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Barrie

Northern America

Barrie is a city in Central Ontario, Canada, about 90 kilometres north of Toronto, located along the shores of Kempenfelt Bay. It sits geographically within Simcoe County but is a single-tier municipality, politically independent of the surrounding county.

Facts
Population
147,829 1
Area (sq km)
76.99 2
Founding Year
1812 2
Population Estimate Year
2021 2
Elevation (m)
252 2
Latitude
44.39 degrees north 2
Longitude
79.686 degrees west 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Continental 4
Time Zone
UTC-05:00 3
Sources
1. Barrie (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead section
    As of the 2021 census, the city's population was 147,829, while the census metropolitan area had a population of 212,856 residents.
  • In Group: Cities of Northern America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. Barrie (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 44.39, longitude -79.686
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 252 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 76.99 sq km
  • P571 (inception)
    inception 1812
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population (2021)
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3. GeoNames: Barrie - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 5894171
    44.40011 -79.66634 P PPL CA 08 3543 4342 147829 269 America/Toronto
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 269 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 44.25, -79.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 44.25, -79.75
44.25 -79.75 Dfb
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Wikidata: Barrie
Wikidata Q34183, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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