Barrie
Small city · Ontario · Population 147,829
People and homes
Who lives here and what homes are like, from the 2021 Census. Shown for context: these figures are never part of a score.
Who lives here
- Median age
- 39.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 38.5 years (estimated) · 2016: 38.5 years
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 (estimated) · 2011: 2.7 · 2016: 2.7
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 43.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 53.6% (estimated) · 2016: 43.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.7%2016: 18%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12.9%2016: 13.9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%27.9%2016: 26.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.5%2016: 27.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%15.9%2016: 13.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%27.8%2011: 31.5%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%21.9%2011: 22.4%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.9%2011: 10.9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%23.9%2016: 22.7%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%15.5%2011: 13.3%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%8.9%2016: 10.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%28%2016: 28.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%5.7%2016: 7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%31.9%2016: 32.9%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%25.4%2016: 20.9%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%92.5%2016: 92.6%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%6.6%2016: 6.9%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.8%2016: 0.5%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%81.4%2016: 86%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.7%2016: 2.1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%16.9%2016: 11.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 11.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 10%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%67.7%2016: 71.2%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%32.3%2016: 28.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%58.2%2016: 60%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.3%2016: 4.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%11.4%2016: 10.5%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%6.7%2016: 6.5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%11.6%2016: 10.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%7.7%2016: 7.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%10.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%18.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%38.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%28%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%90.6%2016: 88.9%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%3.7%2016: 5.4%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.2%2016: 4.2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.5%2016: 0.5%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.9%2016: 0.9%
Statistics Canada, 2021