Living in Barrie

In Barrie, tenants pay an average rent of €1,108 a month (2025) and unemployment is 12.5% (2021).

Foreign-born residents accounted for 19.8% of the population in 2021. Walking accounted for 3.2% of commutes in 2021. Annual PM2.5 was 3.39 µg/m³ in 2024. The unemployment rate was 12.5% in May 2021. Annual NO₂ was 5.85 µg/m³ in 2024. In May 2021, 26.8% of renter households spent at least 30% of income on housing.

Last checked 2026-10-1029 sources

Population147,829people1 Jan 2021Official source · Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021, Barrie (Census subdivision 3543042)

Median gross salary3,442EUR/month31 Dec 2020Official source · Statistics Canada

Average rent1,108EUR/month31 Dec 2025Official source · Average Rent by Bedroom Type by Census Subdivision

Unemployment rate12.5%country median 8.4% — 49% aboveOfficial source · Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population

Recorded crime3,920offences per 100,000country median 4,873 — 20% belowIndependent source · Statistics Canada — Police-reported Crime Severity Index and crime rate, by census metropolitan area, 2024

PM2.5, annual mean3.39µg/m³country median 3.6 — 7% belowOfficial source · Official ECCC/NAPS 2024 annual daily-mean station observations, reproducibly aggregated as an arithmetic mean for eligible stations within 25 km of the target city coordinate. This is a derived place observation, not an asserted municipal monitor aggregate.

Higher unemployment than 87% of Canadian cities that publish it, less recorded crime than 86% of Canadian cities that publish it and cleaner air than 68% of Canadian cities that publish it.

Which Canada-wide rules apply when you move to Barrie?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

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Housing and cost

What recurs every month6 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Private kindergarten€910

Utilities, 85 m² flat€172

Transport pass€73

Internet, 60 Mbps€62

Fitness club€34

Mobile plan, 10 GB€31

Supplemental estimate lane; these items are not official statistics.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Fitness club membership, monthly	34.12 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2²⁵Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	62.47 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2²⁵Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Private kindergarten, monthly	909.9 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2²⁵Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Meal at an inexpensive restaurant	14 EUR	31 Dec 2022	Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2²⁵Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Mobile plan, 10 GB	30.93 EUR/month	31 Jul 2026	Cost of Living in Barrie. Jun 2026. Prices in Barrie²⁴Commercial estimate · Supplemental context
Monthly transport pass	72.79 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2²⁵Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Basic utilities, 85 m² home	172 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2²⁵Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Households spending over 30% of income on rent	26.8 %	11 May 2021	Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population¹⁷Official
Dwellings	57,276 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada⁸Official
Main residence dwellings	55,316 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada⁹Official
Average monthly rent (two-bedroom)	1,108 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, average rents for areas with a population of 10,000 and over²Official
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	1,108 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Average Rent by Bedroom Type by Census Subdivision¹Official
Recorded property crimes	6,780 violations/year	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Canada 35-10-0177-01 (incident-based crime, by CMA)¹⁵Official

Is Barrie a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker46%strong on work, weak on safety · range 38–54%

Skilled employee52%strong on work, weak on education · range 43–61%

Student31%strong on cost, weak on education · range 21–41%

Family44%strong on family, weak on education · range 35–53%

Retirement37%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 27–47%

Work and income

What is the typical salary in Barrie?

The median gross salary is about 3,442 EUR/month (2020). The regional series (home-region basis, 2020) is a separate labelled row in the table.

City-scope median, gross, before tax and social contributions.

Median gross salary: 3,442 EUR/month · Statistics Canada¹⁰
Median gross salary (regional): 2,527 EUR/month · 2026-09-17 · www150.statcan.gc.ca²²

What is the unemployment rate in Barrie?

The unemployment rate is 12.5 % (May 2021). Source: Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population¹⁷

Unemployment across cities in CanadaUnemployment in Barrie is 12.5%. Of 515 cities with data, 125 have unemployment of 6 to under 8%.

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Barrie 12.5%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Employment rate	58.1 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada⁹Official
Median gross salary	3,442 EUR/month	31 Dec 2020	Statistics Canada¹⁰Official
Median gross salary (regional)	2,527 EUR/month	31 Dec 2020	www150.statcan.gc.ca²²Official
Unemployment rate	12.5 %country median 8.4%	11 May 2021	Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population¹⁷Official

What does a salary buy in Barrie?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€1,200of €2,647 take-home

Rent
Utilities
Transport
Internet
Mobile
Left over

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.	€2,647
Rentaverage rent of a whole dwelling · official · Average Rent by Bedroom Type by Census Subdivision · 2025-12-31	− €1,108
Public transport pass€73 · market price · Global Cost of Living · 2022-12-31	− €73
Utilities, 85 m²€172 · market price · Global Cost of Living · 2022-12-31	− €172
Internet€62 · market price · Global Cost of Living · 2022-12-31	− €62
Mobile plan€31 · market price · Cost of Living in Barrie. Jun 2026. Prices in Barrie · 2026-07-31	− €31
Left over	€1,200

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Barrie. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

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Safety

How safe is Barrie?

Police recorded 3,920 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source.

Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents: 3,920 offences per 100,000 · Statistics Canada — Police-reported Crime Severity Index and crime rate, by census metropolitan area, 2024²⁶

Recorded crime across major citiesBarrie highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Winnipeg7,894

Edmonton7,108

Halifax6,020

Vancouver5,438

Calgary4,796

London4,743

Québec4,630

Ottawa4,298

Hamilton4,257

Toronto4,177

Barrie3,920

Montreal3,674

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	3,920 offences per 100,000country median 4,873	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Canada — Police-reported Crime Severity Index and crime rate, by census metropolitan area, 2024²⁶Independent
Recorded violent crimes	2,593 violations/year	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Canada 35-10-0177-01 (incident-based crime, by CMA)¹⁵Official

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Workers commuting by bicycle	0.5 %	11 May 2021	Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population¹⁷Official
Workers commuting by public transport	3.7 %	11 May 2021	Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population¹⁷Official
Workers walking to work	3.2 %	11 May 2021	Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population¹⁷Official
Nearest airport	YLK	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁷Official
Distance to nearest airport	15.1 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁷Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Barrie. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

IRCC newcomer language-learning services finder — State Language Course

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Barrie?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 3.4 µg/m³ (2024) — within the WHO 2021 guideline.

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

PM2.5 — annual mean: 3.39 µg/m³ · Official ECCC/NAPS 2024 annual daily-mean station observations, reproducibly aggregated as an arithmetic mean for eligible stations within 25 km of the target city coordinate. This is a derived place observation, not an asserted municipal monitor aggregate.⁵

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

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Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.53.4WHO 5 · EU 25

PM1011WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂5.8WHO 10 · EU 40

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in CanadaAnnual PM2.5 in Barrie is 3.4 µg/m³. Of 123 cities with data, 46 have annual PM2.5 of 3 to under 4 µg/m³.

1–22–33–44–55–66–77–88–99–1010–1113–1415–1616–1717–1820–2140–41

Barrie 3.4

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	5.85 µg/m³country median 7.0	2024	Official ECCC/NAPS 2024 station DMean observation retained at source grain; no place value is asserted because the approved 25 km observation condition is not met.⁶Official
PM10 — annual mean	11 µg/m³country median 10.5	2024	Official ECCC/NAPS 2024 annual daily-mean station observations, reproducibly aggregated as an arithmetic mean for eligible stations within 25 km of the target city coordinate. This is a derived place observation, not an asserted municipal monitor aggregate.⁴Official
PM2.5 — annual mean	3.39 µg/m³country median 3.6	2024	Official ECCC/NAPS 2024 annual daily-mean station observations, reproducibly aggregated as an arithmetic mean for eligible stations within 25 km of the target city coordinate. This is a derived place observation, not an asserted municipal monitor aggregate.⁵Official
Average daytime high by month	Jan -3.1 · Feb -2.1 · Mar 3.3 · Apr 10.8 · May 18.4 · Jun 23.4 · Jul 26 · Aug 25 · Sep 21.1 · Oct 13.6 · Nov 6.5 · Dec 0.2 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁹Official
Average night-time low by month	Jan -11.3 · Feb -10.8 · Mar -5.9 · Apr 0.3 · May 6.2 · Jun 11.5 · Jul 14.1 · Aug 13.3 · Sep 9.5 · Oct 4.1 · Nov -1.1 · Dec -6.6 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²⁰Official
Average temperature by month	Jan -7.2 · Feb -6.4 · Mar -1.3 · Apr 5.6 · May 12.3 · Jun 17.5 · Jul 20.1 · Aug 19.2 · Sep 15.3 · Oct 8.9 · Nov 2.7 · Dec -3.2 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²¹Official

Similar climate. In Canada: Gatineau ±1.1 °C. Elsewhere: Green Bay (United States) ±1.0 °C, Rochester (United States) ±1.6 °C, Manchester (United States) ±1.6 °C, Tartu linn (Estonia) ±1.9 °C, Pärnu (Estonia) ±2.0 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

The city covered 99 km² in 2021. Population density was 1,493.1 people per km² in 2021.

How many people live in Barrie?

The published population was 147,829 people in 2021. Source: Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021, Barrie (Census subdivision 3543042)¹⁴

Foreign residents and their share come from different publications that count different groups (for example citizens of another country, or people born abroad, or of foreign origin), so 9,830 is not 17% of the population. Each row names its source.

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport93.4%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Area	99.01 km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada⁹Official
City area	99 km²	2021	Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021 (Barrie, CSD 3515004)¹³Official
Foreign-resident share	16.95 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹¹Official
Foreign residents	9,830 people	11 May 2021	Statistics Canada Census Profile 2021 characteristic 1512: not Canadian citizens, population in private households, 25% sample data, at CSD grain. This is the exact foreign-citizenship interpretation used for foreign population total; it is not immigrant status.¹⁶Official
Population density	1,493 people/km²	11 May 2021	Statistics Canada Census Profile 2021 characteristic 6: population density per square kilometre at CSD grain. This is the exact CSD value; it is not a CMA or province observation.¹⁶Official
Population	147,829 people	1 Jan 2021	Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021, Barrie (Census subdivision 3543042)¹⁴Official
Population covered by crime statistics	293,090 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Canada 35-10-0177-01 (incident-based crime, by CMA)¹⁵Official

Population over time22 published observations, 2001–2022

105,265

123,857

142,449

161,041

157,19420012005200920152022

Population rose 44.1% between 2001 and 2022, from 109,112 to 157,194.

International community in Barrie

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Total - Place of birth for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample data · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total - Place of birth for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample data	24,640	100.0%
Europe	9,895	40.2%
Asia	8,365	33.9%
Americas	4,715	19.1%
United Kingdom	3,330	13.5%
India	1,675	6.8%
Africa	1,535	6.2%
Philippines	1,455	5.9%
Other places of birth in Americas	1,380	5.6%
Other places of birth in Europe	1,135	4.6%
China	1,040	4.2%

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Published group	People	Share
Other places of birth in Asia	1,020	4.1%
Jamaica	840	3.4%
Poland	840	3.4%
Pakistan	775	3.1%
Germany	770	3.1%
United States of America	745	3.0%
Italy	735	3.0%
Russian Federation	655	2.7%
Portugal	650	2.6%
Other places of birth in Africa	575	2.3%
Iran	530	2.2%
Nigeria	510	2.1%
Ukraine	475	1.9%
Netherlands	465	1.9%
Viet Nam	415	1.7%
Korea, South	400	1.6%
Trinidad and Tobago	360	1.5%
Guyana	310	1.3%
El Salvador	240	1.0%
Mexico	235	1.0%
Colombia	230	0.9%
Romania	225	0.9%
Brazil	220	0.9%
Turkey	190	0.8%
South Africa, Republic of	170	0.7%
Sri Lanka	170	0.7%
Hungary	165	0.7%
Syria	160	0.6%
Greece	155	0.6%
Afghanistan	155	0.6%
Oceania and other places of birth	135	0.5%
Peru	130	0.5%
Egypt	110	0.4%
Lebanon	110	0.4%
France	100	0.4%
Bangladesh	95	0.4%
Iraq	85	0.3%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	80	0.3%
Serbia	75	0.3%
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	75	0.3%
Hong Kong	65	0.3%
Croatia	40	0.2%
Ethiopia	30	0.1%
Morocco	30	0.1%
Taiwan	30	0.1%
Haiti	20	0.1%
Somalia	10	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁸

Citizenship

Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample data · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample data	145,390	100.0%
Canadian citizens	135,560	93.2%
Canadian citizens aged 18 and over	106,480	73.2%
Canadian citizens aged under 18	29,085	20.0%
Not Canadian citizens	9,830	6.8%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁸

Language spoken at home

Total - Language spoken most often at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total - Language spoken most often at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data	146,265	100.0%
Single responses	142,675	97.5%
Official languages	132,370	90.5%
English	131,565	89.9%
Non-official languages	10,305	7.0%
Non-Indigenous languages	10,300	7.0%
Indo-European languages	6,785	4.6%
Multiple responses	3,595	2.5%
English and non-official language(s)	3,050	2.1%
Indo-Iranian languages	2,570	1.8%
Italic (Romance) languages	2,150	1.5%

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Published group	People	Share
Indo-Aryan languages	2,065	1.4%
Balto-Slavic languages	1,820	1.2%
Slavic languages	1,790	1.2%
Spanish	1,290	0.9%
Russian	1,080	0.7%
Sino-Tibetan languages	1,030	0.7%
Chinese languages	1,025	0.7%
Mandarin	800	0.5%
French	800	0.5%
Punjabi (Panjabi)	665	0.5%
Urdu	585	0.4%
Portuguese	565	0.4%
Iranian languages	505	0.3%
Persian languages	470	0.3%
Austronesian languages	455	0.3%
Afro-Asiatic languages	435	0.3%
Semitic languages	430	0.3%
Polish	430	0.3%
Dravidian languages	420	0.3%
Korean	410	0.3%
English and French	395	0.3%
Gujarati	370	0.3%
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	330	0.2%
Arabic	305	0.2%
Iranian Persian	300	0.2%
Malayalam	280	0.2%
Austro-Asiatic languages	265	0.2%
Hindi	260	0.2%
Vietnamese	245	0.2%
Italian	215	0.1%
Yue (Cantonese)	190	0.1%
Turkic languages	125	0.1%
Germanic languages	125	0.1%
Dari	115	0.1%
Bengali	110	0.1%
Turkish	105	0.1%
Uralic languages	105	0.1%
Niger-Congo languages	105	0.1%
Hungarian	100	0.1%
High German languages	95	0.1%
Serbo-Croatian	90	0.1%
Ukrainian	90	0.1%
German	90	0.1%
Tamil	85	0.1%
Greek	80	0.1%
Ilocano	75	0.1%
Romanian	75	0.1%
Multiple non-official languages	70	0.0%
English, French and non-official language(s)	60	0.0%
Persian (Farsi), n.o.s.	60	0.0%
Sign languages	55	0.0%
Aramaic languages	55	0.0%
American Sign Language	50	0.0%
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	50	0.0%
Serbian	50	0.0%
Japanese	50	0.0%
Telugu	45	0.0%
Hebrew	35	0.0%
Baltic languages	35	0.0%
Czech	35	0.0%
Yoruba	30	0.0%
Creole languages	30	0.0%
Nepali	30	0.0%
Tai-Kadai languages	25	0.0%
Lithuanian	25	0.0%
Bulgarian	25	0.0%
Croatian	25	0.0%
Low Saxon-Low Franconian languages	25	0.0%
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	25	0.0%
Pashto	25	0.0%
Lao	20	0.0%
Amharic	20	0.0%
Khmer (Cambodian)	20	0.0%
Cebuano	20	0.0%
Armenian	20	0.0%
Macedonian	20	0.0%
Igbo	15	0.0%
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	15	0.0%
French and non-official language(s)	15	0.0%
Haitian Creole	15	0.0%
Albanian	15	0.0%
Dutch	15	0.0%
Akan (Twi)	15	0.0%
Swahili	10	0.0%
Chinese, n.o.s.	10	0.0%
Thai	10	0.0%
Finnish	10	0.0%
Coptic	10	0.0%
Aramaic, n.o.s.	10	0.0%
Tigrigna	10	0.0%
Hiligaynon	10	0.0%
Creole, n.o.s.	10	0.0%
Latvian	10	0.0%
Bosnian	10	0.0%
Slovak	10	0.0%
Slovene (Slovenian)	10	0.0%
Afrikaans	10	0.0%
Marathi	10	0.0%
Kurdish	10	0.0%
Edo	10	0.0%
Ndebele	5	0.0%
Shona	5	0.0%
Sign languages, n.i.e.	5	0.0%
Min Dong	5	0.0%
Wu (Shanghainese)	5	0.0%
Tibeto-Burman languages	5	0.0%
Tibetan	5	0.0%
Azerbaijani	5	0.0%
Uzbek	5	0.0%
Indigenous languages	5	0.0%
Algonquian languages	5	0.0%
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	5	0.0%
Ojibway languages	5	0.0%
Ojibway, n.o.s.	5	0.0%
Bisaya, n.o.s.	5	0.0%
Indonesian	5	0.0%
Creole languages, n.i.e.	5	0.0%
Kannada	5	0.0%
Scandinavian languages	5	0.0%
Kacchi	5	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁸

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents born abroad	19.8 %	11 May 2021	Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population¹⁷Official
Households	55,315 households	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada⁹Official
Labour force participation rate	66.4 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada⁹Official
Median age	39.2 years	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹²Official

Alternatives for people set on Barrie

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Aurora as a Barrie alternative in the same region

47 km away, better on 4 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Foreign residents: 36.8% Aurora vs 17.0% Barrie+117%
Nearest airport: 39.5 km Aurora vs 15.1 km Barrie+162%
Median gross pay, city: €4,357 Aurora vs €3,442 Barrie+27%
Median gross pay, region: €3,094 Aurora vs €2,527 Barrie+22%
Residents: 62,057 Aurora vs 147,829 Barrie−58%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,296 (2025) Aurora vs 3,920 (2024) Barrieno percentage
Unemployment: 11.8% Aurora vs 12.5% Barrie−6%

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Abbotsford as a Barrie alternative in the same country

Better on 5 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Median gross pay, city cannot be compared like for like.

Unemployment: 7.8% Abbotsford vs 12.5% Barrie−38%
Foreign residents: 28.6% Abbotsford vs 17.0% Barrie+69%
Median gross pay, city: €3,159 Abbotsford vs €3,442 Barrieno percentage
Nearest airport: 5.0 km Abbotsford vs 15.1 km Barrie−67%
Annual PM2.5: 2.8 µg/m³ Abbotsford vs 3.4 µg/m³ Barrie−18%
Median gross pay, region: €2,309 Abbotsford vs €2,527 Barrie−9%
Basic utilities, 85 m²: €135 Abbotsford vs €172 Barrie−22%

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Cities near Barrie

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Springwater Commuting Zone · 6.1 km away

Salary: 4,058 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Innisfil Commuting Zone · 13.9 km away

Salary: 3,622 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Alternative cities in Canada

Other cities in Canada to compare with Barrie, nearest in population first.

All Canada cities

Cambridge146,566 residents Whitby149,907 residents Saguenay144,723 residents Kelowna144,576 residents Guelph143,740 residents Trois-Rivières143,195 residents

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Barrie?

The published population was 147,829 people in 2021. Source: Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021, Barrie (Census subdivision 3543042).

Is the air quality good in Barrie?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 3.4 µg/m³ (2024) — within the WHO 2021 guideline. Source: Official ECCC/NAPS 2024 annual daily-mean station observations, reproducibly aggregated as an arithmetic mean for eligible stations within 25 km of the target city coordinate. This is a derived place observation, not an asserted municipal monitor aggregate..

How safe is Barrie?

Police recorded 3,920 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Statistics Canada — Police-reported Crime Severity Index and crime rate, by census metropolitan area, 2024.

What is the typical salary in Barrie?

The median gross salary is about 3,442 EUR/month (2020). The regional series (home-region basis, 2020) is a separate labelled row in the table. Source: Statistics Canada.

What is the unemployment rate in Barrie?

The unemployment rate is 12.5 % (May 2021). Source: Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population.

What is the typical salary around Barrie?

The median gross salary is 2,527 EUR/month. Source: www150.statcan.gc.ca.

Is Barrie a good place to live?

Barrie may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Which cities are near Barrie?

Springwater, Innisfil, Oro-Medonte are near Barrie. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Europe live in Barrie?

The official country of birth distribution records 9,895 people (40.2%) in the source-defined population for 2021 Census. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Barrie, Canada: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 7356e528700e4684244aafc26de1acd2]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ca/barrie/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_barrie-canada-population-rent-salary-cost-of-living_e9929868d017,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Barrie, Canada: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {7356e528700e4684244aafc26de1acd2},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ca/barrie/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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