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Six Nations (Part) 40Ontario

7,298 people live in this First Nations reserve in Ontario. It is part of the Brantford metro area.

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Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domain
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Six Nations (Part) 40, Ontario · Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domain

Population
7,298
people, 2025 estimate

Is Six Nations (Part) 40 a good place to live?

Schools are its weak spot (D). Crime runs high (D). It also trails on health (C+).

Six Nations (Part) 40 is a First Nations reserve, so it has no overall grade and no place in ranked lists: Statistics Canada suppresses or doesn’t collect much of a reserve’s data, and its grades couldn’t be set fairly beside other towns’.

Rents here are the metro area's average, shared by every town and neighbourhood in it. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread. A First Nations reserve: subject grades only, with no overall grade and no place in ranked lists.

How Six Nations (Part) 40 grades

Each subject compares Six Nations (Part) 40 with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.

How grading works

Six Nations (Part) 40 is a First Nations reserve, so it has no overall grade and no place in ranked lists: Statistics Canada suppresses or doesn’t collect much of a reserve’s data, and its grades couldn’t be set fairly beside other towns’.

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Six Nations (Part) 40.

SchoolsSchools D

In the lower two fifths in Ontario: 10 of the 14 schools around Six Nations (Part) 40 with results

16schools within 3 kmDSchools Grade

Secondary school means a trip of 13 km at the nearest, above Ontario’s towns (1.2 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km) alike. No single board runs them all: there are 3. One of the 16 teaches in French, against 10% of schools in Ontario. Counting a 3 km margin, Six Nations (Part) 40 has 12 elementary schools, 1 secondary school and 3 alternative or adult schools, for 4,935 students.

SchoolLevelStudentsSystem
Agnes Hodge Public School Bottom fifth in OntarioLargest elementary schoolElementary · Grades JK–8Elementary · Grades JK–8715English public
Pauline Johnson Collegiate and Vocational School Bottom fifth in OntarioLargest secondary schoolSecondary · Grades 9–12Secondary · Grades 9–12930English public
ÉÉC Sainte-Marguerite-Bourgeoys-Brantfrd FrenchTeaches in FrenchElementary · Grades JK–8Elementary · Grades JK–8205French Catholic

See all 16 schools →

Schools by system · Schools within 3 km

English public10
English Catholic5
French Catholic1
Schools within 3 kmSix Nations (Part) 40OntarioCanada
Nearest secondary school13 km1.2 km1.2 km
Nearest elementary school11 km0.5 km0.5 km
School boards343
4,935
students at the schools within 3 km, 2024-25
13 km
to the nearest secondary school
11 km
to the nearest elementary school

Provincial school lists and results, 2024-25

SafetySafety D

Violent crime weighs more on Six Nations (Part) 40 than on Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 215

127Crime Severity Index

Violence reaches 23.1 per 1,000 residents a year. Thefts, break-ins and damage came to 29.1 per 1,000 residents a year, about level with Ontario’s towns (30.5) and below Canadian towns (31.2).

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

2023137
2024132
2025113
2023–2025Six Nations (Part) 40OntarioCanada
Violent Crime Severity Index2157686
Violent crime23.110.512
94
non-violent Crime Severity Index
131%
of incidents cleared, 2023–25

Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average

HealthHealth C+

Very good or excellent health for just 43% of adults around Six Nations (Part) 40; the typical Canadian town: 52%

43%very good or excellent healthC+Health Grade

Chronic conditions run at 20% of adults, age-standardised, above both Ontario’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (17%). Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 80.4, women 82.6 and men 78.2 (2022/2024). What sets Six Nations (Part) 40 apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 11 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical).

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Six Nations (Part) 4043%
Ontario’s towns51%
Canadian towns52%
HealthSix Nations (Part) 40OntarioCanada
Very good or excellent health43%51%52%
Chronic conditions (average share)20%17%17%
Life expectancy at birth80.482.881.5
Smokers11%10%12%
80.4
years of life expectancy, 2022/2024
11 km
from homes to a hospital, on average
11%
of adults smoke, age-standardised
4.5 km
from homes to a pharmacy, on average

Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities · Area behind the health survey and life expectancy figures: the Brant County Health Unit

Natural hazardsHazard risk C+

Six Nations (Part) 40 is on Canada’s flood inventory: 1 listed, led by Grand River Conservation Authority

Lowwildfire bandC+Hazard risk Grade

In Health Canada’s survey, 10% of homes tested in the area exceeded 200 Bq/m³ (6.6% typical). NRCan’s model puts the yearly earthquake loss at $0.033 per $1,000 of building value, about level with both Ontario’s towns ($0.043) and Canadian towns ($0.030).

Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³

Six Nations (Part) 4010%
Ontario’s towns4%
Canadian towns6.6%
HazardsSix Nations (Part) 40OntarioCanada
Radon tests above the guideline10%4%6.6%
Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year$0.033$0.043$0.030
Low
wildfire band
1
flood study on the national inventory

NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory

Climate

Frosty mornings in Six Nations (Part) 40 are scarcer than in 73% of Canadian towns

26.6°CJuly afternoons

The coldest nights come in January, when Six Nations (Part) 40 averages a low of −9.1°C. Frost usually lifts by 1 May and returns around 12 October: 164 days without it. Summer highs average 26.6°C in July, near Ontario’s towns (26.7°C) and higher than Canadian towns (25.5°C). The most precipitation falls in July: 98 mm in a normal year.

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter−0.3°C
Spring11.8°C
Summer25.5°C
Autumn14.6°C
Normals, 1991–2020Six Nations (Part) 40OntarioCanada
January night low−9.1°C−9.1°C−13.5°C
July afternoon high26.6°C26.7°C25.5°C
Days with frost a year139139159
139
days with frost a year
164
frost-free days, 1 May to 12 Oct
114
days with precipitation a year

Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Hamilton)

History

Six Nations (Part) 40’s oldest designated place, Her Majesty's / St. Paul's Chapel of the Mohawks, dates from 1785

2historic places

Inside the town there are 2 historic places, all of them top designations.

Historic places by designation · inside the town

Highest designations2
Other federal designations0
Provincial and local listings0
1785
oldest construction date on the record
2
National Historic Sites

Canadian Register of Historic Places, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel, Wikidata; Census 2021 homes by period

Weather

Expect November days around 8°C in Six Nations (Part) 40, nights around freezing

8°Ca normal November afternoon

Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Brantford forecast, on the Weather page. Expect about 78 mm of rain and snow over November. Into December, the normals move to 2°C and −5°C. Snow is normal by November, about 9 cm over the month.

Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

November8°C
December2°C
January−1°C
February−1°C
SeasonHighLowRain and snow
Winter0°C−8°C194 mm
Spring12°C1°C231 mm
Summer25°C14°C242 mm
Autumn15°C5°C236 mm
0°C
a normal November night
78 mm
of rain and snow in a normal November

ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Hamilton); the forecast is on the Weather page

Town hall

Larry Brock (Conservative Party of Canada) represents Six Nations (Part) 40 in Ottawa as MP for Brantford—Brant South—Six Nations

Across Ontario, 71 of the 122 MPs sit with the Liberal Party of Canada.

Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade B−

The nearest public library to Six Nations (Part) 40 is Haldimand County Public Library - Hagersville Branch, 13 km away

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

Outdoors

Walk from Six Nations (Part) 40: 3 mapped routes

0.1%of the land within 10 km protected

The nearest national park is more than 100 km away. Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 0.1% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town. For a provincial park, Selkirk Provincial Park lies 23 km off.

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Six Nations (Part) 400.1%
Ontario’s towns2.3%
Canadian towns2.3%
OutdoorsSix Nations (Part) 40OntarioCanada
Protected land within 10 km0.1%2.3%2.3%
Public protected areas within 10 km744
23 km
to Selkirk Provincial Park
7
public protected areas within 10 km

Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Six Nations (Part) 40

15pages on Six Nations (Part) 40
Nearby attractions

Pauline Johnson House and 9 more in and around Six Nations (Part) 40

A first look at Six Nations (Part) 40’s museums, historic sites and days out, and a few just outside town.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Wikidata · ODCAF · federal and Québec heritage registers · CPCAD

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (2)

Famous people from Six Nations (Part) 40

28 notable people were born in Six Nations (Part) 40.

See all 28 →
Photo credits

Graham Greene: Jared Purdy at https://www.flickr.com/photos/jaredpurdy/, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pauline Johnson: Cochran, Public domain · Gary Farmer: Janet Rogers, CC BY 3.0 · Brandon Montour: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0 · Tom Longboat: Charles Aylett, Public domain · Stan Jonathan: Boston Bruins, Public domain

About Six Nations (Part) 40

First Nations reserve in Ontario

The reserve is its own census subdivision in Ontario, and the figures for Six Nations (Part) 40 cover the whole of it. Statistics Canada has no 2021 census figures for Six Nations (Part) 40: the reserve wasn’t enumerated, or its counts were suppressed.

Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.

Population
7,298 (people, 2025 estimate)
Province or territory
Ontario
Census division
Brant
Metro area
Brantford
First Nation
Six Nations of the Grand River
Census subdivision
3529020

Six Nations (Part) 40’s neighbours

The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada

Six Nations (Part) 40BrantfordShaverSpring ValleyLeemingSix Nations (Part) 40BrantfordShaverSpring ValleyLeemingSix Nations (Part) 40
How the neighbours grade
TownPeoplekmOverallCostSafetyHealth
Six Nations (Part) 407,298———DC+
Six Nations (Part) 401,1628.8——DC+
Brantford123,52115DDCC+
Shaver2,88218BC+B−B−
Spring Valley4,17519A−B−B−B−
Leeming2,84919A−B−B−B−

People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.

Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · Uniform Crime Reporting Survey 2023–25 (35-10-0026, 35-10-0183 to 35-10-0190) · CMHC rents as published by Statistics Canada (34-10-0133) · grades by TownRatings. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).