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:''For the provincial electoral district known as "Brant County", see Brant (provincial electoral district).'' The County of Brant (2011 population 35,638) is a single-tier municipality in the Canadian province of Ontario. Despite its name, it is no longer a county by definition, as all municipal services are handled by a single level of government. The county has service offices in Burford, Paris and St. George. It is a small, predominantly rural municipality in Southern Ontario. It is bordered by the Region of Waterloo, the City of Hamilton, Haldimand County, Norfolk County, and Oxford County. The County abuts the Greenbelt. Geographically, the city of Brantford is surrounded by the County of Brant. 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 136,035 in the 2011 census. ==Communities== The population centres in Brant are Paris, St. George and Burford. Smaller communities in the municipality include Bishopsgate, Burtch, Cainsville, Cathcart, East Oakland, Etonia, Fairfield, Falkland, Glen Morris, Gobles, Harley, Harrisburg, Hatchley, Langford, Lockie, Maple Grove, Middleport, Mount Pleasant, Mount Vernon, New Durham, Newport, Northfield, Northfield Centre, Oakland, Onondaga, Osborne Corners, and Scotland. ==Historical townships== The area had previously been part of Wentworth & Oxford County. Brant County was formed in 1851 and originally consisted of:〔''Province of Ontario -- A History 1615 to 1927'' by Jesse Edgar Middletown & Fred Landon, 1927, Dominion Publishing Company, Toronto〕 *Brantford Township (Brantford, Paris, Mount Pleasant, Cainsville), Area . First settlement made before 1810. The township was organized in 1840. *Burford Township (Burford, Scotland), Area . First of the midland townships to have settlers. Surveyed in 1793, four families settled on the land before 1800. *Oakland Township (Scotland, Oakland), Area . Originally called the Townsend Gore, then the Burford Gore, but organized a separate municipality in 1850. *Onondaga Township (Onondaga, Middleport), Area . First settled in 1838. The formal surrender of the township by the Indians did not take place until 1839. *South Dumfries Township (Paris, St. George, Glen Morris), Area . *Tuscarora Township (Six Nations Indian Reserve, New Credit Indian Reserve), created in 1784. In 1999, the county was reorganized and all its individual municipalities, except Brantford, were amalgamated into a single-tier municipality with city status. As of December 31, 1998, all of the original townships were still intact, except for the incorporation of the Town of Paris. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「County of Brant」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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