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Not the full picture. Built from public records, which leave things out.Read by hand, Oct 2026DetailsThis is built from public records, which leave a lot out, and some of it may be wrong or out of date. Check the sources, and tell us if you spot a mistake. What this site can't tell you
Read by hand. We read Barrie's own documents for this site in October 2026; the Sources page lists which ones. The comparisons with other places still come from the Province's yearly reports.

Council

Who decides, and how you can hold them to account

Barrie is run by an elected council of 11 people. They set the budget, approve big purchases and hire the senior staff who run the city day to day.

Current council

Names and official email addresses from the city's council page. None of the members lists a public social media account there.

How open is Barrie?

What a resident can find online without asking, as of October 14, 2026.

  • Yes
    Budgets posted online

    The 2026 operating budget and the 2026 to 2035 capital plan are posted as PDFs, and the Previous Budgets page links the 2022 to 2025 budgets. Source

  • Yes
    Audited financial statements

    The 2025 consolidated statements carry a clean opinion ("present fairly") from Deloitte LLP dated June 10, 2026. The 2024 statements carry an opinion dated June 4, 2025. We read both PDFs from the City's website. Source

  • Yes
    Council pay and expenses (s. 284)

    The City's page links a yearly Council Remuneration Memorandum for 2018 to 2025 (on its meeting portal) and quarterly Council Expense Reports up to the second quarter of 2026. We did not open the memoranda. Source

  • Unknown
    Meeting agendas and minutes

    The City points to a meeting portal (pub-barrie.escribemeetings.com) and an older Legistar site. We did not open either, so we did not read any minutes. Source

  • Unknown
    Integrity Commissioner reports

    The accountability page names the Integrity Commissioner's role. We did not find any reports from the Commissioner on the pages we read. Source

Where the city speaks for itself

Barrie's official channels, as linked from its own website. Council members may also post on their own pages; we link only to official municipal channels.

  • City of Barrie on YouTube

    The City links this YouTube channel from the footer of its website. We did not check whether council meeting videos are posted there.

How to raise a concern

From the gentlest step to the most serious. Start at the top.

  1. Integrity Commissioner

    The City says its Integrity Commissioner is an independent officer who administers the Code of Conduct for council, board and committee members, takes complaints, and gives annual reports to Council. We did not find any of those reports on the pages we read.

  2. Conflicts of interest

    The City has a page on how members must avoid conflicts of interest under the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act. We did not read any declarations.