Barrie Ontario

Barrie Ontario is a small city with an approximate population of 130,000 people. It is conveniently located one hour north of Toronto along highway 400, and is the gateway to cottage country.



The city of Barrie has experienced an explosion of growth over the last ten years due to the reasonable pricing of real estate and the reasonable commuter drive to downtown Toronto, where many Barrie residents hold employment. With the addition of the Go Train in the last year, Barrie will surely attract many more Torontonians who cannot afford the incredible prices of the Toronto Real Estate market.

Barrie is well known for the amount of snowfalls during the long Canadian winter, and thus is a hotspot for the skiing industry. Horseshoe Valley and Snow Valley ski resorts are a stone throw away from downtown Barrie and just beyond Barrie´s city limits lies Mount St.Louis Moonstone, and Blue Mountain. Ice fishing and snowmobiling are also very popular sports during the winter months.



Barrie Ontario is situated on Kempenfelt Bay, and therefor has the luxury of owning many swimmable beaches. Minet's Point Beach, The Gables, and Centennial Beach are just three.

Barrie´s long waterfront also makes it a hotspot for boaters. Just look onto the water on any given day during the summer, and you are guaranteed to see many people out on the boat.

Barrie Ontario also boasts many festivals during the summer months. Kempenfest Festival attracts over 300,000 people every year, and continues to grow in popularity with the local population, as well as people who come from all over Ontario to visit one of the largest Arts and Crafts Festival in the province.




Barrie was Canada´s Local for the Live 8 Concert a few years ago, which put the city on the map of recognizable small Canadian Cities.