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![[Brantford, Ontario]](../images/c/ca-onbra.gif)
image by Peter Orenski,
12 November 2012See also:
Brantford is the county seat of Brant County and is located on the Grand
River. The settlement was christened Brant’s Ford in 1827 and was the site
chosen by Joseph Brant and his Six Nations leaders as their headquarters when
the arrived in 1784 after the close of the American Revolution.
Although
white settlement dates from 1825, it was not until the 1830s when the First
Nations people surrendered the town site, that growth really began. The
settlement was incorporated as a town in 1847 and a city of May 31st, 1877.
Brantford is widely known as the telephone city for in the summer of 1874
Alexander Graham Bell invented the phone there. Reference is made to this fact
by the tulip style telephone being present on the fly of the
prior flag of Brantford.
Neal Wilson, 13 July 2016
The flag of the City of Brantford, Ontario, consists of three vertical
stripes of red-white-red with city shield on its center.
Image of the
flag and description of the flag can be seen on city's official website:
http://www.brantford.ca/discover/AboutBrantford/Pages/CityFlagandCoatofArms.aspx
Valentin Poposki, 31
October 2009
The City of Brantford (93,650 inhabitants in 2011; 7,247 ha) is located in
southern Ontario. Brantford is known as the Telephone City, as it was here in
1874 where Alexander Graham Bell first conceived the idea for the telephone.
"The Grand River, a Canadian Heritage River, has played an integral part in
the development of the Brantford, Brant County, Six Nations and New Credit
communities. The river valley is steeped in stories, traditions and history. In
1784, Captain Joseph Thayendanegea Brant, a Mohawk Chief, led the Six Nations
people from upper New York State to the Grand River basin, a shallow
crossing spot. Here, they made their village, which is now known as Brantford."
http://www.brantford.ca/discover/AboutBrantford/Pages/History.aspx -
Municipal website
The flag of Brantford was formally dedicated on 15
March 1976. The flag, modelled on the Canadian flag, is in proportions 1:2,
vertically divided red-white-red (1:2:1) with the shield of the municipal coat
of arms in the middle.
Photos of the flag
http://www.brantford.ca/discover/AboutBrantford/Pages/History.aspx
http://mayor.brantford.ca/Mayors%20Photo%20Gallery/signed_flag.jpg
The coat of arms is "Gules a beaver on a log proper". "The beaver is one of the
oldest symbols having a special association with Canada. Adopted as the main
emblem for the Town’s corporate seal by the Town Council in 1850, it has been
used by the community for more than a century and a half. As well as its
patriotic and local heritage associations, the beaver is an apt emblem for a
community where industry, both in the sense of attitude and commerce, has long
been important."
http://www.brantford.ca/discover/AboutBrantford/Pages/CityFlagandCoatofArms.aspx
- Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 16 November 2012
![[Brantford, Ontario]](../images/c/ca-onbra2.jpg)
image by Neal Wilson,
13 July 2016
In 1974, in preparation for the city’s centennial, a flag committee was formed
on the suggestion of several civic groups. Advertisements invited “Entries from
any interested person, professional or amateur, who resided in Brantford or
Brant County.” The committee received 143 submissions – entries were primarily
from school children and the committee was “disappointed adults had not seen fit
to enter the competition.”
Two submissions were selected as the basis for
the design eventually decided upon. Judy Spagnuolo, a pupil at St. John’s
Separate School and John Kalmar of Coronation Public School were the entrants
whose designs were used as the basis for the city flag.
Dominion Regalia,
a Toronto flag manufacturer was asked to refine the ideas and offer suggestions
for a suitable and pleasing pattern for an official municipal flag. The Civic
flag was dedicated on March 15, 1976. It was described as “A red diagonal bar
from right to left, on a white background, separates a black upright (daffodil
type) telephone in the lower right corner from the official city crest, in red
and black in the upper left corner.
With the release of the flag, public
controversy was reflected in the media. The Brantford Expositor ran a story on
September 11, 1975 headlined, “Brantford’s Flag ‘Poor’ in many areas.” Other
comments over the next few days included:
“It is terribly weak in design, too
many elements”, “The telephone has been done to death… and should be removed to
strengthen the flag”, “I believe children should be encouraged but it was a
tactical error to leave it to them.” The largest complaint received was
regarding the red diagonal bar across the flag.
With the controversy that
constantly surrounded the original design, a new flag design was eventually
developed. It was based on the Canadian flag with a 1:2 proportions and the
beaver from the center of the city shield of arms centered in a white square.
The City’s Shield of arms, adopted in 1850, is also on the prior flag along
with the city crest. This section of the flag consists of a shield with a beaver
in the center. The shield is flanked with a Mohawk Indian carrying a bow on the
left and a pioneer carrying an axe on the right. The motto, “Industria et
Perseverantia” translates to “Work is Rewarded Through Perseverance”. For
clarity reasons, items such as daffodils, grass, waves of water and details
within the crest are omitted.
Neal Wilson, 13 July 2016
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