Photo: Duckdave · CC BY-SA 4.0Homes in Barrie are worth a median $695,000
That figure comes from 37,435 owner households at the 2021 census. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021. What homes sold for in Barrie isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Ontario.
What Barrie’s homes are worth, two ways
Two sources, each set against Ontario’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. Ontario’s assessments are still on MPAC’s values of 1 January 2016, far below today’s prices, so they compare only with other Ontario towns.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $696K
- Owners
- 37,435
- Ontario’s towns
- $695K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
all residential, MPAC 2016 base
- Ontario’s towns
- $232K
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada); Canadian Housing Statistics Program, tables 46-10-0099 and 46-10-0093; Québec rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026 (MAMH).
Houses in Barrie carry assessments 45% over the middle of Ontario’s towns
Detached houses account for 71% of the 49,010 properties on Barrie’s 2024 roll; condos for 10%.
Median assessment by type, 2024 the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Canadian Housing Statistics Program, table 46-10-0093 (2024): residential properties on the assessment roll, vacant land left out. The ticks are the median of Ontario’s towns with their own figure; assessments compare within a province only.
More need than most: 13% of households in Barrie (Ontario’s towns: 9%)
At the 2021 census, 58% of Barrie’s 55,315 occupied homes were single-detached houses. Half or more were standing by 2000.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Barrie | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 12% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 13% | 9% | 7% |
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada): occupied private dwellings; core housing need as Statistics Canada defines it. Ticks and columns are medians of the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more.
25.7 new homes a year per 1,000 in Barrie: more than Ontario’s towns (15)
Barrie issued permits for 7,792 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 1,299 a year. Only 19% went into single-unit buildings, beside 66% for Ontario’s towns.
Most in 2021: 2,082 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
1,242 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, down 39% on the year before
Measured across the Barrie metro area: monthly permits
Statistics Canada, tables 46-10-0087 (building permits by census subdivision, 2018–2023: dwelling units created, new construction and conversions) and 34-10-0292 (monthly, metro areas). Per 1,000: units a year over 2019–2023 against occupied homes in 2021.
Barrie against Ontario’s towns: about level with the $695,000 median
871 of Ontario’s towns (2,500 people or more), by median value at the 2021 census, dearest first.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Barrie’s neighbours by home value
Next to Barrie: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrie | $695K | $696K | 68% | |
| Innisfil | $750K | $792K | 86% | 12.5 |
| Angus | $700K | $751K | 81% | 14.9 |
| Springwater | $850K | $941K | 90% | 14.9 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Barrie
Is Barrie expensive for Ontario?
On census values, Barrie sits mid-table among Ontario’s towns (median $695,000).
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · Statistics Canada, Canadian Housing Statistics Program · Statistics Canada, building permits (tables 46-10-0087 and 34-10-0292). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).