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Ontario, Canada · North America
About Barrie
Barrie sits on the route: 20 minutes from Innisfil.
Barrie is in Ontario, Canada, with about 150,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Innisfil, about 11 km away.
Barrie is a city in Central Ontario, Canada, about 90 kilometres (56 mi) north of Toronto. The city is located along the shores of Kempenfelt Bay and geographically within Simcoe County, although it is a single-tier municipality that is politically independent from the surrounding county.
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extended urban area in Southern Ontario known as the Greater Golden Horseshoe. As of the 2021 census, the city's population was 147,829, while the census metropolitan area had a population of 212,856 residents. The area was first settled during the War of 1812 as a supply depot for British forces, and Barrie was named after Sir Robert Barrie. The city has grown significantly in recent decades due to the emergence of the technology industry.
It is connected to the Greater Golden Horseshoe by Highway 400 and GO Transit's Barrie line. Significant sectors of the city's diversified economy include education, healthcare, information technology, and manufacturing. Communities to its south, particularly Innisfil, New Tecumseth, and Newmarket have developed rapidly since the turn of the 21st century. The city is notable for being one of the centres of the 1985 United States–Canada tornado outbreak.
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Barrie is in Ontario, Canada, about 11 km from Innisfil.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 147,829
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- Canada
- Region
- Ontario
- Timezone
- America/Toronto
- Coordinates
- 44.4001, -79.6663
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CAA roadside assistance: 1-800-222-4357. Winter tyres mandatory in Quebec December–March.
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