Healthy Living

The full list of Healthy Aging Passport programs will be available through the Healthy Aging Passport calendar as of 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 20, 2025.

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:

Healthy Aging Passport

The Healthy Aging Passport offers free educational workshops, cultural art programs, social clubs, and more to older adults at various locations throughout the city between June 2 and 30, 2025. The full list of passport programs are available on the Healthy Aging Passport calendar or physical copies of the passport are available at the following locations as of Tuesday, May 20, 2025:

  • City Hall, Customer Service Desk, 58 Dalhousie Street
  • Doug Snooks Eagle Place Community Centre, 333 Erie Avenue
  • T.B. Costain - SC Johnson Community Centre, 16 Morrell Street
  • Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre, 254 North Park Street
  • Woodman Park Community Centre, 491 Grey Street
  • Brantford Public Library, 173 Colborne Street
  • Grand River Community Health Center, 363 Colborne Street
  • Seniors Resource Centre, 783 Colborne Street East

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.