recACCESS Program

How it Works

Eligible participants must complete an application form and provide documents related to their financial and family situation. Approved applicants, including immediate family members, will have a recPASS membership set up.

In addition, youth will have a credit added to a special recACCESS account within the City's recreation registration system. Youth participants can then register for registered programs and activities following normal registration procedures, with the credit on their account used to pay associated registration fees in whole or in part.

recACCESS credits may be applied against registered recreation programs provided directly by the City of Barrie. INELIGIBLE recreation programs and services include the following:

• Additional program equipment charges (uniform, art supplies, etc.);
• Private or semi-private swimming and skating lessons, personal fitness training;
• 1:1 Inclusion Support Services; 
• Room and/or facility rentals;
• Drop-in for gym, swim, skate, fitness and 55+ Centres programs.

Eligibility

All successful applicants must:

• Be permanent full-time residents of Barrie. This applies to individual applicants and all family members who will receive a recACCESS grant benefit. 

• Have a total net household income under one of the following maximum qualifying household net income limits:

  Partial recACCESS limits are 25% higher. Subject to change.

  Household Size	Household Income Limit for Full recACCESS	Household Income Limit for Partial recACCESS
  1 person	$25,303.00	$31,628.75
  2 persons	$31,498.00	$39,372.50
  3 persons	$38,723.00	$48,403.75
  4 persons	$47,016.00	$58,770.00
  5 persons	$53,323.00	$66,653.80
  6 persons	$60,142.00	$75,177.50
  7+ persons	$66,958.00	$83,697.50

Individual applicants (family size: 1 person) must be 18 or older and have no dependants, and must not be married or living in a legally recognized common-law relationship. The individual recACCESS benefit may only be used by the applicant and is not transferrable.

Applications for 2 persons or more must be completed when the primary applicant is married or in a common-law relationship, or where the applicant wishes recACCESS grant benefits to be applicable to immediate family members or other dependents living in the same household for which the applicant is the primary caregiver. 

Applicants who are under the age of 18 and are supported by a caregiver will only be considered as part of a family application. Applicants who are over the age of 18 but under the age of 25, and who are enrolled in a full-time post secondary education program will only be considered as part of a family application (proof of enrollment within a qualifying full-time post-secondary education program must be provided at the time of registration).

How to Apply

If you meet the eligibility requirements, please complete the online recACCESSapplication form. Alternatively, a printed recACCESS application form is available for pickup and drop-off at Allandale Recreation Centre, East Bayfield Community Centre, and Peggy Hill Team Community Centre. 

Personal information collected for the recACCESS program is collected under the authority of the Municipal Act, 2001, Section 8, as amended, and will be used for the purpose of administering the recACCESS fee assistance program, administration of the City of Barrie’s recreation programs including registration in these programs, and for periodic mailings pertaining to recACCESS, and the City of Barrie’s recreation programs. Questions should be directed to Recreation & Culture at 705-739-4287 or recreation.information@barrie.ca