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Brantford is a city located on the Grand River in southwestern Ontario, Canada. This single-tier municipality was once part of Brant County. The City Limits sign currently displays a population of 90,000 people. Another City Limits sign boasts of Brantford's official, though seldom used nickname, The "Telephone City".

Brantford is connected to Woodstock in the west and Hamilton in the east by Highway 403 and to Cambridge to the north by Highway 24. Highway 424, connecting Highway 401 from Cambridge to Highway 403 in Brantford, is in the planning stages.

Universities/Colleges:
Mohawk College, has a satellite campus in Brantford, and offers programs in the downtown.
Laurier Brantford, a campus of Wilfrid Laurier University, offers undergraduate degrees in their downtown facilities. They include degrees in Contemporary Studies, Criminology, Leadership, Journalism, and a joint program in education offered in partnership with Nipissing University.
Nipissing University, joint program with Wilfrid Laurier.

Secondary Schools:
Assumption College School
Brantford Collegiate Institute & V.S.
North Park Collegiate & V.S.
Pauline Johnson Collegiate & V.S.
St. John's College
Tollgate Technological Institute (formerly known as Herman E. Fawcett).

Brantford has many forms of entertainment available within the city. It houses cinemas, bowling alleys, and other traditional entertainment centres but also is home to the Brantford OLG Casino and weekly pro-wrestling down the road from the casino at J's Place in the form of the Pure Wrestling Association.
The Sanderson Centre offers live performances.
The Ford Plant offers live music.
R Dubs's Place has live music as well.
The Kinsmen Club of Brantford offer many entertaining events throughout the year, including a weekly Kingo (Bingo) game which runs every Thursday evening.

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