Barrie, Ontario The changing landscape of Canadian metropolitan areas
Barrie, Ontario

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Section 1: Introduction

Section 2: The census metropolitan area landscape

Section 3: Ecosystem accounts and statistics by census metropolitan area

Appendices

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Acknowledgements

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At the CMA level, built-up area increased from 24 km² in 1971 to 155 km² in 2011, an increase of 556%.
At the CMA-E level, built-up area increased from 93 km² in 1971 to 487 km² in 2011, an increase of 422%.
In 2011, the natural and semi-natural land class was divided into forest (41%), water (17%) and other (41%).
From 1971 to 2011, 124 km² of arable land and 154 km² of natural and semi-natural were lost to settled area.
Of the natural and semi-natural land converted to settled area from 1971 to 2011, 64.2% was forest, 15.0% was natural land for pasture and 20.8% was classed as other.
Population in the CMA increased by 298% from 46,983 to 187,013 between 1971 and 2011.
The number of dwellings in the CMA increased by 430% from 13,748 to 72,817 between 1971 and 2011.