Growth and Population Expansion
The City of Barrie is one of Canada's fastest growing cities. In 2011, the Barrie metropolitan area had 187,013 residents including 135,711 in the City of Barrie's. The city's population was subsequently revised to 136,063. This population expansion is largely due to the young population profile and a growing number of Canadians moving into the city for economic and technological opportunities. Barrie has been designated an Urban Growth Centre by the Province of Ontario (Places to Grow Simcoe Area, 2009).
Due to Barrie's extensive population growth, the city has expanded its urban area beyond the confines of the valley, particularly to the south and south-east, into the rural town of Innisfil, Ontario. To account for this growth, the Province of Ontario enacted legislation that enabled Barrie to annex 2,293 acres (9.28 km2) from the neighbouring Town of Innisfil on 1 January 2010. The land in question extends south beyond McKay Road west of the 10th Sideroad, and as far south as Lockhart Road on the east side of the 10th Sideroad. This annexation will allow Barrie to meet its growing population demands.
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