
Six Nations (Part) 40Ontario
7,298 people live in this First Nations reserve in Ontario. It is part of the Brantford metro area.
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.
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.
In the lower two fifths in Ontario: 10 of the 14 schools around Six Nations (Part) 40 with results
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.
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agnes Hodge Public School Bottom fifth in OntarioLargest elementary schoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | Elementary · Grades JK–8 | 715 | English public |
| Pauline Johnson Collegiate and Vocational School Bottom fifth in OntarioLargest secondary schoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Secondary · Grades 9–12 | 930 | English public |
| ÉÉC Sainte-Marguerite-Bourgeoys-Brantfrd FrenchTeaches in FrenchElementary · Grades JK–8 | Elementary · Grades JK–8 | 205 | French Catholic |
Schools by system · Schools within 3 km
| Schools within 3 km | Six Nations (Part) 40 | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nearest secondary school | 13 km | 1.2 km | 1.2 km |
| Nearest elementary school | 11 km | 0.5 km | 0.5 km |
| School boards | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Provincial school lists and results, 2024-25
Violent crime weighs more on Six Nations (Part) 40 than on Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 215
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
| 2023–2025 | Six Nations (Part) 40 | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent Crime Severity Index | 215 | 76 | 86 |
| Violent crime | 23.1 | 10.5 | 12 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average
Very good or excellent health for just 43% of adults around Six Nations (Part) 40; the typical Canadian town: 52%
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
| Health | Six Nations (Part) 40 | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very good or excellent health | 43% | 51% | 52% |
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| Life expectancy at birth | 80.4 | 82.8 | 81.5 |
| Smokers | 11% | 10% | 12% |
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
Six Nations (Part) 40 is on Canada’s flood inventory: 1 listed, led by Grand River Conservation Authority
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
| Hazards | Six Nations (Part) 40 | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radon tests above the guideline | 10% | 4% | 6.6% |
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.033 | $0.043 | $0.030 |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory
Frosty mornings in Six Nations (Part) 40 are scarcer than in 73% of Canadian towns
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
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Six Nations (Part) 40 | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| January night low | −9.1°C | −9.1°C | −13.5°C |
| July afternoon high | 26.6°C | 26.7°C | 25.5°C |
| Days with frost a year | 139 | 139 | 159 |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Hamilton)
Six Nations (Part) 40’s oldest designated place, Her Majesty's / St. Paul's Chapel of the Mohawks, dates from 1785
Inside the town there are 2 historic places, all of them top designations.
Historic places by designation · inside the town
Among them
Canadian Register of Historic Places, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel, Wikidata; Census 2021 homes by period
Expect November days around 8°C in Six Nations (Part) 40, nights around freezing
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
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 0°C | −8°C | 194 mm |
| Spring | 12°C | 1°C | 231 mm |
| Summer | 25°C | 14°C | 242 mm |
| Autumn | 15°C | 5°C | 236 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Hamilton); the forecast is on the Weather page
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
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
Walk from Six Nations (Part) 40: 3 mapped routes
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
| Outdoors | Six Nations (Part) 40 | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 0.1% | 2.3% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 7 | 4 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
Everything we know about Six Nations (Part) 40
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.
National historic siteBell Homestead3 km outside town, to the west
MuseumGrand Trunk Railway Museum4.6 km outside town, to the eastZooZooBrantford Twin Valley Zoo3 km outside town, to the northMuseumMuseumEdinburgh Square Heritage & Cultural Centre4.9 km outside town, to the eastMuseumMuseumBrant Museum And Archives/Martleville House Museum2.1 km outside town, to the northwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (2)
- Bell Homestead: Harry Zilber, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Grand Trunk Railway Museum: Milan Suvajac, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Famous people from Six Nations (Part) 40
28 notable people were born in Six Nations (Part) 40.






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
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Six Nations (Part) 40 | 7,298 | — | — | — | D | C+ |
| Six Nations (Part) 40 | 1,162 | 8.8 | — | — | D | C+ |
| Brantford | 123,521 | 15 | D | D | C | C+ |
| Shaver | 2,882 | 18 | B | C+ | B− | B− |
| Spring Valley | 4,175 | 19 | A− | B− | B− | B− |
| Leeming | 2,849 | 19 | A− | 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).