BRANTFORD, port of entry, Ontario, Canada, on the Grand river, and on the Canadian National, and Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo railways, and also on the Brantford & Hamilton, and Erie and Northern Electric railways. The river is navigable to within 21m. of the town; for the remaining distance a canal has been constructed. Agricultural implements, ploughs, engines, bicycles, stoves, pots, and railway material are made. It contains a provin cial institute for the education of the blind and a women's col lege. The city has the statue of and is named in honour of the Mohawk chief, Joseph Brant (Thayendanegea), who settled here after leading the Six Nations (Iroquois) on the British side in the American War of Independence; the amalgamated tribes of the Six Nations still make it their headquarters. Pop. 9,616; (1921) 29,440; (