Paris (2006 Urban Area population, 11,177) is a community on the Grand River in Ontario, Canada. In 1999, its town government was amalgamated into that of the County of Brant, Ontario, thus ending about 149 years as a separate incorporated municipality. The town was first settled in 1829 when Hiram Capron bought the land and built a mill on the present townsite. The town of Paris was officially established in 1850.

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  • Paris (2006 Urban Area population, 11,177) is a community on the Grand River in Ontario, Canada. In 1999, its town government was amalgamated into that of the County of Brant, Ontario, thus ending about 149 years as a separate incorporated municipality. The town was first settled in 1829 when Hiram Capron bought the land and built a mill on the present townsite. The town of Paris was officially established in 1850. Since the late 1990s, Paris has experienced substantial population growth, which may be in part attributed to the rising popularity of rural communities among GTA bound commuters, and the completion of Highway 403 between Hamilton and Woodstock. The first "long distance" telephone call was made on August 10, 1876, by the father of the inventor of the telephone, Alexander Melville Bell, from downtown Brantford. Alexander Graham Bell received the call at a telegraph office located at 91 Grand River Street North in Paris. Paris, Ontario, is also the transmitter site for a number of broadcast radio and TV stations serving the Brantford and Kitchener-Waterloo areas. The actual tower site is 475 Ayr Road, just south of Ayr, Ontario and it was erected and owned by Global Television Network in 1973 for CIII-TV. It leases space for broadcast clients including Conestoga College's campus radio station CJIQ as well as rebroadcasters of CBLA, CBL-FM, CJBC-FM and CBLN-1. Paris was not only referred to as "the cobblestone capital of Canada" (in reference to a number of aged cobblestone houses) but also as "the prettiest town in Canada", even though Goderich, Ontario "officially" has this title. Paris, Ontario, is located at 43°12′N 80°23′W / 43.2°N 80.383°W / 43.2; -80.383. Paris was named for the nearby deposits of gypsum, used to make plaster of Paris. The town hosts an annual "Fall Fair", a carnival which takes place over the Labour Day weekend. The Fall Fair features several rural lifestyle exhibits, as well as a midway which is complete with carnival games, rides, demolition derbies, Armchair Quarterback, and the Gravitron.
  • Paris est une ville de l'Ontario au Canada.
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  • Paris (disambiguation)
  • the Ontario town
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  • Paris (2006 Urban Area population, 11,177) is a community on the Grand River in Ontario, Canada. In 1999, its town government was amalgamated into that of the County of Brant, Ontario, thus ending about 149 years as a separate incorporated municipality. The town was first settled in 1829 when Hiram Capron bought the land and built a mill on the present townsite. The town of Paris was officially established in 1850.
  • Paris est une ville de l'Ontario au Canada.
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  • Paris, Ontario
  • Paris (Ontario)
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