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. Subscribe to this page to be notified of upcoming workshops, presentations and activities.

Seniors' Toolkit

The Seniors' 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. 

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.