Barrie South—Innisfil

For the provincial district, see Barrie—Innisfil (provincial electoral district).

Barrie South—Innisfil (formerly Barrie—Innisfil) is a federal electoral district in Ontario. It encompasses a portion of Ontario previously included in the electoral districts of Barrie and York—Simcoe.^[2]

Barrie South—Innisfil

Ontario electoral district
Interactive map of riding boundaries (previously named Barrie—Innisfil) from the 2015 federal election
Coordinates:	44.347639°N 79.664861°W / 44.347639; -79.664861 Location of the federal constituency office (as of 7 May 2016[update])
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	John Brassard Conservative
District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]	109,286
Electors (2021)	90,268
Area (km²)[1]	331.08
Pop. density (per km²)	330.1
Census division(s)	Simcoe
Census subdivision(s)	Barrie (part), Innisfil

History

Barrie—Innisfil was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.^[3] Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, this riding will be renamed Barrie South—Innisfil.^[4]

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Barrie—Innisfil Riding created from Barrie and York—Simcoe
42nd	2015–2019		John Brassard	Conservative
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–2025
Barrie South—Innisfil
45th	2025–present		John Brassard	Conservative

Geography

Barrie—Innisfil consists of:

(a) that part of the County of Simcoe comprising the Town of Innisfil; and

(b) that part of the City of Barrie lying southerly of a line described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the westerly limit of said city with Dunlop Street West; thence northeasterly along said street to Tiffin Street; thence southeasterly and easterly along said street to Lakeshore Drive; thence northeasterly in a straight line to the easterly limit of said city (at the intersection of the southerly limit of the Township of Oro-Medonte with the northerly limit of the Town of Innisfil).^[5]

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census^[6]

Languages: 79.5% English, 2.0% Spanish, 1.8% Russian, 1.5% French, 1.4% Italian, 1.4% Portuguese
Religions: 55.4% Christian (26.6% Catholic, 4.6% Anglican, 4.6% United Church, 1.9% Christian Orthodox, 1.8% Presbyterian, 1.6% Pentecostal, 1.5% Baptist, 12.8% Other), 2.5% Muslim, 1.2% Hindu, 1.1% Jewish, 38.3% None
Median income: $42,800 (2020)
Average income: $54,200 (2020)

Panethnic groups in Barrie—Innisfil (2011−2021)

Panethnic group	2021[7]		2016[8]		2011[9]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European[a]	95,670	80.21%	93,935	86.76%	91,415	90.92%
African	4,655	3.9%	2,805	2.59%	1,955	1.94%
South Asian	4,090	3.43%	2,005	1.85%	1,165	1.16%
Indigenous	3,425	2.87%	3,175	2.93%	2,010	2%
Latin American	2,995	2.51%	1,565	1.45%	810	0.81%
East Asian[b]	2,585	2.17%	1,710	1.58%	1,055	1.05%
Southeast Asian[c]	2,410	2.02%	1,615	1.49%	1,045	1.04%
Middle Eastern[d]	1,730	1.45%	585	0.54%	270	0.27%
Other/multiracial[e]	1,705	1.43%	870	0.8%	825	0.82%
Total responses	119,275	99.08%	108,265	99.07%	100,540	98.97%
Total population	120,378	100%	109,286	100%	101,584	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

Riding associations

Riding associations are the local branches of the national political parties:

Party		Association name	CEO	HQ city
	Conservative Party of Canada	Barrie--Innisfil Conservative Electoral District Association	Sarah-Jane M. Taylor	Barrie
	Green Party of Canada	Barrie South--Innisfil Green Party Association	Sandra P. Anderson	Caledon
	Liberal Party of Canada	Barrie South--Innisfil Federal Liberal Association	Ryan Ward	Ottawa
	New Democratic Party	Barrie South--Innisfil Federal NDP Riding Association	Pekka Reinio	Barrie

Election results

Graph of election results in Barrie—Innisfil (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	John Brassard	38,943	57.84	+10.17
	Liberal	John Olthuis	25,557	37.96	+9.07
	New Democratic	Andrew Harrigan	2,130	3.16	−12.61
	People's	Mark Sampson	695	1.03	−6.64
Total valid votes/expense limit			67,325	99.36
Total rejected ballots			437	0.64
Turnout			67,762	68.35
Eligible voters			99,134
	Conservative hold		Swing		+0.55
Source: Elections Canada[10][11]
Note: number of eligible voters does not include voting day registrations.

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election: Barrie—Innisfil
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	John Brassard	25,234	47.67	+3.87	$85,518.18
	Liberal	Lisa-Marie Wilson	15,292	28.89	-0.38	$20,446.18
	New Democratic	Aleesha Gostkowski	8,349	15.77	-0.60	$7,141.50
	People's	Corrado Brancato	4,060	7.67	+5.80	$5,417.54
Total valid votes			52,935	99.19	–
Total rejected ballots			433	0.81	–
Turnout			53,368	59.16	-3.62
Eligible voters			90,212
	Conservative hold		Swing		+2.12
Source: Elections Canada[12][13]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: Barrie—Innisfil
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	John Brassard	23,765	43.80	-2.61	$67,066.96
	Liberal	Lisa-Marie Wilson	15,879	29.27	-7.84	$25,221.89
	New Democratic	Pekka Reinio	8,880	16.37	+4.59	$12,185.72
	Green	Bonnie North	4,716	8.69	+4.66	$0.00
	People's	Stephanie Robinson	1,013	1.87	–	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			54,253	99.31
Total rejected ballots			376	0.69	+0.31
Turnout			54,629	62.77	-1.28
Eligible voters			87,025
	Conservative hold		Swing		-2.61
Source: Elections Canada[14]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election: Barrie—Innisfil
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	John Brassard	22,901	46.41	−14.85	$152,037.98
	Liberal	Colin Wilson	18,308	37.11	+24.59	$45,769.43
	New Democratic	Myrna Clark	5,812	11.78	−8.49	$20,283.99
	Green	Bonnie North	1,991	4.04	−1.28	$11,907.65
	Christian Heritage	Gary Nail	199	0.40	–	$512.25
	Canadian Action	Jeff Sakula	130	0.26	–	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			49,341	99.62		$209,977.36
Total rejected ballots			187	0.38	–
Turnout			49,528	64.06	–
Eligible voters			77,320
	Conservative hold		Swing		-19.72
Source: Elections Canada[15][16][17]

2011 federal election redistributed results[18]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	25,226	61.27
	New Democratic	8,345	20.27
	Liberal	5,154	12.52
	Green	2,190	5.32
	Others	258	0.63

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

Notes

1. Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
2. Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
3. Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
4. Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
5. Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.