Source identity and administrative path
The source row behind Brampton is GeoNames ID 5907364. Its recorded administrative path is Peel → Ontario → Canada, and GeoNames classifies the place as a populated place. Brampton occurs once as a primary city label in this atlas sample; the numeric ID remains the durable source key if names change. The city row itself was updated 2026-08-02; that date belongs to the source record, not to every transport or visitor detail in the real destination.
Population position inside fixed cohorts
Within the fixed 1,206-record atlas, Brampton ranks 845 by recorded population. Inside the 12 selected Canada entries it ranks 9; inside the 198 entries in its broad region it ranks 131. Its 656,480 population value is 0.89 times the 733,784 median for the country cohort and 0.80 times the 816,326 regional median. Brampton sits in the lower half of this atlas's selected Canada entries. Brampton's recorded value stays within one quarter of the country-cohort median used here. These comparisons describe this selected dataset only; they are not current census rankings or official urban-area boundaries.
Nearest-reference pattern
Brampton's three nearest other atlas coordinates are Mississauga at 14.514 km with 717,961 recorded people; Toronto at 29.672 km with 2,794,356 recorded people; Hamilton at 48.647 km with 569,353 recorded people. The closest-to-farthest distance spread is 34.133 km. Compared with Mississauga, Brampton's recorded population is 0.91 times as large. Against Brampton, Mississauga follows Peel → Ontario → Canada in the source. Its point has lower latitude and higher longitude; it belongs to the same selected Canada cohort, uses the shared America/Toronto identifier, and carries the same populated place class. Its recorded population is above Brampton's. Against Brampton, Toronto follows Ontario → Canada in the source. Its point has higher latitude and higher longitude; it belongs to the same selected Canada cohort, uses the shared America/Toronto identifier, and carries first-order administrative seat rather than populated place. Its recorded population is above Brampton's. Against Brampton, Hamilton follows Hamilton → Ontario → Canada in the source. Its point has lower latitude and lower longitude; it belongs to the same selected Canada cohort, uses the shared America/Toronto identifier, and carries the same populated place class. Its recorded population is below Brampton's. Its nearest-neighbor distance ranks 205 of 1,206 from shortest to longest in the same snapshot. Brampton's nearest-coordinate gap falls between the tightest tenth and quarter of the atlas. This pattern can reveal whether other catalog references are geographically close, but it cannot establish whether a border crossing is possible or practical, or whether rail, road, fare, or journey-time connections exist. Read as one record signature, GeoNames 5907364, the coordinate pair 43.6834 / 79.7663, country rank 9 of 12, and neighbor GeoNames 6075357 at 14.514 km bind Brampton to a reproducible comparison. That combined key distinguishes the row; it is not a recommendation or evidence of a physical connection.
Coordinate, time-zone and class cohorts
Brampton's reference point is 43.6834° north and 79.7663° west. The IANA identifier America/Toronto is shared by 7 city rows in this catalog, while the GeoNames class PPL is shared by 243 rows. Brampton's row carries both second- and first-order administrative labels. Brampton's point falls in the middle-latitude coordinate band used by this atlas's row checks. Brampton's time-zone field defines the narrower catalog cohort; its place class is shared more broadly. GeoNames supplies no elevation for Brampton, so the profile preserves that missing value instead of guessing terrain. Together these fields form a reproducible identity check for this page, not a claim about walkability, climate or accessibility.
- Record keys
- Brampton · GeoNames 5907364 · Q44198
- Name scope
- Brampton · 1 atlas row share this source label · qualifier not required
- Administrative chain
- Peel · Ontario · Canada
- Coordinate signature
- 43.6834° N · 79.7663° W
- Population snapshot
- 656,480 · atlas rank 845 of 1,206
- Country comparison
- Canada rank 9 of 12 · median 733,784 · ratio 0.89×
- Regional comparison
- the Americas rank 131 of 198 · median 816,326 · ratio 0.80×
- Time-zone cohort
- America/Toronto · 7 of 1,206 atlas rows
- Place-class cohort
- PPL populated place · 243 of 1,206 rows
- Elevation field
- Brampton · missing in GeoNames
- Nearest reference
- Mississauga · 14.514 km · population 717,961 · atlas rank 772
- Second reference
- Toronto · 29.672 km · population 2,794,356 · atlas rank 128
- Third reference
- Hamilton · 48.647 km · population 569,353 · atlas rank 977
- Neighbour geometry
- Brampton · nearest-distance rank 205 of 1,206 · three-reference spread 34.133 km
- Source dates
- Brampton row updated 2026-08-02 · atlas dataset checked 2026-08-04