Barrie: questions buyers ask about the records
Each page names the public record that answers one question, where to read it yourself, and which OfferDue check reads it. What the records show, never advice.
Sources checked October 28, 2026
Barrie at a glance
The town's local rules as pictures, from our hand-kept tables of its by-laws and pages and from its flood page. Each tile opens the page with the full wording, its source and the date we checked it.
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Property tax
1.47% of assessed value, 2026 residential rate
Read the question →0%2.32% (Chatham-Kent)29th lowest of 61 towns. Lowest: Markham, 0.72%.
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Extra units
Up to 4 homes on a lot
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Short-term rentals
- No short-term rental licence on the town's pages
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Conservation authorities in 2027
Read the question →Lake Simcoe Region authorityNottawasaga Valley authorityjoinLake Huron Regional Conservation Authority
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A business run from home
- Up to 30%of the floor area
- 1 from outsidemay work there
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Water and sewer bills
- A bill every two months
- A different price per m³ after a first block of use
Is a Barrie address inside Ontario's Greenbelt?
Schedule 1 of the Greenbelt Plan, the Province's map of the Greenbelt Area, with its Protected Countryside, Urban River Valleys, Oak Ridges Moraine Area and Niagara Escarpment Plan Area.
In the free check and the full report.
How can I find recorded pits, quarries and petroleum wells near a Barrie home?
Two provincial records: the Find Pits and Quarries map of licensed and permitted aggregate sites, and the petroleum wells dataset of wells drilled for oil, gas, salt or underground storage.
In the free check and the full report.
How can I find mapped railways, power lines and pipelines near a Barrie home?
The Ontario Railway Network and the Ontario Utility Line dataset: provincial mapping of tracks and crossings, and of power lines, pipelines and other utility lines.
In the free check and the full report.
What records explain additional residential units at a Barrie home?
Zoning By-law 2009-141, as amended by By-law 2024-043, and the City's additional residential units page, which summarises the rules and the registration of units.
In the free check and the full report.
Does Barrie need a permit to remove a tree on a private lot?
The City's Private Tree By-law 2014-115, as summarised on the City's private tree law page.
In the free check and the full report.
What public rules cover short-term rentals in Barrie?
Municipal Accommodation Tax By-law 2019-022 for internet-based accommodation sharing platforms, the City's Municipal Accommodation Tax page, and Council motion 24-G-033 on short-term rentals.
In the free check and the full report.
What is Barrie's residential property tax rate for 2026?
The City's Tax Rates By-law 2026-044, passed on 29 April 2026, with the 2026 rates for each property class in its Appendix A.
In the free check and the full report.
Is a Barrie address in a regulated flood area, and whose map says so?
The Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority's regulation maps and the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority's interactive map, under Ontario Regulation 41/24.
Public source; flood plain and regulated-area checks not included in OfferDue reports.
Who helps with a home in Barrie
Every kind of business a home needs, by moment, and the local rules their work runs into, each with its source and the date it was checked.
Public-record information, not legal, financial, insurance or inspection advice. Records change and can be incomplete, and these pages describe the records, not any particular home. What we cover, city by city.