Data

Election records

• Turnout

  Voter turnout in Barrie municipal elections, citywide and by ward, with every figure traced to the City document it came from.

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• Election results

  Results of every Barrie municipal election since 2003: mayor, all wards and school board trustees, from the City Clerk's certificates.

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• Federal & provincial ridings

  The riding names covering Barrie have changed five times since 1997, the two levels of government now use different names for the same seat, and a striking number of council's own names have run for, or come from, Queen's Park and Ottawa.

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• Acclamations

  A history of uncontested seats in Barrie municipal elections: the seats where voters had no choice on the ballot.

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Money

• Property taxes

  Barrie's annual property tax increase by year, with dollar amounts for a typical home.

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• Budget

  How Barrie's property tax is divided between city operations, police, county, and partner agencies.

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• Police budget

  The Barrie Police Service budget over time, and its share of the total property tax levy.

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• Capital projects

  Barrie's major capital projects: original approved estimate versus current cost.

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City conditions

• Homelessness

  Counts of people experiencing homelessness in Barrie, shelter capacity, and encampment counts over time.

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• Housing starts

  Building permits, housing starts, and completions in Barrie by year.

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• Population

  Barrie's population, growth rate, projections, and what annexation adds.

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Accountability

• Council votes

  How each member of Barrie council voted on the significant recorded votes of this term.

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• Campaign finance

  Campaign contributions and spending for Barrie municipal candidates, from the 2022 election.

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• Council expenses

  Every itemized line from the mayor and council's quarterly expense reports, 2019–2026.

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• Media index

  A chronological, tagged index of news coverage of the 2026 Barrie municipal election.

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