Property tax & assessment — Barrie, Ontario

What is the tax rate? When are taxes due? How is property assessed?

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.

Tax Levy - Downtown BIA By-law No. 2024-048 adopted bylaw
tax rate 0.425211% s. 1: "a tax rate of 0.425211% be levied for 2024"
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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.

Tax Levy By-law No. 2023-149 adopted bylaw
tax rate no more than 50% of the annualized billed amount for 2023 s. 1
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 s. 4; s. 5
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 s. 6(a); s. 6(b)
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Authorizes the City's annual property tax levy and instalment due dates for the collection of municipal taxes.

Tax Rates By-law No. 2026-044 adopted bylaw
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. s. 13; s. 15
penalty interest 1.25% of taxes due and unpaid on the first day of default; 1.25% per month thereafter. s. 16(a); s. 16(b)
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Sets the current year's municipal, education and other property tax rates applied against assessed property values within Barrie.

Tax Ratios By-law No. 2025-032 adopted bylaw
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 s. 1 "the tax ratios for the 2025 taxation year be established as follows"
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Establishes the tax ratios among property classes (residential, commercial, industrial, etc.) used to calculate each class's share of the tax levy.

Machine-readable: property-tax.json · Official website: http://www.barrie.ca/ · Last verified 2026-09-21 · Property tax & assessment across Ontario · Property tax & assessment in other municipalities