Barrie

city in Ontario, Canada
City city Q34183
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Barrie

Summary

Barrie is a city[1]. Barrie ranks in the top 6% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (503 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Barrie is located in Ontario[3].
  • Barrie is located in Golden Horseshoe[4].
  • Barrie is in the country of Canada[5].
  • Barrie is on the body of water Kempenfelt Bay[6].
  • Barrie's head of government is recorded as Alex Nuttall[7].
  • Barrie's image is recorded as BARRIE.jpg[8].
  • Barrie's instance of is recorded as city[9].
  • Barrie's instance of is recorded as single-tier municipality[10].
  • Barrie's instance of is recorded as big city[11].
  • Barrie's flag image is recorded as Flag of Barrie.svg[12].
  • Barrie's shares border with is recorded as Springwater[13].
  • Barrie's shares border with is recorded as Innisfil[14].
  • Barrie's shares border with is recorded as Oro-Medonte[15].
  • Barrie's shares border with is recorded as Essa[16].
  • Barrie's coat of arms image is recorded as Blason ville Barrie.svg[17].
  • Robert Barrie is named after Barrie[18].
  • Barrie's twinned administrative body is recorded as Zweibrücken[19].
  • Barrie's twinned administrative body is recorded as Murayama[20].
  • Barrie's twinned administrative body is recorded as Taizhou[21].
  • Barrie's legislative body is recorded as Barrie City Council[22].
  • Barrie's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 153663613[23].
  • Barrie's locator map image is recorded as Barrie in relation to Southern Ontario.png[24].
  • Barrie's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n85019138[25].
  • Barrie's postal code is recorded as L9J[26].
  • Barrie's Commons category is recorded as Barrie, Ontario[27].

Body

Geography

Barrie is in the country of Canada[5]. Located in include Ontario[3], a province of Canada[28], in Canada[29], founded in 1867[30] and Golden Horseshoe[4], a region[31], in Canada[32]. Barrie is on the body of water Kempenfelt Bay[6].

Physical Characteristics

Barrie's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+76.99'}[33]. Barrie's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+252'}[34]. Population counts include {'amount': '+136063'}[35], {'amount': '+141434'}[36], and {'amount': '+147829'}[37].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city[9], single-tier municipality[10], and big city[11].

History and Context

+1812-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Barrie[38]. Robert Barrie is named after Barrie[18].

Why It Matters

Barrie ranks in the top 6% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (503 views/month).[2] Barrie has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] Barrie is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] . simcoe.com. simcoe.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] . wikidata.org.
  10. [15] . wikidata.org.
  11. [16] . wikidata.org.
  12. [17] . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] . wikidata.org.
  14. [4] . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] . globalnews.ca. globalnews.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [20] . barrietoday.com. barrietoday.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [21] . news.ontario.ca. news.ontario.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [22] . wikidata.org.
  20. [6] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [38] . wikidata.org.
  27. [35] . Canada 2016 Census. wikidata.org.
  28. [36] . Canada 2016 Census. wikidata.org.
  29. [37] . Canada 2021 Census. www12.statcan.gc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [34] . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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