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 "answer": "In the City of Barrie, Ontario, property tax & assessment rules are set by Tax Levy - Downtown BIA By-law No. 2024-048 and 3 other bylaws, verified 2026-09-21. Tax rate: 0.425211%. Penalty interest: Penalty not to exceed 1.25% of taxes due and unpaid on first day of following month of default; interest not to exceed 1.25% per month thereafter.",
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 "municipality": "Barrie",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "tax_assessment",
 "label": "Property tax & assessment",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-21",
 "official_website": "http://www.barrie.ca/",
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   "title": "Tax Levy - Downtown BIA By-law No. 2024-048",
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   "status": "adopted",
   "document_url": "https://www.barrie.ca/Tax-Levy-Downtown-BIA-Bylaw.pdf",
   "adopted_date": "2024-05-01",
   "summary": "Levies a special tax rate on properties within the Downtown Barrie Business Improvement Area to fund BIA operations, in addition to the general municipal tax levy.",
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   "discovered_at": "2026-08-23",
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    "tax_rate": "0.425211%"
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    "tax_rate": "s. 1: \"a tax rate of 0.425211% be levied for 2024\""
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   "title": "Tax Levy By-law No. 2023-149",
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   "status": "adopted",
   "document_url": "https://www.barrie.ca/Tax-Levy-Bylaw.pdf",
   "adopted_date": "2023-11-22",
   "summary": "Authorizes the City's annual property tax levy and instalment due dates for the collection of municipal taxes.",
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   "discovered_at": "2026-08-23",
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    "tax_rate": "no more than 50% of the annualized billed amount for 2023",
    "due_dates": "First instalment on or before February 29, 2024; second instalment on or before April 30, 2024; or alternate instalments due last business day of each month from January to May",
    "penalty_interest": "Penalty not to exceed 1.25% of taxes due and unpaid on first day of following month of default; interest not to exceed 1.25% per month thereafter"
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    "penalty_interest": "s. 6(a); s. 6(b)"
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   "title": "Tax Rates By-law No. 2026-044",
   "category": "tax_assessment",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "document_url": "https://www.barrie.ca/Tax-Rates-Bylaw.pdf",
   "adopted_date": "2026-04-29",
   "summary": "Sets the current year's municipal, education and other property tax rates applied against assessed property values within Barrie.",
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   "discovered_at": "2026-08-23",
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    "due_dates": "Two equal installments: first on or before June 30, 2026; second on or before September 29, 2026. Alternate five-installment option: June 30, July 31, August 31, September 29, and October 30, 2026.",
    "penalty_interest": "1.25% of taxes due and unpaid on the first day of default; 1.25% per month thereafter."
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    "due_dates": "s. 13; s. 15",
    "penalty_interest": "s. 16(a); s. 16(b)"
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   "title": "Tax Ratios By-law No. 2025-032",
   "category": "tax_assessment",
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   "status": "adopted",
   "document_url": "https://www.barrie.ca/Tax-Ratios-Bylaw.pdf",
   "adopted_date": "2025-04-09",
   "summary": "Establishes the tax ratios among property classes (residential, commercial, industrial, etc.) used to calculate each class's share of the tax levy.",
   "discovered_by": "bigcity-depth",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-23",
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   "captured_at": "2026-08-23T23:44:06+00:00",
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   "document_number": "2025-032",
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   "facts": {
    "tax_rate": "Residential/farm 1.000000; New Multi-residential 1.000000; Multi-residential 1.000000; Commercial 1.433126; Industrial 1.516328; Pipelines 1.103939; Farmlands 0.250000; Managed forest 0.250000; Landfills 1.067122; Aggregate Extraction 1.233846"
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    "tax_rate": "s. 1 \"the tax ratios for the 2025 taxation year be established as follows\""
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/barrie/property-tax/"
}