Barrie sits at City Score rank #1 with a standing of 70%, from 8 of 8 open-data pillars (tax, construction, connectivity, indoor air, water, seismic hazard, growth, safety). Missing pillars score at median standing so thin coverage cannot inflate the rank. The chart below shows how that standing moves year to year.
Latest owned placements: building permit value rank #9 of 25 (2025); indoor radon rank #221 of 327 at 87 Bq/m³ survey mean; residential mill rate rank #30 of 57 (14.12 mill rate). Full tables and method notes live on each study edition; atlas readings for the same slug open from the topic buttons.
On the latest OpenStats pass, Barrie carries a City Score standing of 70% (rank #1 of 343) with 8 of 8 pillars observed. That sits 18 points above the Ontario peer average across 123 ranked cities. Within Ontario, Barrie ranks #1 of 123 on City Score.
The strongest signal in the current chart is police-reported crime severity (standing 97%, rank #99 of 102, 46.9 CSI). The weakest observed pillar is property tax (standing 53%, rank #30 of 57). Crime severity uses the Statistics Canada police-service CSI mapped to Barrie, Ontario (table 35100026), not a regional proxy.
Drinking-water hardness on the water atlas reads 129 mg/L as CaCO₃ for Barrie. Compare that figure to the hardness pillar on the chart and to the national hardness guide on the hub.
