Household costs in Barrie, in charts

What a Barrie household pays for power, heat, water, internet and rent, drawn from the same figures as the pages that hold each record. Of these, council sets only water and wastewater rates; the rest are set by provincial regulators, private companies or the rental market. Council also sets the City's share of the property tax bill, charted on City data in charts.

Who sets each cost?

Latest figure for each household cost, and who sets it
Cost	Latest figure	Measured as	Set by
Water and wastewater	$3.3664/m³	Residential first-block volumetric rates, water plus wastewater, from May 1, 2026; fixed charges are extra	Council
Electricity	$130.19/month	700 kWh on time-of-use, Alectra PowerStream Rate Zone, after HST and the Ontario Electricity Rebate, October 2026	The Ontario Energy Board and the Province
Natural gas	$999.95/year	The Board's typical annual bill, 2,400 m³, Enbridge EGD rate zone, from October 1, 2026	The market and the Ontario Energy Board
Internet	$74.87/month	Average 50/10 Mbps plan, urban Ontario (Barrie is not in the sample), 2025	The companies, under federal regulation
Rent	$1,755/month	Average two-bedroom purpose-built apartment, Barrie CMA, October 2025	Landlords and the rental market

Sources: 2026 Water & Wastewater Rates (effective May 1, 2026), City of Barrie, dated May 1, 2026. Original document. Retrieved August 11, 2026. OEB bill calculator: 700 kWh residential bill, Alectra (PowerStream Rate Zone) and InnPower, Ontario Energy Board. Original document. Live output for a 700 kWh residential bill, October 7, 2026: Alectra PowerStream Rate Zone $130.19 a month (electricity $89.26, delivery $52.10, regulatory $4.10, HST $18.91, rebate −$34.18); InnPower $146.50. Earlier years are this site's calculation from the calculator's own data file, as archived by the Internet Archive; the method matches the live calculator to the cent for 2026. Retrieved October 7, 2026. Backgrounders on Enbridge Gas quarterly rate changes, June 2024 to September 2026 (EB-2024-0166 through EB-2026-0221), Ontario Energy Board. Original document. Ten backgrounders; the link is the latest, dated September 24, 2026. Table 1 of each gives the typical annual bill in the EGD rate zone at 2,400 m3 a year; the OEB does not say whether HST is included. Retrieved October 7, 2026. Year-end monthly reported prices for Internet, mobile and TV services (version 11), Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, dated May 14, 2026. Original document. Ontario urban average for a 50/10 Mbps plan: lowest non-promotional prices reported as of December 31, fees and discounts excluded. Barrie is not in the sample; by this site's count the 2024 and 2025 Ontario urban price rows name Toronto only (eight cities before). Retrieved October 7, 2026. CMHC Rental Market Survey data tables — Barrie CMA, October 2020–2025, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. Original document. Six Octobers (2020 to 2025) of average rents and vacancy rates for purpose-built rental apartments in the Barrie CMA, which includes Innisfil and Springwater. These are average rents across all units, occupied and vacant. They are not asking rents for vacant units, and the two cannot be read as one series. Retrieved August 17, 2026.

How has each cost changed since 2021?

Electricity bill Water rate Wastewater rate Two-bedroom rent Internet plan price

This site's arithmetic: each series divided by its own 2021 value. The series are not comparable in level, only in direction and pace, and they differ in geography: the water and wastewater rates are the City's; the electricity bill is a 700 kWh month in the Alectra zone, one reading a year on the dates given on the electricity page; rent is the Barrie CMA average in October; the internet price is urban Ontario and stops at 2023 because the CRTC's city sample changes in 2024. Natural gas is not drawn because its series starts in 2024. Prices are in dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.

By this arithmetic, from 2021 to its latest year the two-bedroom rent rose 17% (to 2025), the wastewater rate 27% and the water rate 20% (to 2026), the 700 kWh electricity bill 15% (to 2026), and the urban Ontario internet price 15% (to 2023).

Sources: 2026 Water & Wastewater Rates (effective May 1, 2026), City of Barrie, dated May 1, 2026. Original document. Retrieved August 11, 2026. OEB bill calculator: 700 kWh residential bill, Alectra (PowerStream Rate Zone) and InnPower, Ontario Energy Board. Original document. Live output for a 700 kWh residential bill, October 7, 2026: Alectra PowerStream Rate Zone $130.19 a month (electricity $89.26, delivery $52.10, regulatory $4.10, HST $18.91, rebate −$34.18); InnPower $146.50. Earlier years are this site's calculation from the calculator's own data file, as archived by the Internet Archive; the method matches the live calculator to the cent for 2026. Retrieved October 7, 2026. CMHC Rental Market Survey data tables — Barrie CMA, October 2020–2025, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. Original document. Six Octobers (2020 to 2025) of average rents and vacancy rates for purpose-built rental apartments in the Barrie CMA, which includes Innisfil and Springwater. These are average rents across all units, occupied and vacant. They are not asking rents for vacant units, and the two cannot be read as one series. Retrieved August 17, 2026. Year-end monthly reported prices for Internet, mobile and TV services (version 11), Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, dated May 14, 2026. Original document. Ontario urban average for a 50/10 Mbps plan: lowest non-promotional prices reported as of December 31, fees and discounts excluded. Barrie is not in the sample; by this site's count the 2024 and 2025 Ontario urban price rows name Toronto only (eight cities before). Retrieved October 7, 2026.

Electricity

One reading a year from the Ontario Energy Board's bill calculator, on the dates the electricity page gives, which also has the InnPower bill for part of south Barrie and the bill line by line.

Source: OEB bill calculator: 700 kWh residential bill, Alectra (PowerStream Rate Zone) and InnPower, Ontario Energy Board. Original document. Live output for a 700 kWh residential bill, October 7, 2026: Alectra PowerStream Rate Zone $130.19 a month (electricity $89.26, delivery $52.10, regulatory $4.10, HST $18.91, rebate −$34.18); InnPower $146.50. Earlier years are this site's calculation from the calculator's own data file, as archived by the Internet Archive; the method matches the live calculator to the cent for 2026. Retrieved October 7, 2026.

Natural gas

The Ontario Energy Board's typical bill at each quarterly rate change; the Board does not say whether HST is included. The federal carbon charge ended April 1, 2025. Which rate zone covers Barrie is an inference explained on the natural gas page.

Source: Backgrounders on Enbridge Gas quarterly rate changes, June 2024 to September 2026 (EB-2024-0166 through EB-2026-0221), Ontario Energy Board. Original document. Ten backgrounders; the link is the latest, dated September 24, 2026. Table 1 of each gives the typical annual bill in the EGD rate zone at 2,400 m3 a year; the OEB does not say whether HST is included. Retrieved October 7, 2026.

Water and wastewater

Water, per m³ Wastewater, per m³

Residential first consumption block; fixed charges per bi-monthly billing period are extra. Council froze the wastewater rate in 2021. Rates for 2012–2022 are from the City's rate pages as archived by the Internet Archive, and from 2023 from the annual rates brochure; the year-by-year table and its notes are on water rates.

Source: 2026 Water & Wastewater Rates (effective May 1, 2026), City of Barrie, dated May 1, 2026. Original document. Retrieved August 11, 2026.

Internet

CRTC year-end reported prices; Barrie is not in the sample. 2016–2023 average eight Ontario cities; in 2024 and 2025 (shaded differently) only Toronto appears, so those years are not directly comparable. Details on the internet page.

Source: Year-end monthly reported prices for Internet, mobile and TV services (version 11), Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, dated May 14, 2026. Original document. Ontario urban average for a 50/10 Mbps plan: lowest non-promotional prices reported as of December 31, fees and discounts excluded. Barrie is not in the sample; by this site's count the 2024 and 2025 Ontario urban price rows name Toronto only (eight cities before). Retrieved October 7, 2026.

Rent

1-bedroom 2-bedroom

CMHC October survey, Barrie CMA (which includes Innisfil and Springwater): averages across occupied and vacant units, not asking rents. Vacancy and the census measures of shelter cost are on the housing page.

Source: CMHC Rental Market Survey data tables — Barrie CMA, October 2020–2025, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. Original document. Six Octobers (2020 to 2025) of average rents and vacancy rates for purpose-built rental apartments in the Barrie CMA, which includes Innisfil and Springwater. These are average rents across all units, occupied and vacant. They are not asking rents for vacant units, and the two cannot be read as one series. Retrieved August 17, 2026.

Common questions

Who sets household costs in Barrie?

Of the five costs on this page, Barrie council sets only water and wastewater rates. Electricity is set by the Ontario Energy Board and the Province, natural gas by the market and the Ontario Energy Board, internet by the companies under federal regulation, and rent by landlords and the rental market.

What does a typical Barrie household pay for electricity and natural gas?

About $130.19 a month for electricity (700 kWh on time-of-use, Alectra PowerStream Rate Zone, after HST and the Ontario Electricity Rebate, October 2026), and $999.95 a year for natural gas (the Ontario Energy Board's typical bill, Enbridge EGD rate zone, from October 1, 2026). Electricity and natural gas break down each bill.