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Where your property taxes go

"Where does my tax money go" has an actual answer, and it is written across a decade of budget documents. Here is the property tax total — "the levy", in the documents' language — split the way the documents split it, from 2011 to 2026, with every line carrying the most settled figure any document states: what was actually spent where an actual has been published, what Council approved where only that has, and what was requested only where nothing firmer exists yet. This page is where the money goes; the year-over-year increases are on property tax increases.

City operations Police County of Simcoe Library Other

The property tax split by destination, by budget year, millions of dollars. 2011 93 42 24 $171M 2012 102 44 22 $178M 2013 108 45 21 $185M 2014 113 46 20 $189M 2015 122 47 21 $201M 2016 132 49 20 $211M 2017 142 50 19 $221M 2018 148 52 19 $230M 2019 156 53 20 $240M 2020 165 56 23 $254M 2021 173 57 24 $266M 2022 176 59 26 $272M 2023 180 63 26 $282M 2024 192 68 32 $304M 2025 198 73 33 10 $317M 2026 215 78 35 10 $342M
Millions of dollars, rounded for the chart — the tables below are the exact record, with each line as the budget names it. Other bundles the sub-1% lines: health unit, conservation authorities and physician recruitment, plus the airport (to 2023) and tourism (to 2019) grants. Each segment is the most settled figure published: for 2016 through 2023 the partner lines are the approved amounts (2019 County: the actual) and city-operations is each year's request net of the partner section; for 2024 the partner lines are the actuals from the 2026 book and for 2025 the police line is the actual from the service's annual report, city-operations and the remaining partner lines being requests. 2026 is drawn faded because no actual or approved split exists yet — every segment is a request.

That hierarchy is the thing to know when reading the chart. A budget line has three lives — the amount asked for, the amount approved, and the amount actually spent — and they differ: the 2025 police budget ran $975,286 over its approval, and the 2019 County of Simcoe approval was never published at all. Most of the partner lines from 2016 through 2023 are approved amounts, the 2024 partner lines are actuals, and each row's note says exactly which life of the number it is showing. 2026 is the exception the fade marks: Council approved the City's own portion on November 12, 2025 at a 0% increase (the fourth year in a row, continuing the dedicated 2% infrastructure-renewal increase) and the service-partner portion on December 10, 2025, setting the total to be raised — the "levy requirement" — at $338,922,579. But both motions carried "as amended", and no consolidated approved breakdown has been published, so every 2026 segment is still the amount requested, and the total is firmer than its parts.

The approvals are on the record even though the minutes are not. The City's public meeting portal has no meetings of any type between late October 2025 and mid-January 2026, which swallowed both budget meetings. A later staff report, written outside that gap, states the dates, the motion numbers and the approved total, and that is what this page cites.

Source: Staff Report CCS-010-2026 — 2026 Tax Rates, City of Barrie — Legislative and Court Services, dated April 22, 2026. Original document. States verbatim that Council approved the City portion of the 2026 budget on 2025-11-12 under Motion 25-G-236 (as amended) and the Service Partner portion on 2025-12-10 under Motions 25-G-259 and 25-G-261 (as amended), and that both established the total property tax levy requirement at $338,922,579. Adopted by Council 2026-04-29 as motion 2026-A-071. Both approving motions were "as amended", so nothing about the per-line split survives from the requested documents without its own source. Retrieved August 11, 2026.

What the 2026 property tax is split into
Where it goes As the budget names it Amount Share of total
City operations1 Total Recommended Tax Operating Budget (net) $214,502,795 62.8%
Police2 Barrie Police Services $78,404,405 22.9%
County of Simcoe3 County of Simcoe (including County Capital Reserve Transfer) $34,963,000 10.2%
Library4 Barrie Public Library $10,384,980 3.0%
Health unit5 Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit $2,381,089 0.7%
Conservation authorities6 Conservation Authorities $877,312 0.3%
Physician recruitment7 Physician Recruitment $150,000 0.0%
Total $341,663,581100.0%

Sources: Operating Budget and Financial Overview — 2026 Business Plan, City of Barrie. Original document. Service Partners Budget and Financial Overview 2026, City of Barrie. Original document. Covers the Barrie Police Service, County of Simcoe, library and other partner budgets as presented to the City. All retrieved August 9, 2026.

The earlier years

The 2024 and 2025 budget books are no longer linked from the City's budget page; both were recovered from the Internet Archive and transcribed on August 17, 2026. The 2024 partner lines are the actuals, from the 2026 Service Partners book's "2024 Actuals" column; each row's note carries the request it replaced. For 2025 only the police line has a published actual — $975,286 over the approved budget, per the service's own annual report — so the other 2025 partner lines remain the requests as presented to the City. Both years' city-operations line is the recommended figure: no city-side actual appears in any retrieved document.

What the 2025 property tax is split into
Where it goes As the budget names it Amount Share of total
City operations1 TOTAL RECOMMENDED TAX OPERATING BUDGET (net) $197,842,794 62.4%
Police2 Barrie Police Services (2025 actual) $73,216,007 23.1%
County of Simcoe3 County of Simcoe — Total - Tax Funded $32,869,129 10.4%
Library4 Barrie Public Library — Total - Tax Funded $9,745,816 3.1%
Health unit5 Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit — Total - Tax Funded $2,308,579 0.7%
Conservation authorities6 Conservation Authorities — Total - Tax Funded $851,856 0.3%
Physician recruitment7 Physician Recruitment — Total - Tax Funded $60,000 0.0%
Total $316,894,181100.0%

Sources: Budget and Financial Overview — 2025 Business Plan & Operating Budget, City of Barrie. The publisher's own copy is gone; this links to the Internet Archive. The City no longer links its pre-2026 budget books; this is the Internet Archive capture. Carries the TOTAL RECOMMENDED TAX OPERATING BUDGET (net) line, printed page 24. A recommended figure, not an approved one. A local copy is kept with the site's research files. 2025 Annual Report (for the Board), Barrie Police Service. Original document. Traffic Services table: 4,835 motor vehicle collisions in 2025, up 8.6% over two years; the 2024 report restates the 2023/24 figures under a differently-worded row label, a small discrepancy noted rather than resolved. Also carries the 2025 Community Safety & Satisfaction Survey's traffic-concern ranking (speeding 65%). Service Partners Budget and Financial Overview 2025, City of Barrie. The publisher's own copy is gone; this links to the Internet Archive. Internet Archive capture; the per-partner tax-funded requests, printed page 301 ("SERVICE PARTNERS & GRANTS - Base Budget Change Report"). Requested figures, not approved. Local copy in the site's research files. All retrieved August 17, 2026.

What the 2024 property tax is split into
Where it goes As the budget names it Amount Share of total
City operations1 TOTAL RECOMMENDED TAX OPERATING BUDGET (net) $191,875,298 63.1%
Police2 Barrie Police Services (2024 actual) $67,523,320 22.2%
County of Simcoe3 County of Simcoe — Total - Tax Funded (2024 actual) $31,750,907 10.4%
Library4 Barrie Public Library — Total - Tax Funded (2024 actual) $9,664,770 3.2%
Health unit5 Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit — Total - Tax Funded (2024 actual) $2,198,652 0.7%
Conservation authorities6 Conservation Authorities — Total - Tax Funded (2024 actual) $784,179 0.3%
Physician recruitment7 Physician Recruitment — Total - Tax Funded (2024 actual) $58,944 0.0%
Total $303,856,070100.0%

Sources: Budget and Financial Overview — 2024 Business Plan & Operating Budget, City of Barrie. The publisher's own copy is gone; this links to the Internet Archive. The City no longer links its pre-2026 budget books; this is the Internet Archive capture. Carries the TOTAL RECOMMENDED TAX OPERATING BUDGET (net) line, printed page 24. A recommended figure, not an approved one. A local copy is kept with the site's research files. Retrieved August 17, 2026. Service Partners Budget and Financial Overview 2026, City of Barrie. Original document. Covers the Barrie Police Service, County of Simcoe, library and other partner budgets as presented to the City. Retrieved August 9, 2026.

A documentation quirk sits at 2024: from that year, the City's own "TOTAL RECOMMENDED TAX OPERATING BUDGET" row excludes the Service Partner lines below it, while in every year from 2016 to 2023 the identically-named row includes them — so charting the printed 2016–2023 total next to the partner lines would count the partners twice. For those years the city-operations figure here is therefore derived: the book's printed net total minus the book's own Service Partners & Grants section total. Each row's note records both figures, so the subtraction can be audited against the documents.

2016 through 2023 fill out the rest of the record: city-operations is derived from each year's own requested total as above, and the partner lines — police, library, county, health unit, conservation authorities, and the smaller lines the City also levied for, the Lake Simcoe Regional Airport (until the City sold its stake after 2023) and the tourism grant (until 2019) — are the approved amounts, each read from the following year's comparator column rather than that year's own request — a request and its eventual approval can differ, and the comparator column is the only place the approved figure is printed. With the derived city-operations figure added back, the lines sum to the book's own printed grand total, which is the check that nothing is missing. One line stands apart: the 2019 County of Simcoe figure is the 2019 actual, from the 2021 book's "2019 Actuals" column, because no 2019-approved figure on this basis was ever published — the 2020 book's County table is a stale, character-for-character duplicate of the 2019 book's own row.

One document shows what the whole tax budget did against these plans: the City's 2017 Year End Report — the only such report still retrievable — puts 2017 net tax-supported spending at $224,572,679 actual against a $230,147,120 budget — a $5,574,441 underspend — and states an overall $5,651,045 unadjusted surplus, the underspend plus $76,604 of corporate revenues collected over budget, with the Service Partner lines within $128 thousand of their budgets while City divisions came in under by millions. Its 2016 column is the only city-side 2016 actual in any retrieved document. Reports like it were presented every spring; the others survive only as motions in the meeting minutes.

Source: 2017 Year End Report (Staff Report EMT002-18), City of Barrie. The publisher's own copy is gone; this links to the Internet Archive. The only surviving report of its kind: net divisional expenditures, ACTUAL vs budget, tax-rate supported — the same basis as the levy pages. Carries a 2016 actuals column. Equivalent reports were presented each spring (the eScribe minutes show the motions) but no other year's PDF survives online; the rest are in the Clerk records request (HUMAN-RESEARCH.md §1, item 10). Retrieved August 18, 2026.

What the 2023 property tax is split into
Where it goes As the budget names it Amount Share of total
City operations1 City operations excluding Service Partners (derived) $180,029,301 63.9%
Police2 Police (approved, per the 2024 Service Partners book's comparator column) $63,238,813 22.4%
County of Simcoe3 County of Simcoe (approved, per the 2024 Service Partners book's comparator column) $26,291,780 9.3%
Library4 Library (approved, per the 2024 Service Partners book's comparator column) $9,213,110 3.3%
Health unit5 Health unit (approved, per the 2024 Service Partners book's comparator column) $2,057,500 0.7%
Conservation authorities6 Conservation authorities (approved, per the 2024 Service Partners book's comparator column) $706,284 0.3%
Lake Simcoe Regional Airport7 Lake Simcoe Regional Airport (approved, per the 2024 Service Partners book's comparator column) $154,000 0.1%
Physician recruitment8 Physician recruitment $60,000 0.0%
Total $281,750,788100.0%

Sources: Operating Budget and Financial Overview 2023, City of Barrie. Original document. Requested/recommended budget. Its comparator column carries the 2022 APPROVED Service Partner amounts. The 2023 APPROVED figures themselves are sourced from the 2024 Service Partners book's comparator column. Retrieved August 18, 2026. Service Partners Budget and Financial Overview 2024, City of Barrie. The publisher's own copy is gone; this links to the Internet Archive. Internet Archive capture; the per-partner tax-funded requests, printed page 283 ("SERVICE PARTNERS & GRANTS - Base Budget Change Report"). Requested figures, not approved. Local copy in the site's research files. Retrieved August 17, 2026.

What the 2022 property tax is split into
Where it goes As the budget names it Amount Share of total
City operations1 City operations excluding Service Partners (derived) $175,515,769 64.5%
Police2 Police (approved, per the 2023 book's comparator column) $58,945,250 21.7%
County of Simcoe3 County of Simcoe (approved, per the 2023 book's comparator column) $25,679,580 9.4%
Library4 Library (approved, per the 2023 book's comparator column) $9,176,264 3.4%
Health unit5 Health unit (approved, per the 2023 book's comparator column) $2,015,944 0.7%
Conservation authorities6 Conservation authorities (approved, per the 2023 book's comparator column) $683,003 0.3%
Lake Simcoe Regional Airport7 Lake Simcoe Regional Airport (approved, per the 2023 book's comparator column) $160,000 0.1%
Physician recruitment8 Physician recruitment $60,000 0.0%
Total $272,235,810100.0%

Sources: Budget and Financial Overview (2022 budget), City of Barrie. Original document. Requested/recommended budget. Its comparator column carries the 2021 APPROVED Service Partner amounts; the column itself is mislabelled "2022 - Budget" in the document but its values match the 2021 approved figures found elsewhere, not 2021 requested. Operating Budget and Financial Overview 2023, City of Barrie. Original document. Requested/recommended budget. Its comparator column carries the 2022 APPROVED Service Partner amounts. The 2023 APPROVED figures themselves are sourced from the 2024 Service Partners book's comparator column. All retrieved August 18, 2026.

What the 2021 property tax is split into
Where it goes As the budget names it Amount Share of total
City operations1 City operations excluding Service Partners (derived) $172,859,588 65.0%
Police2 Police (approved, per the 2022 book's comparator column) $57,292,783 21.5%
County of Simcoe3 County of Simcoe (approved, per the 2022 book's comparator column) $24,156,394 9.1%
Library4 Library (approved, per the 2022 book's comparator column) $8,915,471 3.4%
Health unit5 Health unit (approved, per the 2022 book's comparator column) $1,922,127 0.7%
Conservation authorities6 Conservation authorities (approved, per the 2022 book's comparator column) $671,866 0.3%
Lake Simcoe Regional Airport7 Lake Simcoe Regional Airport (approved, per the 2022 book's comparator column) $111,000 0.0%
Physician recruitment8 Physician recruitment $60,000 0.0%
Total $265,989,229100.0%

Sources: Budget and Financial Overview (2021 budget), City of Barrie. Original document. Requested/recommended budget. Its comparator column carries the 2020 APPROVED Service Partner amounts, and its per-partner Base Budget Change Report adds a "2019 Actuals" column -- the source of the 2019 County of Simcoe actual ($19,948,986 Total - Tax Funded), the only documented 2019 County figure on the site's basis. Budget and Financial Overview (2022 budget), City of Barrie. Original document. Requested/recommended budget. Its comparator column carries the 2021 APPROVED Service Partner amounts; the column itself is mislabelled "2022 - Budget" in the document but its values match the 2021 approved figures found elsewhere, not 2021 requested. All retrieved August 18, 2026.

What the 2020 property tax is split into
Where it goes As the budget names it Amount Share of total
City operations1 City operations excluding Service Partners (derived) $164,760,493 64.8%
Police2 Police (approved, per the 2021 book's comparator column) $55,811,858 21.9%
County of Simcoe3 County of Simcoe (approved, per the 2021 book's comparator column) $22,735,179 8.9%
Library4 Library (approved, per the 2021 book's comparator column) $8,307,148 3.3%
Health unit5 Health unit (approved, per the 2021 book's comparator column) $1,922,127 0.8%
Conservation authorities6 Conservation authorities (approved, per the 2021 book's comparator column) $689,950 0.3%
Lake Simcoe Regional Airport7 Lake Simcoe Regional Airport (approved, per the 2021 book's comparator column) $74,759 0.0%
Physician recruitment8 Physician recruitment $60,000 0.0%
Total $254,361,514100.0%

Sources: Budget and Financial Overview (2020 budget), City of Barrie. The publisher's own copy is gone; this links to the Internet Archive. Requested/recommended budget. Its County-of-Simcoe partner detail table is a stale, character-for-character duplicate of the 2019 book's own (including a shared "$1,923,00" typo) -- the 2019 APPROVED County Total - Tax Funded figure that would otherwise be sourced from that table is not published here as a result. Its SUMMARY table is not stale and does print a 2019-approved County net of $18,473,000, but on the narrower basis that excludes the County Capital Reserve contribution, so it does not fill the gap on the site's Total - Tax Funded basis; the 2019 county row instead uses the 2021 book's "2019 Actuals" column. This book's comparator column otherwise carries the 2019 APPROVED Service Partner amounts. Budget and Financial Overview (2021 budget), City of Barrie. Original document. Requested/recommended budget. Its comparator column carries the 2020 APPROVED Service Partner amounts, and its per-partner Base Budget Change Report adds a "2019 Actuals" column -- the source of the 2019 County of Simcoe actual ($19,948,986 Total - Tax Funded), the only documented 2019 County figure on the site's basis. All retrieved August 18, 2026.

What the 2019 property tax is split into
Where it goes As the budget names it Amount Share of total
City operations1 City operations excluding Service Partners (derived) $155,564,919 64.9%
Police2 Police (approved, per the 2020 book's comparator column) $53,329,646 22.2%
County of Simcoe3 County of Simcoe (2019 actual, per the 2021 book's "2019 Actuals" column) $19,948,986 8.3%
Library4 Library (approved, per the 2020 book's comparator column) $7,957,596 3.3%
Health unit5 Health unit (approved, per the 2020 book's comparator column) $1,786,920 0.7%
Conservation authorities6 Conservation authorities (approved, per the 2020 book's comparator column) $657,689 0.3%
Lake Simcoe Regional Airport7 Lake Simcoe Regional Airport (approved, per the 2020 book's comparator column) $441,927 0.2%
Other partners & grants8 Other Service Partners & Grants excl. Physician Recruitment (derived) $113,520 0.0%
Physician recruitment9 Physician recruitment $60,000 0.0%
Total $239,861,203100.0%

Sources: Budget and Financial Overview (2019 budget), City of Barrie. The publisher's own copy is gone; this links to the Internet Archive. Requested/recommended budget. Its comparator column carries the 2018 APPROVED Service Partner amounts. The Divisional Tax Operating subtotal is printed as a blank header band in this book -- no 2019 divisional requested figure exists. Budget and Financial Overview (2020 budget), City of Barrie. The publisher's own copy is gone; this links to the Internet Archive. Requested/recommended budget. Its County-of-Simcoe partner detail table is a stale, character-for-character duplicate of the 2019 book's own (including a shared "$1,923,00" typo) -- the 2019 APPROVED County Total - Tax Funded figure that would otherwise be sourced from that table is not published here as a result. Its SUMMARY table is not stale and does print a 2019-approved County net of $18,473,000, but on the narrower basis that excludes the County Capital Reserve contribution, so it does not fill the gap on the site's Total - Tax Funded basis; the 2019 county row instead uses the 2021 book's "2019 Actuals" column. This book's comparator column otherwise carries the 2019 APPROVED Service Partner amounts. Budget and Financial Overview (2021 budget), City of Barrie. Original document. Requested/recommended budget. Its comparator column carries the 2020 APPROVED Service Partner amounts, and its per-partner Base Budget Change Report adds a "2019 Actuals" column -- the source of the 2019 County of Simcoe actual ($19,948,986 Total - Tax Funded), the only documented 2019 County figure on the site's basis. All retrieved August 18, 2026.

What the 2018 property tax is split into
Where it goes As the budget names it Amount Share of total
City operations1 City operations excluding Service Partners (derived) $148,370,244 64.4%
Police2 Police (approved, per the 2019 book's comparator column) $51,814,867 22.5%
County of Simcoe3 County of Simcoe (approved, per the 2019 book's comparator column) $19,402,000 8.4%
Library4 Library (approved, per the 2019 book's comparator column) $7,648,647 3.3%
Health unit5 Health unit (approved, per the 2019 book's comparator column) $1,751,430 0.8%
Conservation authorities6 Conservation authorities (approved, per the 2019 book's comparator column) $662,532 0.3%
Lake Simcoe Regional Airport7 Lake Simcoe Regional Airport (approved, per the 2019 book's comparator column) $429,477 0.2%
Other partners & grants8 Other Service Partners & Grants excl. Physician Recruitment (derived) $213,520 0.1%
Physician recruitment9 Physician recruitment $60,000 0.0%
Total $230,352,717100.0%

Sources: Executive Summary (2018 budget), City of Barrie. The publisher's own copy is gone; this links to the Internet Archive. Requested/recommended budget. Its comparator column carries the 2017 APPROVED Service Partner amounts. Budget and Financial Overview (2019 budget), City of Barrie. The publisher's own copy is gone; this links to the Internet Archive. Requested/recommended budget. Its comparator column carries the 2018 APPROVED Service Partner amounts. The Divisional Tax Operating subtotal is printed as a blank header band in this book -- no 2019 divisional requested figure exists. All retrieved August 18, 2026.

What the 2017 property tax is split into
Where it goes As the budget names it Amount Share of total
City operations1 City operations excluding Service Partners (derived) $141,658,235 64.0%
Police2 Police (approved, per the 2018 book's comparator column) $50,275,113 22.7%
County of Simcoe3 County of Simcoe (approved, per the 2018 book's comparator column) $19,190,000 8.7%
Library4 Library (approved, per the 2018 book's comparator column) $7,210,748 3.3%
Health unit5 Health unit (approved, per the 2018 book's comparator column) $1,725,538 0.8%
Conservation authorities6 Conservation authorities (approved, per the 2018 book's comparator column) $619,287 0.3%
Lake Simcoe Regional Airport7 Lake Simcoe Regional Airport (approved, per the 2018 book's comparator column) $423,279 0.2%
Other partners & grants8 Other Service Partners & Grants excl. Physician Recruitment (derived) $213,520 0.1%
Physician recruitment9 Physician recruitment $60,000 0.0%
Total $221,375,720100.0%

Sources: Executive Summary (2017 budget), City of Barrie. The publisher's own copy is gone; this links to the Internet Archive. Requested/recommended budget. Its comparator column carries the 2016 APPROVED Service Partner amounts. Executive Summary (2018 budget), City of Barrie. The publisher's own copy is gone; this links to the Internet Archive. Requested/recommended budget. Its comparator column carries the 2017 APPROVED Service Partner amounts. All retrieved August 18, 2026.

What the 2016 property tax is split into
Where it goes As the budget names it Amount Share of total
City operations1 City operations excluding Service Partners (derived) $131,870,036 62.6%
Police2 Police (approved, per the 2017 book's comparator column) $48,814,251 23.2%
County of Simcoe3 County of Simcoe (approved, per the 2017 book's comparator column) $19,889,478 9.4%
Library4 Library (approved, per the 2017 book's comparator column) $7,107,319 3.4%
Health unit5 Health unit (approved, per the 2017 book's comparator column) $1,675,243 0.8%
Conservation authorities6 Conservation authorities (approved, per the 2017 book's comparator column) $622,624 0.3%
Lake Simcoe Regional Airport7 Lake Simcoe Regional Airport (approved, per the 2017 book's comparator column) $418,611 0.2%
Other partners & grants8 Other Service Partners & Grants excl. Physician Recruitment (derived) $213,520 0.1%
Physician recruitment9 Physician recruitment $60,000 0.0%
Total $210,671,082100.0%

Sources: 2016 Business Plan — Executive Summary, City of Barrie. The publisher's own copy is gone; this links to the Internet Archive. Requested/recommended budget, not approved. "TOTAL RECOMMENDED TAX OPERATING BUDGET" net figure (PDF p27) includes Service Partners for this and every year through 2023 -- unlike the 2024 book onward, where the same-named row excludes them. The site therefore never charts this printed total directly: the city-operations figure for 2016-2023 is the total minus the same table's Service Partners & Grants section net, so the partner lines are not counted twice. Executive Summary (2017 budget), City of Barrie. The publisher's own copy is gone; this links to the Internet Archive. Requested/recommended budget. Its comparator column carries the 2016 APPROVED Service Partner amounts. All retrieved August 18, 2026.

What the 2015 property tax is split into
Where it goes As the budget names it Amount Share of total
City operations1 City operations excluding Service Partners (derived) $121,697,971 60.6%
Police2 Police Services — Tax Impact (2015 requested) $47,419,084 23.6%
County of Simcoe3 County of Simcoe — Tax Impact, operating + capital (2015 requested) $21,418,131 10.7%
Library4 Library — Tax Impact (2015 requested) $7,053,854 3.5%
Health unit5 Simcoe-Muskoka District Health Unit — Tax Impact (2015 requested) $1,695,287 0.8%
Conservation authorities6 Conservation authorities — Tax Impact (2015 requested) $629,712 0.3%
Lake Simcoe Regional Airport7 Lake Simcoe Regional Airport (2015 requested) $452,429 0.2%
Other partners & grants8 Tourism Barrie (2015 requested) $207,300 0.1%
Physician recruitment9 Physician Recruitment (2015 requested) $110,000 0.1%
Total $200,683,768100.0%

Source: Budget and Financial Overview — Tax Rate (2015 budget), City of Barrie. The publisher's own copy is gone; this links to the Internet Archive. Real text layer. The first year whose book prints a per-partner net Tax Impact table beside the gross one. Carries 2013 actuals. Retrieved August 18, 2026.

What the 2014 property tax is split into
Where it goes As the budget names it Amount Share of total
City operations1 City operations excluding Service Partners (derived) $112,632,975 59.6%
Police2 Police Services — Tax Impact (2014 approved) $46,303,600 24.5%
County of Simcoe3 County of Simcoe — Tax Impact, operating + capital (2014 approved) $20,223,721 10.7%
Library4 Library — Tax Impact (2014 approved) $6,192,421 3.3%
Health unit5 Simcoe-Muskoka District Health Unit — Tax Impact (2014 approved) $1,621,611 0.9%
Conservation authorities6 Conservation authorities — Tax Impact (2014 approved) $1,212,483 0.6%
Lake Simcoe Regional Airport7 Lake Simcoe Regional Airport (2014 approved) $447,303 0.2%
Other partners & grants8 Tourism Barrie (2014 approved) $201,287 0.1%
Physician recruitment9 Physician Recruitment (2014 approved) $60,000 0.0%
Total $188,895,401100.0%

Source: Budget and Financial Overview — Tax Rate (2015 budget), City of Barrie. The publisher's own copy is gone; this links to the Internet Archive. Real text layer. The first year whose book prints a per-partner net Tax Impact table beside the gross one. Carries 2013 actuals. Retrieved August 18, 2026.

What the 2013 property tax is split into
Where it goes As the budget names it Amount Share of total
City operations1 City operations excluding Service Partners (derived) $108,060,946 58.6%
Police2 Police Services (2013 requested, net) $44,882,027 24.3%
County of Simcoe3 County of Simcoe (2013 requested, net) $20,537,519 11.1%
Library4 Library (2013 requested, net) $5,816,056 3.2%
Other partners & grants5 Other partner lines (2013 requested) $1,755,594 1.0%
Health unit6 Simcoe County Health Unit (2013 requested, net) $1,678,270 0.9%
Conservation authorities7 Conservation authorities (2013 requested, net) $1,124,023 0.6%
Lake Simcoe Regional Airport8 Lake Simcoe Regional Airport (2013 requested) $591,071 0.3%
Physician recruitment9 Physician Recruitment (2013 requested) $60,000 0.0%
Total $184,505,506100.0%

Sources: Executive Summary (2013 Business Plan, §a), City of Barrie. The publisher's own copy is gone; this links to the Internet Archive. Scanned PDF, no text layer. Its Fund Account Summary (p. 55) states the 2013 tax-rate Property Taxes — the levy — at $184,505,506; the figure was read from the page image. Service Partners & Grants (2013 Business Plan, §g), City of Barrie. The publisher's own copy is gone; this links to the Internet Archive. Scanned Xerox PDF, no text layer; the extracted file is OCR and every published digit was verified against the page image. Carries 2011 actuals. All retrieved August 18, 2026.

What the 2012 property tax is split into
Where it goes As the budget names it Amount Share of total
City operations1 City operations excluding Service Partners (derived) $102,310,350 57.3%
Police2 Police Services (2012 requested, net) $43,583,716 24.4%
County of Simcoe3 County of Simcoe (2012 requested) $21,779,321 12.2%
Library4 Library (2012 requested, net) $5,996,781 3.4%
Health unit5 Simcoe County Health Unit (2012 requested, net) $1,629,705 0.9%
Other partners & grants6 Other partner lines (2012 requested) $1,310,729 0.7%
Conservation authorities7 Conservation authorities (2012 requested, net) $1,096,224 0.6%
Lake Simcoe Regional Airport8 Lake Simcoe Regional Airport (2012 requested) $616,207 0.3%
Physician recruitment9 Physician Recruitment (2012 requested) $110,000 0.1%
Total $178,433,033100.0%

Sources: Business Plan Overview (2012 Business Plan, §3), City of Barrie. The publisher's own copy is gone; this links to the Internet Archive. Scanned PDF, no text layer. Its Fund Account Summary (p. 54) states the 2012 tax-rate Property Taxes — the levy — at $178,433,033; the figure was read from the page image. Service Partners (2012 Business Plan, §10), City of Barrie. The publisher's own copy is gone; this links to the Internet Archive. Scanned Xerox PDF, no text layer; the extracted file is OCR and every published digit was verified against the page image. Carries 2010 actuals. The police board's covering letter states the net 2012 request ($43,583,716) — the table's gross minus the DC offset, corroborating both figures. All retrieved August 18, 2026.

What the 2011 property tax is split into
Where it goes As the budget names it Amount Share of total
City operations1 City operations excluding Service Partners (derived) $92,808,097 54.2%
Police2 Police Services (2011 requested, net) $42,036,972 24.5%
County of Simcoe3 County of Simcoe (2011 requested) $23,742,382 13.9%
Library4 Library (2011 requested, net) $5,093,459 3.0%
Other partners & grants5 Other partner lines (2011 requested) $4,257,748 2.5%
Health unit6 Simcoe County Health Unit (2011 requested, net) $1,582,554 0.9%
Conservation authorities7 Conservation authorities (2011 requested, net) $1,049,121 0.6%
Lake Simcoe Regional Airport8 Lake Simcoe Regional Airport (2011 requested) $602,758 0.4%
Physician recruitment9 Physician Recruitment (2011 requested) $110,000 0.1%
Total $171,283,091100.0%

Sources: Fund Account Summary (2011 Business Plan), City of Barrie. The publisher's own copy is gone; this links to the Internet Archive. Real text layer. Its Sources and Uses by Fund table states the 2011 tax-rate operating Property Taxes — the levy — at $171,283,091. Service Partners (2011 Business Plan), City of Barrie. The publisher's own copy is gone; this links to the Internet Archive. Real text layer. Its Base Budget Change Report carries 2009 ACTUAL expenditures — the oldest actuals recoverable; no 2009 or 2010 book survives on the Wayback Machine. The gross request rows carry the development-charge offsets as separate revenue lines, unlike the 2015+ books' printed Tax Impact rows. All retrieved August 18, 2026.

The approved rates

The rates Council actually set, by property class. A residential property pays 1.314503% to the City and 1.467503% once the Province's education rate is added. Across all classes the City collects $338,922,579 and the Province's education tax adds $66,599,287, for $405,521,866 in total.

Source: Appendix A to Staff Report CCS-010-2026 — 2026 tax rates by property class, City of Barrie — Legislative and Court Services, dated April 22, 2026. Original document. The approved rates by class: residential 1.314503% municipal and 1.467503% including the education rate. Municipal levy $338,922,579 plus education $66,599,287 for $405,521,866 in total. Retrieved August 11, 2026.

The partner lines are not decoration — they are a third of the bill, and the City has limited ability to change them. The police line is the largest of them and has its own page: the police budget over time, including what council can and cannot legally do about it.

Common questions

Where do my Barrie property taxes go?

The property tax total — "the levy" — splits the way the budget documents split it: City operations, the service partners (police above all), and the rest, traced on this page from 2011 to 2026 with each line carrying the most settled figure any document states. Year-over-year increases are on property tax increases.

How much of the Barrie budget goes to police?

The police service is the largest of the service partners on the levy; the split is charted on this page, and the request-by-request record is on the police budget page.