Brantford is a growing and progressive community, continually welcoming new businesses, residents, and visitors. Our population growth is paralleled by increased demand for commercial and industrial land and buildings.
Defined as an urban growth centre in Ontario's Places to Grow Act, Brantford has immense potential. The expansion of our municipal boundaries in 2017 further supports the City's plans for long term growth.
As we grow, it is important to understand our residents, our neighbourhoods, our community, and why Brantford is a destination of choice for so many new companies and families.
On this page
- Highlights and Comparison
- Population growth
- Age and gender
- Private occupied dwellings and household size
- Archive
Highlights and Comparison
The table below summarizes and compares key data for Brantford, the Brantford CMA, the County of Brant, Ontario, and Canada. Key data includes general population, basic housing types and costs, marital status and family size, general income data, educational attainment, employment classes and categories, general commuting for work data, indigenous identity, and general immigration information. The contents are downloadable to a CSV file (note when opening the CSV file in Excel or a similar program, remove the "=" most spreadsheet programs insert at the beginning of the first column of some rows with dash marks.)
In-Depth Highlights and Comparison |
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Population growth
In 2021, the Brantford's population was 104,688, representing a healthy growth rate of nearly 6.21% since 2016. Our growth rate is higher than the provincial (5.8%) and national (5.2%) averages for the same period. Explore the data charts below for more details on our population change.
Brantford Population Growth (Census Years 1996 to 2021) |
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Brantford Annual Population Growth and Estimated Future Population Growth (1996 to 2026) |
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Age and gender
Age and gender characteristics are important data sets used in helping to understand the population. Explore the data table and charts below for more details on these characteristics.
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* Rounding numbers may result in tiny discrepancies for number summation. See notes in the section below from Statistics Canada about about gender data. |
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* Statistics Canada Notes on Gender | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gender refers to an individual's personal and social identity as a man, woman or non-binary person (a person who is not exclusively a man or a woman). Gender includes the following concepts:
A person's gender may differ from their sex at birth, and from what is indicated on their current identification or legal documents such as their birth certificate, passport or driver's licence. A person's gender may change over time. Some people may not identify with a specific gender. Given that the non-binary population is small, data aggregation to a two-category gender variable is sometimes necessary to protect the confidentiality of responses provided. In these cases, individuals in the category "non-binary persons" are distributed into the other two gender categories and are denoted by the "+" symbol. "Men+" includes men and boys, as well as some non-binary persons. "Women+" includes women and girls, as well as some non-binary persons. |
Private occupied dwellings and household size
A private dwelling is defined as "a person or group of persons who occupy the same dwelling and do not have a usual place of residence elsewhere in Canada or abroad." Explore the charts below for more details on these characteristics.
Brantford Occupied Private Dwellings by Structure Type (2021) |
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Brantford Private Household Size (2021) |
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Archive
Archived data from past census years.
The tables, graphs, and reports below are primarily based on the Census program conducted by Statistics Canada every five years. Information on this page is frequently added and updated. Our forthcoming mapping section will also offer additional geographically presented data.
Estimated Population (2016 to 2020) |
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Demographic Snapshot |
Brantford CMA 2016
Brantford (City) 2016
Source: Statistics Canada |
Chart: Brantford Age Pyramid (2016 Census Data) |
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