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Barrie is a city in Central Ontario, Canada, about 90 kilometres (56 mi) north of Toronto. The city is within Simcoe County and located along the shores of Kempenfelt Bay. Although it is physically in the county, Barrie is politically independent. The city is part of the extended urban area in southern Ontario known as the Greater Golden Horseshoe.
Barrie—Innisfil consists of: (a) that part of the County of Simcoe comprising the Town of Innisfil; and (b) that part of the City of Barrie lying southerly of a line described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the westerly limit of said city with Dunlop Street West; thence northeasterly along said street to Tiffin Street; thence southeasterly and easterly along said street to ...
Simcoe County is a county and census division located in the central region of Ontario, Canada.The county is located north of the Greater Toronto Area, and forms the north western edge of the Golden Horseshoe.
It was created in 2003 when its predecessor, Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford, was redistributed. Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford consisted of the City of Barrie and the towns of Bradford West Gwillimbury and Innisfil. It had been formed in 1996 as Barrie—Simcoe from Simcoe Centre and York—Simcoe ridings, but its name was changed before an election ...
Located within Sunnidale Park is the Dunsmore Ancestral Huron-Wendat Settlement. [6] The site was the location of a Huron-Wendat settlement in the fifteenth century.. From 1911 to the 1960s the land was used as a nine-hole golf course for the Barrie Golf Club, and later the Barrie Country Club.
The Government of Ontario first asserted its role in municipal land use planning through enactment of the City and Suburban Plan Act in 1912. [2] In the Post-World War II period, considerable urban and suburban growth pressures demanded increased provincial intervention in municipal planning through official plan and zoning by-law requirements, and specialized administrative bodies.
The electoral district was abolished in 1996 when it was redistributed between Barrie—Simcoe, Simcoe—Grey and York North ridings. It was recreated a second time in 2003 from parts of Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford , Simcoe—Grey and York North ridings with the current boundaries as described above.
Barrie City Council; Barrie Police Service; Barrie Public Library This page was last edited on 1 December 2011, at 09:02 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...