Healthy Living

Citizens are living longer, healthier lives. Healthy Living and age-friendly planning aims to ensure people of all ages and abilities have opportunities to thrive in the City of Brantford. There are a number of healthy living and age-friendly programming that the City offers, including:

Senior’s Toolkit

The Senior's Toolkit, A Practical Handbook for Seniors provides information about various agencies and service providers that help senior residents in the City of Brantford and County of Brant. Physical copies of the Seniors' Toolkit are now available at the following locations:

  • Beckett Adult Leisure Centre, 219 Colborne St.
  • Brantford Public Library – Main Branch, 173 Colborne St.
  • City Hall, Customer Service Desk, 58 Dalhousie St.
  • Doug Snooks Eagle Place Community Centre, 333 Erie Ave
  • T.B. Costain - SC Johnson Community Centre, 16 Morrell St.
  • Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre – Pool Desk, 254 North Park St.
  • Woodman Park Community Centre, 491 Grey St.
  • Grand River Community Health Centre, 363 Colborne St.
  • Seniors Resource Centre, 783 Colborne St.
  • YMCA Brantford, Brant, Haldimand, Hamilton, 723 Colborne St.
  • Brant County Health Unit, 194 Terrace Hill St.

Age-Friendly Plan

Healthy Aging: The City of Brantford's Age-Friendly Plan outlines a roadmap to build an age-friendly community. The strategy included an audit of the City's Age-friendly policies and programs and identified best practices with input from older adults, caregivers, community agencies and municipal staff. As a result of the Age-Friendly planning process and significant milestones our community has achieved, the City of Brantford as internationally recognized by the World Health Organization as an Age-Friendly community. Additionally, the Ministry of Seniors Affairs recognized the City with the Ontario Age-Friendly Community Recognition Award. 

The City of Brantford recognizes the benefits of collaboration and consultation with community partners –such as Brant Skills Centre, Grand River Community Health Centre (GRCHC), the Grand River Council on Aging (GRCOA), the Laurier Hub for Community Solutions (LHCS) and Victim Services of Brant – to capture the perspectives of older adults and guide ongoing age-friendly planning.