Gretzky ⓘ
hasMayor Kevin Davis ⓘ
hasMuseum Brant Museum and Archives ⓘ
hasNeighbouringMunicipality County of Brant ⓘ
Haldimand County ⓘ
Hamilton ⓘ
Norfolk County ⓘ
hasPublicTransit Brantford Transit ⓘ
hasRailService Via Rail ⓘ
surface form: VIA Rail
hasRailStation Brantford railway station ⓘ
hasRiverFeature Grand River trail system ⓘ
hasSportsTeam Brantford Bulldogs ⓘ
hasUniversityCampus Wilfrid Laurier University ⓘ
surface form: Wilfrid Laurier University Brantford campus
incorporatedAsCity 1877 ⓘ
incorporatedAsTown 1847 ⓘ
knownFor association with Wayne Gretzky ⓘ
historic role in telephone development ⓘ
manufacturing history ⓘ
locatedIn Ontario ⓘ
Southwestern Ontario ⓘ
locatedInCountry Canada ⓘ
locatedInMetropolitanArea Brantford self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Brantford metropolitan area
locatedOnRiver Grand River ⓘ
namedFor Joseph Brant ⓘ
nickname Telephone City ⓘ
observesDaylightSavingTime true ⓘ
partOf Brant County census division ⓘ
postalCodePrefix N3 ⓘ
province Ontario ⓘ
servedByHighway Highway 403 ⓘ
sportsCulture ice hockey ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wilfrid Laurier University → city → Brantford ⓘ
Ontario → containsCity → Brantford ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brantford, Ontario
Brantford → locatedInMetropolitanArea → Brantford self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brantford metropolitan area
this entity surface form: Brantford, Ontario
Wayne Gretzky → placeOfBirth → Brantford ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brantford, Ontario, Canada
this entity surface form: Brantford, Ontario
this entity surface form: Brantford, Ontario
Melville James Bell → residence → Brantford ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brantford, Ontario