Barrie is a city in Ontario, Canada, about 90 kilometres  north of Toronto. The city is within Simcoe County and located along the shores of Kempenfelt Bay, the western arm of Lake Simcoe. Although it is physically in Simcoe County, Barrie is politically independent. The city is part of the extended urban area in southern Ontario known as the Greater Golden Horseshoe. As of the 2021 census, the city’s population was 147,829, while the census metropolitan area had a population of 212,667 residents.