Brantford, Ontario The changing landscape of Canadian metropolitan areas
Brantford, Ontario

Highlights

• At the CMA level, built-up area increased from 44 km² in 1971 to 155 km² in 2011, an increase of 250%.
• At the CMA-E level, built-up area increased from 233 km² in 1971 to 661 km² in 2011, an increase of 183%.
• In 2011, the natural and semi-natural land class was divided into forest (56%), water (5%) and other (39%).
• From 1971 to 2011, 216 km² of arable land and 96 km² of natural and semi-natural land were lost to settled area.
• Of the natural and semi-natural land converted to settled area from 1971 to 2011, 37.9% was forest, 52.5% was natural land for pasture and 9.6% was classed as other.
• Population in the CMA increased by 40% from 96,534 to 135,501 between 1971 and 2011.
• The number of dwellings in the CMA increased by 96% from 28,181 to 55,115 between 1971 and 2011.

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