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Where Your Money Goes
Every day your tax dollars provide programs and services to improve the quality of life for you and your family — here's how.
Value for Money
In a typical day residents will use or witness most City services being provided, such as water, curbside collection, roads, traffic signals, street lights, libraries, parks, police, fire & snow removal, just to name a few.
Here are some of the major services residents rely on and the total annual amount paid per home* for each:
| Service |
Amount |
What You Get |
|
Barrie Police
(service partner)
|
$836 |
- 24/7 availability
- 237 police officers
- 62,000+ calls for service
|
| Fire & Emergency Services |
$420 |
- 24/7 availability
- 8,100+ calls for service including fire response, vehicle accidents ice rescues, hazardous materials and more
|
| Roads Operations |
$258 |
- Maintenance & snow cleared from 1,400+ km of roads, & 600+ km of sidewalks
- Power to 11,000 street lights & 246 traffic lights
- Maintenance & operation of 456 km of storm sewers, 106 km of watercourses, 18 km of culverts & 89 storm ponds
- 4,500+ service requests annually
|
| Transit |
$199 |
- 2.7 million annual transit trips
- 194,000 transit vehicle in-service hours
|
Libraries
(service partner) |
$123 |
- Two library locations
- 6,450 annual service hours
- 350,000 annual visits
|
| Recreation |
$120 |
|
| Environmental Services |
$121 |
- Over 42,000 households receive curbside collection: bi-weekly garbage collection, weekly organics, blue & grey box collection.
|
| Parks & Forestry |
$95 |
- Care of 34,000 City-owned street trees, 2,100+ acres of City-owned forest and 816 acres of tree-lined parks
- Inspection & maintenance of 146 km of public trails
- Inspection & maintenance of all equipment and play areas at 116 playgrounds
|
| Creative Economy |
$39 |
- Hosted 24 start-up events with 900 attendees.
- 170,000+ annual attendees at City-run festivals
|
County of Simcoe
(service partner) |
$297 |
- Paramedic services ($102)
- Long-Term Care ($16)
- Social Housing ($99)
- Ontario Works ($45)
- Children & Community Services ($36)
|
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* Numbers based on the 2018 Budget & typical Barrie home assessed at $334,000.
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